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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/09/12 0811Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-683-1404
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13: 0802Z		VOGT
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LOCATION...WISCONSIN...MINNESOTA...N IOWA...E SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...DLH...ARX...MPX...DMX...FGF...FSD...ABR...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...  INCREASED SNOWFALL ACROSS SRN HALF OF MN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... MOST RECENT GOES WV SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS A NICE PIECE OF UL ENERGY MOVING INTO SW MN ALONG THE UL JET
HELPING TO ENHANCE CLOUD TOP TEMPS IN A SW-TO-NE ORIENTED SWATH ACROSS SE
SD/MN. WV IMAGERY ALSO INDICATES THAT THE MAIN VORT OVER ERN MN HAS NOT
MOVED VERY MUCH TO THE NE WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SNOWFALL ACROSS
CENTRAL MN AS WELL AS IN SRN MN AS THE UL ENERGY MOVING THROUGH INCREASES
LIFT. SOME OF THE COLDEST CLOUD TOPS, SEEN IN RECENT IR IMAGERY, DO NOT
CORRESPOND DIRECTLY WITH THE BEST SNOWFALL RATES... THE BEST SNOWFALL
APPEARS TO STAY LOCATED NEAREST THE VORT CENTER OVER EAST-CENTRAL MN.
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SHORT TERM OUTLOOK VALID 0815-1415Z... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FACTOR IN SHORT
TERM OUTLOOK...AS THE NEXT WAVE OF UL ENERGY SURGES INTO MN, EXPECT
AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL ACROSS ERN SD/NW IA/SRN MN. GIVEN THE AMOUNT
OF LIFT AVAILABLE, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE 1-2"/HR SNOWFALL RATES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF MN... BUT LL MOISTURE IS LIMITED. THE LATEST BLENDED
TPW PRODUCT INDICATES ABOUT 0.4" PWAT VALUES ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA
WITH A SLIGHT PUSH OF HIGHER MOISTURE INTO IL/SRN WI.
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....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SATELLITE
PRECIPITATION MESSAGES AND GRAPHICS PLEASE EMAIL
SSDPrecip@noaa.gov
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http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/PCPN/
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FOR AUTOMATED SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES ON THE WEB:
http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/CONUS.php
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LAT...LON 4655 9455 4481 9147 4246 9557 4367 9770
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