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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/23/13 0023Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-683-1404
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13: 2345Z		VOGT
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LOCATION...NEW YORK...NW PENNSYLVANIA...EXT NE OHIO...
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ATTN WFOS...ALY...BGM...BUF...CLE...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...MARFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT... TRANSITION TO MULTIPLE BANDS ACROSS LAKES ERIE/ONTARIO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... SINCE THIS AFTERNOON, THE SINGLE
LAKE-EFFECT SNOW BAND THAT WAS SET UP ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO HAS BEEN
SHIFTING SOUTH. DURING THIS MVMT, THE CONNECTION FROM LAKE HURON ACROSS
LAKE ONTARIO WAS NOT AS STRONG IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AS IT HAS BEEN
AT PTS OVER THE PAST 24-36 HOURS... THAT BEING SAID, IT APPEARS THAT
THE SINGLE BAND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN... IN ITS WAKE, MULTIPLE BANDS ARE
SETTING UP OFF OF LAKE ERIE AND POSSIBLE WRN LAKE ONTARIO, WHICH MAY BE
DUE TO THE JET MAX THAT IS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UL TROF AND MOVING
ITS WAY THROUGH OHIO/WV. THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT
FROM LAKES HURON/MICHIGAN INTO LAKES ERIE/ONTARIO... SO ISOLATED 1-2"/HR
SNOWFALL RATES ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITHIN THE MULTIPLE BANDS.
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SHORT TERM OUTLOOK VALID 0025-0430Z... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FACTOR IN SHORT
TERM OUTLOOK...EXPECT THE SINGLE LES BAND TO CONTINUE TO SLIGHTLY WEAKEN
AS MULTIPLE BANDS SET UP ACROSS LAKES ERIE/ONTARIO. 1-2"/HR SNOW RATES
ARE POSSIBLE BUT WILL ALSO LIKELY WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION PERIOD.
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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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FOR PRECIP MESSAGES AND GRAPHICS ON THE WEB:
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 4372 7491 4291 7505 4155 8154 4337 7902
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