ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MEZ000-MAZ000-NHZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/09/13 0305Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-683-1404 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13 0245Z CW . LOCATION...MAINE...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...RHODE ISLAND... LOCATION...VERMONT...CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK... . ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...BOX...OKX...ALY... ATTN RFCS...NERFC... . EVENT...HEAVY SNOWS FROM NOR'EASTER . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT SE NEW ENGLAND AND VERY SHORTLY IMPACT AREAS ACROSS ERN NEW ENGLAND FROM NE MA/ERN NH/SRN ME NEXT SEVERAL HRS AS IT SLOWLY ROTATE FROM E TO W. JET COUPLING HAS RESULTED IN STRONG DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT...STRONG SIGNATURES ARE BEING OBSERVED IN WATER VAPOR AND GOES EXPERIMENTAL WINDS PRODUCT NW OF SFC COASTAL LOW ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND ERN NY. NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH AXIS ACROSS NORTHEAST IS HELPING TO DRAW BACK IN/RETROGRADE THE WRN AND NWRN CLOUD BANDS LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMA HEAD OF THE NOR'EASTER. THIS IS ALLOWING BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO ROTATE AND PIVOT SLOWLY W TO E ACROSS MUCH OF ERN NEW ENGLAND. CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED TO -60C WITHIN MOST INTENSE SNOW BAND OVER ERN MA...WHICH IS LIKELY PRODUCING 2+"/HR SNOWFALL RATES. . SHORT TERM OUTLOOK VALID 0300-0800Z...MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE FACTOR IN SHORT TERM OUTLOOK...BEST CLOUD ENHANCEMENT IN WV/IR IS SEEN TRACKING NEARLY DUE N FROM SRN NEW ENGLAND TOWARDS NH/ME...WHERE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW BAND PRODUCING RATES LIKELY IN EXCESS OF 2.0"/HR IS SLOWLY PIVOTING FROM E TO W PER LATEST STLT/RADAR AND THUS EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES TO QUICKLY INCREASE FOR SRN NH/SRN ME OVER THE NEXT HR OR SO. LITTLE MOVEMENT IS ANTICIPATED ALONG THE SRN HALF OF THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND (CENTRAL/ERN MA...CENTRAL/ERN CT) AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE W SHOULD CONTINUE TO HELP FILL IN AND ENERGIZE SNOW BAND ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS. . ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SATELLITE PRECIPITATION MESSAGES AND GRAPHICS PLEASE EMAIL SSDPrecip@noaa.gov . FOR PRECIP MESSAGES AND GRAPHICS ON THE WEB: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/PCPN/ . FOR AUTOMATED SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES ON THE WEB: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/CONUS.php . LAT...LON 4487 7032 4422 6850 4295 6958 4122 6977 4063 7286 4165 7308 4354 7211 . NNNN