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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/10/09 0124Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0100Z  KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:2050Z/2230Z
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LOCATION...NW WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...SEW...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...FRONT WILL TRY TO SCRAPE CLOSE TO NW WA...FOR MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN
OVERNIGHT...NEXT MOISTURE SURGE FOR SATURDAY...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...FEW PIXELS OF MAX INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATES
OF 0.12" TO 0.23"/HR ALONG AND JUST OFF THE VANCOUVER ISLAND COAST WERE
AT FIRST SOMETHING TO TAKE NOTE OF...ESPECIALLY AFTER THE DELUGE EARLIER
IN THE WEEK.  BUT RENEWED RIDGING OUT NEAR 140W HAVING MORE OF AN EFFECT
OF PUSHING FRONT EAST RATHER THAN SOUTH AND PROBABLY THOSE MAX RAIN RATES
WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD INTO S BRITISH COLUMBIA...POSSIBLY FRINGES INTO NW
WA AND THE OLYMPICS OVERNIGHT...BUT NOTHING LIKE LATE TUESDAY AND WED.
STRONG SWLY FLOW ALOFT ALREADY EVIDENT WEST OF THE RIDGE AXIS AHEAD OF
OCCLUSION AND FRONT LIFTING NORTH AND NE ALONG 150 TO 153W.  STILL WILL
HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ANOTHER SURGE OF PW MOISTURE AS HIGH AS 1.3" AND
AS FAR NE AS 45N/143W THAT MAY ALLOW THIS OCCLUSION AND FRONT TO MAKE
ONE MORE SHOT AT WESTERN WA...BUT IF MAIN BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY WITH FIRST
FRONT AND MOISTURE PLUME DOES NOT MOVE MUCH SOUTH FROM CURRENT POSITION
ALONG AND JUST OFF VANCOUVER ISLAND...THIS NEXT WAVE OF MOISTURE (EVEN
THOUGH IT HAS HIGHER PW VALUES) MAY STILL HEAD JUST NORTH OF NW WA.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 5051 12622 4967 12168 4675 12272 4782 12841
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