ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MIZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/20/08 0241Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0230Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...UPPER MICHIGAN... . ATTN WFOS...APX...MQT... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC... . EVENT...UPPER FLOW TURNING A LITTLE MORE NWLY... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES WATER VAPOR AND SATELLITE UPPER LEVEL WINDS WERE SUGGESTING THAT UPSTREAM TO LK SUPERIOR UPPER LEVEL WINDS WERE MORE NWLY BEHIND UPPER TROUGH MOVING THRU E ONTARIO AND WESTERN QUEBEC. CAN BEGIN TO SEE NET EFFECT OF THIS WITH MULTIBAND TAKING ON A LITTLE MORE WNWLY ORIENTATION AND SENDING MORE SNOW INTO NE ALGER...EXTREME N SCHOOLCRAFT AND NW LUCE COUNTIES. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...MORE OF NE/N CENTRAL ALGER...SCHOOLCRAFT AND N LUCE INTO NW CHIPPEWA COULD GET STEADY SNOW. AND WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON REST OF N ALGER AND N SCHOOLCRAFT INTO CENTRAL LUCE/N CHIPPEWA FOR OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4765 8831 4691 8449 4630 8498 4695 8974 . NNNN