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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/30/08 1539Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  1515Z  CK
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LOCATION...NEW YORK...
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ATTN WFOS...BUF...BGM
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT...LES SNOW PLUMES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LAKE ERIE...G12 VIS IMAGERY SHOWS SW-NE
MULTI-PLUMES EXTENDING ACRS MUCH OF LAKE ERIE. THERE ARE..HOWEVER..A
COUPLE OF MORE DISTINCT PLUMES EXTENDING FM NW OF ERIE COUNTY/PA TO ERIE
AND NIAGARA COUNTIS/NY...WHERE THE PLUMES ARE CONVERGING. IR IMAGERY
WITH WARM TOP ENHANCEMENT IS NOT ABLE TO DISTINGUISH INDIVIDUAL PLUMES
ATTM..BUT DOES SHOW AREA OF COOLER CLOUD TOPS OF -22C POOLED OVER ERIE/SRN
NIAGARA/GENESEE COUNTIES. STLT IMAGERY ANIMATION ATTM INDICATES THAT
ORIENTATION WILL REMAIN FAIRLY CONSTANT OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. THUS..WHILE
THERE MAY BE FLUCTUATIONS OVER INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS..OVERALL..WOULD
EXPECT MOD TO HVY SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES. VIS
IMAGERY SHOWS ERN EXTENT OF LES EXTENDS TO MONROE COUNTY AND ALONG SRN
LAKE ONTARIO. STLT LES TECHNIQUE SUGGESTS SOME 2"+/HR RATES.
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LAKE ONTARIO...ALTHOUGH THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PLUME..IR AND VIS IMAGERY
SHOWS MORE OF A SINGULAR PLUME HAS BEGUN TO TAKE SHAPE..WHICH EXTENDS
FM WRN TIP OF THE LAKE TO JEFFERSON COUNTY. OF ADDED SIGNIFICANCE IS
THE FACT THAT OTHER PLUMES FROM LAKE ERIE/LAKE HURON/ AND EVEN FM LAKE
MICHIGAN ARE FEEDING INTO LAKE ONTARIO AS WELL. THIS SHOULD HAVE THE
EVENTUAL AFFECT OF FURTHER ENHANCING THE SNOW OFF OF LAKE ONTARIO.
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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 4434 7942 4423 7520 4293 7638 4235 7891 4248 7972
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