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Future Guest WeatherBrain Working Tonight…

| March 10, 2010 @ 9:54 pm | Reply

In a couple of months, we will have Sheldon Kusselson from NOAA NESDIS Satellite Branch on WeatherBrains. He monitors satellite data and consults with NWS Forecast Offices.

He was the author on a Satellite Precipitation Estimate this evening featuring one of the products he helped to develop…a blended precipitable water satellite product that is extremely helpful in identifying area of heavy rain threat.

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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/10/10 2218Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS—NPPU—TEL.NNN-NNN-NNNN
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2200Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION…WEST CENTRAL AND NW GEORGIA…CENTRAL AND NE ALABAMA…
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ATTN WFOS…FFC…BMX…HUN…
ATTN RFCS…SERFC…LMRFC…
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EVENT…EYEING CONVECTION SOUTH/SE/E/NE OF SHELBY COUNTY FOR FLOOD
POTENTIAL…
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS…EARLIER WELL ORGANIZED BAROCLINIC
LEAF SATELLITE CLOUD SIGNATURE HAS NOW BECOME MORE FRACTURED AS IT HAS
LIFTED NE ACROSS AL/GA AND ADDITIONAL COOLING CONVECTIVE TOPS HAVE NOW
PASSED EAST OF SHELBY COUNTY. EXCEPT FOR SOME STRAY SHOWERS…CENTER
OF HVY RAIN THE PAST 12+ HRS HAS NOW PASSED TO THE EAST AND NE AND
THINK COOLING CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH OF SHELBY COUNTY WILL GENERALLY
CONTINUE TO PASS SE AND AFFECT W CENTRAL GA. LOW LEVEL PRECIP WATER
MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE AND HIGH LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO
HELP CONVECTION REGENERATE ON BACK/SOUTHERN AND SW FLANK OF BAROCLINIC
LEAF INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR HVY RAIN AND
INCREASED FLOODING POTENTIAL TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE SHELBY/
TALLADEGA COUNTY AREA WHERE SATELLITE ESTIMATES AND OBSERVED IN PARTS OF
THAT AREA HAVE BEEN 3.5″+ SINCE MIDNIGHT. DEEPER MOISTURE FROM SOUTHERN
GULF OF MEXICO (PWATS NEAR 1.5″) SPREADING NORTH THRU CENTRAL GULF AND
FILLING IN MOISTURE TO NOW FORM A CONTINUOUS PLUME WITH LEADING EDGE OF
THAT DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL AL/W CENTRAL GA…SO WOULD EVENTUALLY
EXPECT HIGH PRECIP AREA OF W CENTRAL/INTERIOR NW GA AND CENTRAL TO W
CENTRAL ALABAMA TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATER THIS EVENING AS INCREASED
PRECIP GETS GOING FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE GULF COAST.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR…SEE SATELLITE ESTIMATE GRAPHIC SHORTLY ON
HOME PAGE FOR THE PERIOD 1145Z-2145Z AND ANALYSIS GRAPHIC AS WELL.
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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 3430 8662 3418 8606 3408 8437 3296 8495 3242 8652

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Here is the blended precipitible water product.

Here is the satellite precipitation estimate.

Sheldon will have some fascinating information for the WeatherBrains audience about satellites in weather forecasting.

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Bill Murray is the President of The Weather Factory. He is the site's official weather historian and a weekend forecaster. He also anchors the site's severe weather coverage. Bill Murray is the proud holder of National Weather Association Digital Seal #0001 @wxhistorian

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