Deep tropospheric waves over the Gulf of Mexico
GOES-16 Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images, with a Moderate or Greater Turbulence Probability product [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) showed deep tropospheric waves moving over the Gulf of Mexico on 04 April 2022. Waves propagating west-southwestward were initiated by thunderstorms — but no distinct forcing mechanism was apparent for the wave that was moving northwestward.
Also included in the animation is an overlay of the CIMSS Moderate or Greater (MOG) Turbulence Probability product — values were very low in areas where the wave features were seen, but were high in the immediate vicinity of a small cluster of thunderstorms (until those storms rapidly dissipated). In this case, there were no pilot reports of turbulence with any of the wave features or the small short-lived cluster of thunderstorms.