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Category: General interpretation
A Moon Shot
The moon was visible in Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)‘s AHI (-9) imagery on 21 August 2024.A similar mp4 animation as above, but a quicker animation speed. Himawari-9 imaged more than just clouds over the southern Pacific Ocean when the recently full moon peeked out from behind Earth. pic.twitter.com/eXPKt4rN2I— CIRA (@CIRA_CSU) August 22, 2024 GOESWhile the GOES-R ABI... Read More
Debby in the northeast Gulf of Mexico and a very moist airmass
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water fields, above (source), for the 24 hours ending at 1700 UTC 4 August 2024, show the cyclonic spin (and ample moisture) associated with Tropical Storm Debby as the system moves northward from Cuba into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. (A tropical disturbance is also present south... Read More
Clear skies over the Great Lakes
A clear night over the Great Lakes — associated with a large High Pressure System, shown below in the 0600 UTC Surface Analysis — allowed a high-resolution view of Lake Surface Temperatures. There are thin filaments of colder waters hugging different coastlines: the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, the western... Read More
