CSPP Geosphere imagery above (direct link) shows an area of sun glint over the tropical Atlantic. Embedded within the brighter areas of sun glint is a dark path centered near 7oN, 52oW over the ocean to the northeast of French Guiana. Long-time readers of this blog will no doubt recognize this feature... Read More
The AMSR-2 89-GHz brightness temperature image above (courtesy Brandon Aydlett, WFO GUM), from 1628 UTC on 22 May 2024 (downloaded at the Guam National Weather Service Direct Broadcast antenna and processed with CSPP software) shows curved convective bands around the center of Invest 93W in the western Pacific between Guam... Read More
A 16-hour animation using 5-minute GOES-18 PACUS imagery, above (saved from the Geosphere site) shows persistent convection along the east coast of Oahu on 13 May. MIMIC estimates of Total Precipitable Water on 13 May, below, show the state of Hawai’i surounded by abundant moisture, although the richest moisture within the... Read More
The long-anticipated arrival of NOAA-21 NUCAPS profiles (to supplement NOAA-20!) to AWIPS means that data void regions such as the South Pacific Ocean now have complete twice-daily coverage, as shown by the inidividual profiles above, and the overlapping profiles below. This means that a twice-daily mappings of accurate satellite sounder-provided... Read More
