South Korea’s GK2A satellite (carrying the AMI instrument that is very similar to both AHI on Himawari-8 and ABI on GOES-16/GOES-17) is overhead on the Equator at 128 E Longitude, and satellite imagery (link) and products (link) are available online. The low-level Water Vapor animation (GK2A Band 10, 7.3 µm),... Read More
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water, shown above, shows a narrow ribbon of rich moisture stretching from north of Hawaii northeastward to the Pacific Northwest. Rainfall associated with this Atmospheric Rivr resulted in widespread flooding over Washington State (USA) and British Columbia (Canada). The system also generated very strong winds.CMORPH estimates of... Read More
CSPP GeoSphere imagery, above, (click here for a direct link to the animation above in CSPP Geosphere; it will remain there for about 2 weeks before the data are overwritten) shows the evolution of Tropical Storm Wanda on 2 November 2021. (Wanda had transitioned to a Subtropical Storm on 31 October). Convection... Read More
A sequence of two intense storms in the north Pacific Ocean, noted in the GOES-17 airmass RGB below, has drawn moisture into the northwestern United States. A MIMIC (Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS) Total Precipitable Water rocking animation, above (rocking animation from this site), shows the development of a ribbon... Read More
