MIMIC Total Precipitable Water esimates over the Indian Ocean for the 24 hours ending at 2000 UTC on 1 February 2022, above, show the strong cyclonic circulation associated with Cyclone Basirai. Its forecast motion is westward towards Madagascar, as shown in the toggle below that also includes sea-surface temperatures and... Read More
Microwave-derived estimates of Total Precipitable Water (TPW), above, from MIMIC TPW, show an increase in moisture around the Samoan Islands to the west of 170o W. Percent of Normal mappings of blended TPW in this region, as shown below (taken from this site), show values at >150% of normal.In anticipation of heavy... Read More
Data from this site shows SAR observations over the Great Lakes daily around 0000 and 1200 UTC. The image above shows SAR data over Lake Superior just before 1200 UTC on 10 January. The background flow used in processing shows strong northwesterly winds. Note the relative calm in the lee of... Read More
GOES-17 ABI and GLM imagery (from this NOAA STAR website), above, over the southern Pacific Ocean show a region of potential tropical cyclogenesis to the west of Fiji, near the western boundary of this mapping. This Invest Area has been percolating for much of the week. Despite low values of shear (shown below,... Read More
