Mid-tropospheric vortices over Alaska
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GOES-17 (GOES-West) Mid-level (6.9 µm) Water Vapor images (above) revealed a complex pattern of middle-tropospheric vortices moving slowly west-southwestward over Interior Alaska and the Chukchi / Bering Seas on 09 November 2021. Note that the cold (brighter white) peaks of a few of the higher mountain ranges — including Denali — could... Read More