GOES-16 (GOES-East) Air Mass RGB images (above) showed the signature of a Potential Vorticity (PV) Anomaly — denoted by shades of red to pink within the comma head portion of the storm — which likely aided in enhancing precipitation rates within a midlatitde cyclone (surface analyses) as it moved across the region on... Read More

A sequence of ASCAT winds (source) from overpasses of Metop-B and Metop-C at 0314, 0407, 1548 and 1607 UTC on 03 January 2022 (above) showed the early emergence of Tehuano gap winds into the Gulf of Tehuantepec, followed by their spread south-southwestward across the Pacific Ocean.GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm)... Read More