GOES-16 (GOES-East) Low-level (7.3 µm), Mid-level (6.9 µm) and Upper-level (6.2 µm) Water Vapor images (above) showed deep tropospheric waves moving over the Gulf of Mexico on 04 April 2022. Waves propagating west-southwestward were initiated by thunderstorms — but no distinct forcing mechanism was apparent for the wave that was moving northwestward.  Also... Read More

MIMIC (Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS) estimates of Total Precipitable Water, above, and available in real time here, and archived here, show two cyclonic rotations on the poleward side of the deep moisture of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the western Pacific. These two circulations are areas of interest... Read More