{"id":12061,"date":"2012-12-29T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T23:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=12061"},"modified":"2012-12-31T18:38:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T18:38:03","slug":"meso-vortex-over-lake-superior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/12061","title":{"rendered":"Meso-vortex over Lake Superior"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121229_suomi_npp_viirs_dnb_lake_superior_vortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121229_suomi_npp_viirs_dnb_lake_superior_vortex_anim.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>AWIPS images of 1-km resolution Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band data <strong><em>(above)<\/em><\/strong> served as &#8220;visible images a night&#8221; to reveal the formation of a mesoscale vortex that was moving southward over the northern portion of Lake Superior <em>(northwest of Caribou Island, station identifier CWCI)<\/em> at 07:01 UTC <em>(2:01 AM local time)<\/em> and 08:42 UTC <em>(3:42 AM local time)<\/em> on <a title=\"29 December 2012 daily weather map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20121229.html\"><strong>29 December 2012<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the following afternoon, a comparison of a 1-km resolution Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 \u00c2\u00b5m visible image at 18:26 UTC or 1:26 PM local time with the corresponding 0.5 degree radar reflectivity <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong> showed the meso-vortex as it was approaching the coastline of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Munising <em>(station identifier KP53)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121229_suomi_npp_viirs_vis_radar_bref_lsup_vortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel image + Radar reflectivity\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121229_suomi_npp_viirs_vis_radar_bref_lsup_vortex_anim.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel image + Radar reflectivity<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=============================================<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121229_g13_vis_lsup_vortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"e channel images (click image to play animation)\" alt=\"GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (click image to play animation)\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/Reg_Vis_Sat_20121229_1845.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (click image to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images <strong><em>(above; click image to play animation)<\/em><\/strong> and the 0.5 degree radar reflectivity from Marquette, Michigan <strong><em>(below; click image to play animation)<\/em><\/strong> showed the meso-vortex as it moved southward across Lake Superior and moved inland over the Upper Peninsula. Note how the surface winds at Munising became northeasterly at 13 knots as the meso-vortex reached the coast.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121229_radar_bref_lsup_vortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"0.5 degree radar reflectivity (click image to play animation)\" alt=\"0.5 degree radar reflectivity (click image to play animation)\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/mosaic_0.5_Refl_20121229_1600.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">0.5 degree radar reflectivity (click image to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWIPS images of 1-km resolution Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band data (above) served as &#8220;visible images a night&#8221; to reveal the formation of a mesoscale vortex that was moving southward over the northern portion of Lake Superior (northwest of Caribou Island, station identifier CWCI) at 07:01 UTC (2:01 AM local time) and 08:42 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,49,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goes-13","category-suomi_npp","category-viirs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12061"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12064,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12061\/revisions\/12064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}