{"id":23390,"date":"2017-03-12T23:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=23390"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:48:41","slug":"mesovortex-over-lake-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/23390","title":{"rendered":"Mesovortex over Lake Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_0740utc_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_rtma_surface_winds_Lake_Michigan_mesovortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_0740utc_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_rtma_surface_winds_Lake_Michigan_mesovortex_anim.gif\" alt=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_0740utc_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_rtma_surface_winds_Lake_Michigan_mesovortex_anim.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image, with RTMA surface winds [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><em>** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image<em><strong> (above)<\/strong><\/em> revealed the formative stage of a mesoscale vortex over Lake Michigan at 0740 UTC or 2:40 AM Central time on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20170312.html\"><strong>12 March 2017<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the subsequent daylight hours, GOES-16 Visible <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/education\/docs\/ABI-bands-FS\/ABI%20Fact%20Sheet%20Band%202.pdf\"><strong>(0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images<em><strong> (below<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/em> showed the continued development and motion of the mesovortex.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_goes16_visible_Lake_Michigan_mesovortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/960x1280_GOES16FL_B2_GOES16_VIS_B2_LMICH_12MAR2017_2017071_142643_0001PANEL.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with hourly surface reports [click to play animation]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with hourly surface reports [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2.5hr GOES-16 1min resolution animation of a meso-low over southern Lake MI this morning (Data is preliminary &amp; non-operaitonal). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mJrmphY6SD\">pic.twitter.com\/mJrmphY6SD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Marquette (@NWSMarquette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSMarquette\/status\/840998959246114816\">March 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As was shown in a Tweet from NWS Marquette <strong><em>(above),<\/em><\/strong> beginning at 1741 UTC one of the GOES-16 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/23225\"><strong>Mesoscale Sectors<\/strong><\/a> was moved far enough northward to provide 1-minute imagery of the mesovortex <em><strong>(below; <\/strong>also available as an<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_goes16_visible_meso_sector_Lake_Michigan_mesovortex_anim.mp4\"> MP4 animation<\/a>).<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_goes16_visible_meso_sector_Lake_Michigan_mesovortex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/960x1280_GOES16FL_B2_GOES16_VIS_B2_MESO_LMICH_12MAR2017_2017071_195051_0001PANEL.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with hourly surface reports [click to play animation]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with hourly surface reports [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>At South Haven, Michigan (KLWA), the surface visibility was reduced to 5 miles with light snow at 2014 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> as one of the more well-defined cloud elements associated with the mesovorex moved inland over that location.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_KLWA_SFCMG.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/170312_KLWA_SFCMG.GIF\" alt=\"Time series plot of South Haven, Michigan surface observations [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time series plot of South Haven, Michigan surface observations [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. ** A Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image (above) revealed the formative stage of a mesoscale vortex over Lake Michigan at 0740 UTC or 2:40 AM Central time on 12 March 2017. 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