{"id":24207,"date":"2017-06-19T21:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T21:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=24207"},"modified":"2017-06-26T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:00:11","slug":"tropical-storm-bret-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/24207","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Bret"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24209\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/GOES16_VEGGIE_TSBRET_19JUNE2017_1545_2030anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24209\" class=\"wp-image-24209\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/GOES16_VEGGIE_TSBRET_19JUNE2017_12.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Veggie&#8221; Band (0.86 \u00b5m) animation of Tropical Storm Bret, 1545-2030 UTC on 19 June 2017 (Click to animate)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fast-moving tropical system in the southern Caribbean Sea has developed a closed circulation and has been named Bret.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Bret, shown above in an animation of GOES-16 Near-Infrared (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/education\/docs\/ABI-bands-FS\/ABI%20Fact%20Sheet%20Band%203%20(Veggie)_FINAL.pdf\">0.86 \u00b5m<\/a>) imagery that highlights land\/water contrasts (the Orinoco River in Venezuela and Caribbean Islands &#8212; some with cloud streamers in their lee &#8212; north of Venezuela stand out clearly), is forecast to remain very close to the South American coastline.\u00a0 Such proximity to land will likely hinder development. Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170619_goes13_infrared_TS_Bret_wind_shear.gif\">wind shear<\/a> in the atmosphere over the storm is predicted to increase.<\/p>\n<p>Bret is embedded within a ribbon of very moist air (associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/170619_mimic_tpw_tropical_surface_analysis_anim.gif\">ITCZ<\/a>) that stretches from Africa to the northwest Caribbean, as shown in the animation below (taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/real-time\/mtpw2\/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&amp;prod=natl&amp;timespan=24hrs&amp;anim=html5\">this site<\/a>) that shows morphed microwave observations of total precipitable water.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24211\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/mimictpw_natl_latest.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24211\" class=\"wp-image-24211\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/mimictpw_natl_latest-300x141.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/mimictpw_natl_latest-300x141.gif 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/06\/mimictpw_natl_latest-768x361.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microwave estimates of Total Precipitable Water for the 24 hours ending 1900 UTC on 19 June 2017 (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more information on Bret, refer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\">National Hurricane Center<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/\">CIMSS Tropical Cyclones<\/a> sites (where you can also follow the future of the system emerging into the Gulf of Mexico).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. 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