{"id":26862,"date":"2018-01-29T23:59:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T23:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=26862"},"modified":"2018-01-31T03:50:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T03:50:37","slug":"storm-in-the-central-atlantic-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/26862","title":{"rendered":"Storm-force low in the central Atlantic Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/2018\/01\/180129_goes16_visible_Atlantic_low_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/G16_VIS_ATL_LOW_29JAN2018_960x1280_B2_2018029_150043_0001PANEL_00020.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>The compact circulation of an occluded surface low over the central Atlantic Ocean could be seen on GOES-16<em> (GOES-East)<\/em> &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band02.pdf\"><strong>0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images on 29 January 2018<em><strong> (above);<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/180129_opc_surface_analyses_anim.gif\"><strong>surface analyses<\/strong><\/a> indicated that the system was producing Storm Force (48-55 knot) winds.<\/p>\n<p>This surface low was located beneath a larger upper-level low, as seen on GOES-16 Low-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band10.pdf\"><strong>7.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Mid-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band09.pdf\"><strong>6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Upper-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band08.pdf\"><strong>6.2 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) Water Vapor images<em><strong> (below)<\/strong><\/em>. Very dry air<em> (yellow to red enhancement)<\/em> was evident just to the south and southwest of the storm.<\/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\/2018\/01\/180129_goes16_water_vapor_Atlantic_low_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/G16_WATER_VAPOR_ATL_LOW_29AN2018_EXP_960x427_B1098_2018029_150043_0003PANELS_00061.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Low-level (7.3 \u00b5m, left), Mid-level (6.9 \u00b5m, center) and Upper-level (6.2 \u00b5m) images [click to play MP4 animation]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Low-level <em>(7.3 \u00b5m, left),<\/em> Mid-level <em>(6.9 \u00b5m, center)<\/em> and Upper-level<em> (6.2 \u00b5m, right)<\/em> images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>Hourly images of a (preliminary, non-operational) GOES-16 <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/misc\/winds\/info.winds.shr.html\"><strong>Deep-Layer Wind Shear<\/strong><\/a> product <em>(calculated using <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/180129_goes16_infrared_winds_anim.gif\"><strong>Low-level<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/180129_goes16_water_vapor_winds_anim.gif\"><strong>Mid-upper level<\/strong><\/a> GOES-16 Derived Motion Winds)<\/em> are shown below &#8212; they revealed that the surface low was protected within the favorable low-shear environment of the upper low circulation, with more unfavorable high values of shear immediately surrounding it.<\/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\/2018\/01\/180129_goes16_deep_layer_shear_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/180129_15z_shear.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Deep-layer Wind Shear products [click to play animation]\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Deep-layer Wind Shear products [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The compact circulation of an occluded surface low over the central Atlantic Ocean could be seen on GOES-16 (GOES-East) &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images on 29 January 2018 (above); surface analyses indicated that the system was producing Storm Force (48-55 knot) winds. This surface low was located beneath a larger upper-level low, as seen on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goes-16","category-satellite-winds"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26862","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=26862"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26882,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26862\/revisions\/26882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}