{"id":27720,"date":"2018-04-09T19:12:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T19:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=27720"},"modified":"2018-04-12T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:51:17","slug":"gravity-waves-forced-by-an-isolated-thunderstorm-in-the-gulf-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/27720","title":{"rendered":"Gravity Waves forced by an isolated thunderstorm in the Gulf of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27726\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/G16ABI_Band08_ULWV-20180409_1352_1857anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27726\" class=\"wp-image-27726\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/G16ABI_Band08_ULWV-20180409_181222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 ABI Upper-Level Water Vapor (6.2 \u00b5m) Infrared Imagery, 1352-1857 UTC on 9 April 2018 (Click to animate)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 \u00b5m) infrared imagery on 9 April 2018 (above) revealed gravity waves propagating away from an isolated thunderstorm in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The convective complex generated gravity waves that were visible in all 3 GOES-16 ABI Water Vapor Channels (6.19 \u00b5m, 6.95\u00a0\u00b5m and 7.34 \u00b5m).\u00a0 The image below (produced using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.class.ngdc.noaa.gov\/saa\/products\/welcome\">SIFT<\/a>, the Satellite Information Familiarization Tool and data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.class.ngdc.noaa.gov\/saa\/products\/welcome\">NOAA CLASS<\/a>) shows all three channels at 1812 UTC;\u00a0 the color enhancement used is the same in each image, but the ranges were modified to make the gravity waves most visible.\u00a0 Ranges used were -109 to 34 \u00ba C (Band 8); -109 to 55\u00a0\u00ba C (Band 9) and -80 to 42\u00a0\u00ba C (Band 10).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/wf\">Weighting functions<\/a> for the three water vapor infrared channels for three stations surrounding the Gulf of Mexico (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/180409_12utc_klix_wv_wf_small.gif\">Slidell, LA<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/180409_12utc_ktlh_wv_wf_small.gif\">Tallahassee FL<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/180409_12utc_ktbw_wv_wf_small.gif\">Tampa FL<\/a>) suggest the gravity waves were in the 300-450 mb layer (6.2 \u00b5m) to the 450-600 mb layer (7.3 \u00b5m).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/GOES_ABI_B8_9_10_Gravity_waves_1812Z.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/GOES_ABI_B8_9_10_Gravity_waves_1812Z.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 ABI Water Vapor Infrared Imagery at 1812 UTC on 9 April 2018: Upper Level (left), Mid-Level (center), Low-Level (right) (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 \u00b5m) infrared imagery on 9 April 2018 (above) revealed gravity waves propagating away from an isolated thunderstorm in the Gulf of Mexico. 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