{"id":27934,"date":"2018-05-08T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T23:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=27934"},"modified":"2018-05-09T05:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T05:00:31","slug":"tropical-invest-90e-in-the-east-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/27934","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Invest 90E in the East Pacific"},"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\/05\/180508_goes16_visible_Invest90E_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/G15_VIS_INVEST90E_08MAY2018_960x1280_B2_2018129_014528_0001PANEL_00106.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible<em> (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with hourly plots of ship reports [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>An organized area of low pressure (Invest 90E) developed in the East Pacific Ocean on 08 May 2018 &#8212; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/\"><strong>NHC<\/strong><\/a> gave it a <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_nhc_Invest90E.jpeg\"><strong>50% chance<\/strong><\/a> of becoming a tropical depression within 48 hours. 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<em><strong> (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the formation of a large convective burst in the northwest quadrant of the circulation after 00 UTC on 09 April.<\/p>\n<p>Metop ASCAT surface scatterometer winds from the <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/\"><strong>CIMSS Tropical Cyclones<\/strong><\/a> site <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed velocities in the 20.0 to 29.9 knot range<em> (dark blue barbs)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_17utc_goes15_visible_ascat_Invest90E_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_17utc_goes15_visible_ascat_Invest90E_anim.gif\" alt=\"GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) image with Metop ASCAT surface scatterometer winds [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 Visible <em>(0.63 \u00b5m)<\/em> image with Metop ASCAT surface scatterometer winds [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>The Invest was located in a region of low deep-layer wind shear, with relatively warm Sea Surface Temperatures and modest values of Ocean Heat Content <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_goes15_visible_shear_Invest90E.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_goes15_visible_shear_Invest90E.jpeg\" alt=\"GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) image, with contours of deep-layer wind shear [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) image, with contours of deep-layer wind shear [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180507_2235utc_sst_Invest90E.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180507_2235utc_sst_Invest90E.jpeg\" alt=\"Sea Surface Temperature analysis [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Surface Temperature analysis [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_ohc_Invest90E.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_ohc_Invest90E.jpeg\" alt=\"Ocean Heat Content analysis [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean Heat Content analysis [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The hourly <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/real-time\/mtpw2\/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&#038;prod=epac&#038;timespan=48hrs&#038;anim=html5\">MIMIC Total Precipitable Water<\/a><\/strong> product <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong> showed that Invest 90E was embedded within the ribbon of high moisture associated with the ITCZ.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_mimic_tpw_Invest90E_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/180508_mimic_tpw_Invest90E_anim.gif\" alt=\"MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to enlarge] \" width=\"602\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organized area of low pressure (Invest 90E) developed in the East Pacific Ocean on 08 May 2018 &#8212; the NHC gave it a 50% chance of becoming a tropical depression within 48 hours. 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