{"id":28527,"date":"2018-06-14T23:02:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T23:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=28527"},"modified":"2018-06-19T00:06:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T00:06:13","slug":"transverse-banding-around-a-decaying-mcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/28527","title":{"rendered":"Transverse banding around a decaying MCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/180614_1912utc_aqua_modis_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/180614_1912utc_aqua_modis_anim.gif\" alt=\"Aqua MODIS Visible (0.65 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared \" width=\"638\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aqua MODIS Visible<em> (0.65 \u00b5m),<\/em> Near-Infrared &#8220;Cirrus&#8221; <em>(1.37 \u00b5m),<\/em> Water Vapor <em>(6.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Infrared Window<em> (11.0 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with pilot reports of turbulence plotted in cyan [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A comparison of Aqua MODIS Visible (0.65 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared &#8220;Cirrus&#8221; (1.37 \u00b5m), Water Vapor (6.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.0 \u00b5m) images<em><strong> (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed widespread transverse banding along the northern and eastern periphery of a decaying Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that was moving from Iowa into Illinois and Missouri on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20180614.html\"><strong>14 June 2018<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GOES-16<em> (GOES-East)<\/em> Near-Infrared &#8220;Cirrus&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band04.pdf\"><strong>1.37 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Mid-level Water Vapor (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band09.pdf\"><strong>6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band13.pdf\"><strong>10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images with pilot reports of turbulence are shown below.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/180614_goes16_cirrus_mcs_banding_turbulence_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/G16_CIRRUS_MIDWEST_TURB_14JUN2018_960x1280_B4_2018165_160221_0001PANEL_00049.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Near-Infrared \" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Near-Infrared &#8220;Cirrus&#8221; <em>(1.37 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with hourly plots of turbulence [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/180614_goes16_water_vapor_mcs_banding_turbulence_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/G16_WV_MIDWEST_TURB_14JUN2018_960x1280_B9_2018165_160221_0001PANEL_00049.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m) images, with hourly plots of turbulence [click to play MP4 animation]\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor<em> (6.9 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with hourly plots of turbulence [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div><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\/06\/180614_goes16_infrared_mcs_banding_turbulence_anim.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/G16_IR_MIDWEST_TURB_14JUN2018_960x1280_B13_2018165_160221_0001PANEL_00049.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 &quot;Clean&quot; Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, with hourly plots of turbulence [click to play MP4 animation]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window <em>(10.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with hourly plots of turbulence [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comparison of Aqua MODIS Visible (0.65 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared &#8220;Cirrus&#8221; (1.37 \u00b5m), Water Vapor (6.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.0 \u00b5m) images (above) showed widespread transverse banding along the northern and eastern periphery of a decaying Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that was moving from Iowa into Illinois and Missouri on 14 June 2018. 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