{"id":29458,"date":"2018-08-22T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T23:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=29458"},"modified":"2018-08-27T21:12:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:12:56","slug":"__trashed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/29458","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_1208utc_noaa20_viirs_DayNightBand_InfraredWindow_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_1208utc_noaa20_viirs_DayNightBand_InfraredWindow_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"639\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band <em>(0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Infrared Window<em> (11.45 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images <em><strong>(above;<\/strong> courtesy of William Straka, CIMSS<strong>)<\/strong><\/em> showed the eye of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prh.noaa.gov\/cphc\/tcpages\/archive.php?stormid=EP142018\"><strong>Hurricane Lane<\/strong><\/a> in the central Pacific Ocean at 1208 UTC on 22 August 2018, a few hours after it reached Category 5 intensity (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_satcon_Lane.gif\"><strong>SATCON<\/strong><\/a>). Surface mesovortices were evident within the eye, and storm-top gravity waves were seen propagating west-southwestward away from the eyewall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A rare and sobering sight tonight in the Central Pacific, as Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lane<\/a> becomes only the 6th recorded Category 5 hurricane in this part of the Pacific, and the nearest to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hawaii?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hawaii<\/a> a Cat 5 hurricane has ever been observed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hiwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hiwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d8zLbVKjad\">pic.twitter.com\/d8zLbVKjad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelRLowry\/status\/1032130894952316928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>GOES-15<em> (GOES-West)<\/em> Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images<em><strong> (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed a significant amount of trochoidal motion as Lane moved northwestward during the 21 August &#8211; 22 August period. The storm weakened somewhat to Category 4 intensity as of 15 UTC on 22 August.<\/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\/08\/180821_22_goes15_infrared_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/G15_IR_LANE_21_22AUG2018_960x1280_B4_2018234_171500_0001PANEL_00087.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-15 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 Infrared Window <em>(10.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180821_22_goes15_infrared_Hurricane_Lane_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Hurricane Lane was near the limb of the Full Disk view of both Himawari-8 and GOES-17, as seen in a comparison of &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images from the two satellittes<em><strong> (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_himawari8_goes17_visible_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/HIM08_G17_VIS_LANE_22AUG2018_960x640_B32_2018234_163000_0002PANELS_00002.GIF\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Red&#8221; Visible <em>(0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images from Himawari-8<em> (left)<\/em> and GOES-17 <em>(right)<\/em> [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_himawari8_goes17_visible_Hurricane_Lane_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>DMSP-16\/17 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) images from the <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\"><strong>CIMSS Tropical Cyclones<\/strong><\/a> site are shown\u00a0 below.<\/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\/08\/180822_1411utc_dmsp16_ssmis_microwave_Lane.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_1411utc_dmsp16_ssmis_microwave_Lane.jpeg\" alt=\"DMSP-16 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1411 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">DMSP-16 SSMIS Microwave <em>(85 GHz)<\/em> image at 1411 UTC [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\/08\/180822_1717utc_dmsp17_ssmis_microwave_Lane.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_1717utc_dmsp17_ssmis_microwave_Lane.jpeg\" alt=\"DMSP-17 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1717 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">DMSP-17 SSMIS Microwave <em>(85 GHz)<\/em> image at 1717 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Since forming as Tropical Depression 14E on 14 August. Lane had been moving westward over water having only modest <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_ohc_Lane.jpeg\"><strong>Ocean Heat Content<\/strong><\/a> but <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_sst_Lane.jpeg\"><strong>Sea Surface Temperature<\/strong><\/a> values of 27-28\u00baC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_ohc_sst_track_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_ohc_sst_track_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"Track of Hurricane Lane, with maps of Ocean Heat Content and Sea Surface Temperature [click to enlarge]\" width=\"641\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Track of Hurricane Lane, with maps of Ocean Heat Content and Sea Surface Temperature [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>===== 23 August Update =====<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_1150utc_noaa20_viirs_DayNightBand_InfraredWindow_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_1150utc_noaa20_viirs_DayNightBand_InfraredWindow_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images at 1150 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"639\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band<em> (0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Infrared Window <em>(11.45 \u00b5m)<\/em> images at 1150 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Hurricane Lane remained at Category 4 intensity during the early hours of 23 August &#8212; however, the satellite presentation began to deteriorate as the eye became cloud-filled as seen in toggles between VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images from NOAA-20 at 1150 UTC <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> and Suomi NPP at 1240 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>. An interesting narrow &#8220;warm trench&#8221; signature became very pronounced within the northwestern quadrant of Lane on the later Suomi NPP Infrared image.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_1240utc_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_InfraredWindow_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_1240utc_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_InfraredWindow_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images at 1240 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"639\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images at 1240 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\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\/08\/180823_goes15_visible_infrared_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/G15_VIS_IR_LANE_23AUG2018_960x640_B14_2018235_163000_0002PANELS_00001.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m, left) and Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m, right) images, with hourly plots of data from Buoy 51002 [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 Visible <em>(0.63 \u00b5m, left)<\/em> and Infrared Window <em>(10.7 \u00b5m, right)<\/em> images, with hourly plots of data from Buoy 51002 [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_goes15_visible_infrared_Hurricane_Lane_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images after sunrise <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed that the eye of Lane moved over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/station_page.php?station=51002\"><strong>Buoy 51002<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; located about <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/snpp_dnb_Lane-20180823_122844.png\"><strong>200 miles southwest of the Big Island of Hawai&#8217;i<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; just after 19 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>. The peak wind gust measured by the buoy was 93 knots or 107 mph ay 1830 UTC; the lowest wind and air pressure values were recorded while in the eye from 1930-2110 UTC.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_buoy51002.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_buoy51002.jpeg\" alt=\"Plot of wind speed\/gust and air pressure data from Buoy 51002 \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plot of wind speed\/gust and air pressure data from Buoy 51002<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At 1703 UTC Buoy 51002 was located just west of the eye, beneath strong convection of the eyewall as seen on a DMSP-17 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image <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\/08\/180823_1703utc_dmsp17_ssmis_microwave_buoy_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_1703utc_dmsp17_ssmis_microwave_buoy_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"DMSP-17 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1703 UTC, with and without plots of buoy data [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">DMSP-17 SSMIS Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1703 UTC, with and without plots of buoy data [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image at 2334 UTC or 1:34 pm HST on 23 August is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/snpp_viirs_dnb_Lane-20180823_233423.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/snpp_viirs_dnb_Lane-20180823_233423.png\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image [click to enlarge]\" width=\"638\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band <em>(0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> image [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>===== 24 August Update =====<\/strong><\/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\/08\/snpp_viirs_dnb_Lane-20180824_121114.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/snpp_viirs_dnb_Lane-20180824_121114.png\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) image <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed Category 3 Hurricane Lane at 1211 UTC or 2:11 am HST on 24 August. Thin tendrils of high-altitude transverse banding can be seen along the western and northern periphery of the storm.<\/p>\n<p>GOES-15 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed the development of the transverse banding as Lane eventually weakened to a Category 1 storm during the course of the day; a rapid warming of the cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures began around 2100 UTC. Even though the <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_ohc_Lane.jpeg\"><strong>Ocean Heat Content<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_sst_Lane.jpeg\"><strong>Sea Surface Temperature<\/strong><\/a> in the waters immediately west of Hawai&#8217;i were still fairly high, the hurricane was moving into an environment of increasingly unfavorable <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_goes15_infrared_shear_Lane_anim.gif\"><strong>deep-layer wind shear<\/strong><\/a> which acted to decouple the low-level and mid-level circulations and hasten the weakening process.<\/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\/08\/180824_goes15_infrared_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/G15_IR_LANE_24AUG2018_960x1280_B4_2018236_193000_0001PANEL_00039.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-15 Infrared Window (10.7 \u00b5m) images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 Infrared Window <em>(10.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_goes15_infrared_Hurricane_Lane_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> provided a slightly closer look at the storm during the daylight hours.<\/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\/08\/180824_goes15_visible_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/G15_VIS_LANE_24AUG2018_960x1280_B1_2018236_191500_0001PANEL_00011.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-15 Visible (0.63 \u00b5m) images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 Visible <em>(0.63 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_goes15_visible_Lane_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A dramatic difference was seen between Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band images at 1211 UTC and 2315 UTC <em><strong>(below),<\/strong><\/em> as Lane weakened from a Category 3 to a Category 1 hurricane in this 11-hour period.In spite of the rapid weakening, very heavy rainfall continued across much of the State, with <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_19utc_hfo_rainfall_summary.text\"><strong>24-hour amounts<\/strong><\/a> exceeding 20 inches at some locations on the Big Island of Hawai&#8217;i. Note that the Low-Level Circulation Center (LLCC) of Lane had become exposed on the later 2315 UTC image (in spite of a thin veil of cirrus overhead), and was located to the southwest of the rapidly-dissipating convection that was closer to the islands.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_suomi_npp_viirs_DatNightBand_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_suomi_npp_viirs_DatNightBand_Hurricane_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band<em> (0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>===== 25 August Update =====<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the islands, the highest wind gust associated with Lane was <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_phnl_pns_wind.text\"><strong>74 mph<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180825_phnl_pns.text\"><strong>storm total rainfall amounts<\/strong><\/a> greater than 50 inches were recorded, with Hilo setting a record 3-day accumulation of 31.85 inches and a record 4-day accumulation of 36.76 inches. Rainfall rates on the Big Island exceeded <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180823_23utc_hfo_rainfall_summary.text\"><strong>19 inches in 24 hours<\/strong><\/a> on 23 July.<\/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\/08\/180822_180825_PHTO_SFCMG.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_180825_PHTO_SFCMG.GIF\" alt=\"Time series of surface reports from Hilo, Hawai'i [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time series of surface reports from Hilo, Hawai&#8217;i [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Hourly images of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/real-time\/mtpw2\/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&amp;prod=epac&amp;timespan=48hrs&amp;anim=html5\"><strong>MIMIC Total Precipitable Water<\/strong><\/a> (TPW) product during the period 22-25 August <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed the circulation of Lane transporting high amounts of moisture across the Hawaiian Islands. TPW values of 60 mm (2.4 inches) or more were also seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_180825_Hilo_rawindsondes_anim.gif\"><strong>rawinsonde data<\/strong><\/a> from Hilo on many of these days.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_180825_mimic_tpw2_epac_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/comp20180823.170000_tpw.png\" alt=\"MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product during 22-25 August [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"636\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product during 22-25 August [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180822_180825_mimic_tpw2_epac_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A toggle between Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band images from 24 August \/ 2315 UTC and 25 August \/ 1152 UTC<em><strong> (below)<\/strong><\/em> showed a slow north\/northwestward motion of the exposed LLCC of what had further weakened to Tropical Storm Lane.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_180825_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_TS_Lane_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/180824_180825_suomi_npp_viirs_DayNightBand_TS_Lane_anim.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"638\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band <em>(0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images (above; courtesy of William Straka, CIMSS) showed the eye of Hurricane Lane in the central Pacific Ocean at 1208 UTC on 22 August 2018, a few hours after it reached Category 5 intensity (SATCON). Surface mesovortices were evident within the eye, and storm-top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,43,80,16,62,79,78,25,49,2,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dmsp","category-goes-15","category-goes-17","category-heavy-rain-flooding","category-himawari-8","category-microwave","category-noaa-20","category-satellite-winds","category-suomi_npp","category-tropical-cyclones","category-viirs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29458","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=29458"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29533,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29458\/revisions\/29533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}