{"id":31077,"date":"2018-12-15T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T23:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=31077"},"modified":"2018-12-17T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T18:53:29","slug":"southern-us-storm-and-a-tehuano-wind-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/31077","title":{"rendered":"Southern US storm, and a Tehuano wind event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOES-16 Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, 13-15 December [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>A large midlatitude cyclone moved from the southern High Plains to the Lower Mississippi Valley during the 13 December<\/strong><\/a> – 15 December 2018<\/strong><\/a> period (surface analyses<\/a><\/strong>) — GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the evolution of this system.<\/p>\n

The corresponding GOES-16 Water Vapor images with plots of hourly surface wind gusts are shown below; peak wind gusts<\/strong><\/a> exceeding 50 knots occurred in parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas on 13 December.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images with hourly plots of surface wind gusts in knots, 13-15 December [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>This event was unusually windy in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley:
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Fun fact: Our office has only issued 4 ‘High Wind Warnings’ over the past 30 years, including today’s. Our last ‘High Wind Warning’ was issued February 25, 2013 for Zapata, Jim Hogg, Starr, and Brooks Counties. #funfact<\/a> #txwx<\/a> #NWSBrownsville<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NWS Brownsville (@NWSBrownsville) December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n