{"id":31312,"date":"2019-01-10T17:10:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T17:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=31312"},"modified":"2019-01-12T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T21:03:10","slug":"hurricane-force-low-in-the-west-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/31312","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Force low in the West Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190109_goes17_visible_West_Pacific_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/G17_VIS_WPAC_09JAN2019_2019010_030038_GOES-17_0001PANEL.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-17 \" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible <em>(0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190109_goes17_visible_West_Pacific_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GOES-17 &#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> revealed the low-level circulation of an occluded Hurricane Force low (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190110_surface_analyses_West_Pacific_anim.gif\"><strong>surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>) over the West Pacific Ocean on 09 January &#8211; 10 January 2019. This storm was forecast to produce wave heights up to <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190110_wind_wave_forecasts_anim.gif\"><strong>40-60 feet<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GOES-17 Low-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band10.pdf\"><strong>7.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Mid-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band09.pdf\"><strong>6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Upper-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band08.pdf\"><strong>6.2 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) Water Vapor images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong> <\/em>showed the circulation of the storm at higher altitudes.<\/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\/2019\/01\/190110_goes17_waterVapor_West_Pacific_storm_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/G17_WATER_VAPOR_WPAC_10JAN2019_2019010_120038_GOES-17_0003PANELS.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-17 Low-level (7.3 \u00b5m, left), Mid-level (6.9 \u00b5m, center) and Upper-level (6.2 \u00b5m, right) Water Vapor images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"639\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 Low-level <em>(7.3 \u00b5m, left),<\/em> Mid-level <em>(6.9 \u00b5m, center)<\/em> and Upper-level <em>(6.2 \u00b5m, right)<\/em> Water Vapor images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190110_goes17_waterVapor_West_Pacific_storm_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Metop-A ASCAT surface scatterometer wind speeds were as high as 67 knots southwest of the storm center and 63 knots to the northeast <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\/2019\/01\/190110_0930utc_goes17_waterVapor_ascat_winds_West_Pacific_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190110_0930utc_goes17_waterVapor_ascat_winds_West_Pacific_anim.gif\" alt=\"GOES-17 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m) image with Metop-A ASCAT surface scatterometer winds [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 Mid-level Water Vapor <em>(6.9 \u00b5m)<\/em> image with Metop-A ASCAT surface scatterometer winds [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A toggle between VIIRS True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images from Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 &#8212; as viewed using <a href=\"https:\/\/re.ssec.wisc.edu\/s\/i103zP\"><strong>RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190110_suomiNPP_noaa20_viirs_truecolor_infrared_West_Pacific_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/190110_suomiNPP_noaa20_viirs_truecolor_infrared_West_Pacific_anim.gif\" alt=\"NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"641\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color and Infrared Window<em> (11.45 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational * GOES-17 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images (above) revealed the low-level circulation of an occluded Hurricane Force low (surface analyses) over the West Pacific Ocean on 09 January &#8211; 10 January 2019. This storm was forecast to produce wave heights up to 40-60 feet. GOES-17 Low-level [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":31314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,58,78,53,45,25,49,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goes-17","category-metop","category-noaa-20","category-real-earth","category-redgreenblue-rgb-images","category-satellite-winds","category-suomi_npp","category-viirs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31312","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=31312"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31339,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31312\/revisions\/31339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}