{"id":37372,"date":"2020-07-01T13:55:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=37372"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:55:53","slug":"fancy-some-time-on-the-lake-acspo-ssts-show-the-warmest-and-coolest-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/37372","title":{"rendered":"Fancy some time on the Lake?  ACSPO SSTs show the warmest (and coolest) waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_37373\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/LowerLakesLST-20200701_0620_0708step.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37373\" class=\"wp-image-37373\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/LowerLakesLST-20200701_0620_0708step.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ACSPO Lake Surface Temperatures over Lakes Erie and Ontario, early morning on 01 July 2020 (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Advanced Clear-Sky Processing of Oceans (ACSPO) Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs or, in this case, Lake Surface Temperatures, LSTs) are available via an LDM feed from CIMSS for insertion into AWIPS.\u00a0 Clear skies over the lower Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) for the morning overpasses of <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/LowerLakesLST-20200701_070858.png\">Suomi NPP<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/npp\/na2020_07_01_183_npp.gif\">orbit paths<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/npp\/\">this site<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/LowerLakesLST-20200701_062036.png\">NOAA-20<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/NOAA20\/na2020_07_01_183.gif\">orbit paths<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/NOAA20\/\">this site<\/a>), toggled above, allow for an accurate depiction of lake surface temperatures.\u00a0 Warmest Lake Erie temperatures are in the western part of the lake (mid-70s), with low 70s along the southern shore of the lake.\u00a0 Surface temperatures are in the upper 60s on the Ontario side of the lake, with the exception of warm temperatures in Long Point Bay.<\/p>\n<p>In Lake Ontario, temperatures are warmest over the southwest part of the Lake (almost 70!) and coolest along the north shore (low\/mid 60s).\u00a0 Note that the region that is warmest does have a different signal in the True Color imagery, below, cropped from an experimental CIMSS website (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/36144\">VIIRS Today<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37377\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/N20_TrueColor_30June2020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37377\" class=\"wp-image-37377\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/N20_TrueColor_30June2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/N20_TrueColor_30June2020.png 1215w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/N20_TrueColor_30June2020-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/N20_TrueColor_30June2020-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/N20_TrueColor_30June2020-768x420.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 True Color imagery over western Lake Ontario, 30 June 2020 (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced Clear-Sky Processing of Oceans (ACSPO) Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs or, in this case, Lake Surface Temperatures, LSTs) are available via an LDM feed from CIMSS for insertion into AWIPS.\u00a0 Clear skies over the lower Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) for the morning overpasses of Suomi NPP (orbit paths, from this site) and NOAA-20 (orbit 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