{"id":38717,"date":"2020-10-21T19:58:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=38717"},"modified":"2020-10-22T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:52:09","slug":"nucaps-sounding-profiles-surrounding-colorados-east-troublesome-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/38717","title":{"rendered":"NUCAPS Sounding profiles surrounding Colorado&#8217;s East Troublesome Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38718\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/SixSounding_NUCAPSNOAA20_19z_21Oct2020step.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38718\" class=\"wp-image-38718\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/SixSounding_NUCAPSNOAA20_19z_21Oct2020step.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 NUCAPS Profiles over Colorado, at locations indicated, at ca. 1900 UTC on 21 October 2020 (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/7242\/\">East Troublesome Fire<\/a> in Colorado expanded greatly on 21 October (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/38705\">click here for more information<\/a>), and produced pyrocumulus clouds.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/na2020_10_21_295_N20orbits.gif\">NOAA-20 overflew the fire at around 1930 UTC<\/a> (linked-to overpass map from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/NOAA20\/\">this site<\/a>) on 21 October, and NUCAPS profiles, shown above, diagnosed the stability of the mid- and upper-troposphere.\u00a0 The toggle below between the NOAA-20 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NPPVIIRSVis-20201021_204831-20201021_201546.png\">VIIRS Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NPPVIIRSIR-20201021_201546.png\">Infrared (11.45 \u00b5m)<\/a> imagery and NUCAPS Sounding availability points show the relationships between cloudiness and point color.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38719\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSPoints-NPPVIIRSImagery_20201021_190711toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38719\" class=\"wp-image-38719\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSPoints-NPPVIIRSImagery_20201021_190711toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP Visible (0.64 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NPPVIIRSIR-20201021_201546.png\">\u00b5m<\/a>) and Infrared (11.45 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NPPVIIRSIR-20201021_201546.png\">\u00b5m<\/a>) imagery at 2015 UTC on 21 October 2020, as well as (NOAA-20) NUCAPS Sounding availability points at ~1900 UTC on 21 October (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gridded NUCAPS fields, below, of 500-300 mb lapse rates show very weak stability in and around the fire location.\u00a0 A fire-driven updrafts in the region would not find much in the way to impede its vertical development.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38720\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSLapseRate_500to300-20201021_192311.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38720\" class=\"wp-image-38720\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSLapseRate_500to300-20201021_192311.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSLapseRate_500to300-20201021_192311.png 803w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSLapseRate_500to300-20201021_192311-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/NUCAPSLapseRate_500to300-20201021_192311-768x564.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NUCAPS estimates of upper-tropospheric (500-300 mb) lapse rates at ca. 1900 UTC on 21 October 2020 (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East Troublesome Fire in Colorado expanded greatly on 21 October (click here for more information), and produced pyrocumulus clouds.\u00a0 NOAA-20 overflew the fire at around 1930 UTC (linked-to overpass map from this site) on 21 October, and NUCAPS profiles, shown above, diagnosed the stability of the mid- and upper-troposphere.\u00a0 The toggle below between the 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