{"id":42554,"date":"2021-09-23T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=42554"},"modified":"2021-09-27T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:53:54","slug":"strong-winds-over-lake-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/42554","title":{"rendered":"Strong winds over Lake Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1032\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1032;\" width=\"1920\" controls loop src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/MichiganLowPressure_23Sept2021_Sunrise.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>GOES-16 Band 3 (0.86 \u00b5m) imagery at sunrise (1151 &#8211; 1246 UTC) on 23 September 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GOES-16 &#8220;Veggie Band&#8221; near-infrared imagery (Band 3, 0.86 \u00b5m), above, (from the <a href=\"https:\/\/geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu\/#coordinate:0,0;\">CSPP Geosphere websit<\/a>e, click <a href=\"https:\/\/geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu\/#playing:true;coordinate:-806477,4109608;zoom:6;coverage:radc;product:C03;map_grid:on;start_time:2021-09-23T11:50:00Z;timeframe:Start%20Time;\">here<\/a> for a link to the animation at that website) shows an early-season Fall cyclone over lower Michigan.  During the animation, RADARSAT Constellation Mission Satellite 1 (RCM-1) was in a descending pass down Lake Michigan.  Synthetic Aperture Radar winds from that satellite (from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/socd\/mecb\/sar\/AKDEMO_products\/APL_winds\/wind_images_nic\/sarwinds_calendar_now.html\">this website<\/a>) produced a complex windfield over extreme <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/RCM1_SHUB_2021_09_23_11_51_51_0685713111_084.43W_46.76N_VV_C5_GFS05CDF_wind.png\">eastern Lake Superior<\/a> (just before 1152 UTC) and over <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/RCM1_SHUB_2021_09_23_11_52_44_0685713164_085.27W_43.48N_VV_C5_GFS05CDF_wind.png\">Lake Michigan<\/a> (just before 1153 UTC), as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/RCM1_SHUB_2021_09_23_11_51_51_to_11_52_44_windstepanim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2023\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/RCM1_SHUB_2021_09_23_11_51_51_to_11_52_44_windstepanim.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42556\" \/><\/a><figcaption>SAR-derived winds from RCM1, 1151-1153 UTC on 23 September 2021 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is interesting to consider the influence of prominences along the western shore of lower Michigan, such as Big Sable and Little Sable points, as well as Sleeping Bear Dunes on the distribution of winds.  There seems to be lighter winds in the lee of those regions in this northerly wind regime.  Also, consider the wind funneling through outlets over Lake Huron, and being blocked by the islands in northern Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAR winds are affected by ice in clouds.  That might be the cause of the very strong winds indicated to be just offshore or southwestern lower Michigan, and over the Lake Michigan south of 43 N and east of 87 W.  GOES-16 Cloud-top phase does show ice over the entire Lake, as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/G16CloudTopPhase-20210923_115117.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/G16CloudTopPhase-20210923_115117.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/G16CloudTopPhase-20210923_115117.png 1195w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/G16CloudTopPhase-20210923_115117-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/G16CloudTopPhase-20210923_115117-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/G16CloudTopPhase-20210923_115117-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Cloud Top Phase, 1151 UTC on 23 September 2021 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WestGL_BuoyLocations.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WestGL_BuoyLocations.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42560\" \/><\/a><figcaption>National Data Buoy Center buoy locations over the western Great Lakes (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/\">National Data Buoy Center<\/a> oversees a large portfolio of moored buoys (and C-MAN sites) that monitor the winds, and these buoys can be used to see how the SAR winds compare to observations.  For example, the winds at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/station_page.php?station=45007&amp;uom=E&amp;tz=GMT\">buoy 45007<\/a> around 1100 UTC on 23 September, as shown in the plot below, were around 25 knots with gusts to almost 35 knots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WindBuoyPlot_45007-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WindBuoyPlot_45007-1.png 640w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WindBuoyPlot_45007-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Winds at NDBC Buoy 45007.  The SAR winds above shows values near 1200 UTC On 23 September<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WindBuoyPlot_45002.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WindBuoyPlot_45002.png 640w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/WindBuoyPlot_45002-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Winds at NDBC Buoy 45002.  The SAR winds above shows values near 1200 UTC On 23 September<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Winds at buoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/station_page.php?station=45002\">45002<\/a> (above) peaked at around 1200 UTC:  27 knots with gusts to 35 knots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strongs winds in early Autumn act to cool the lake.  The Lake Surface Temperature plot, below, <a href=\"https:\/\/glbuoys.glos.us\/45007\">from this site<\/a>, shows the cooling at buoy 45007 that occurred with the winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/LakeSurfaceTPlot_45007_Sep20-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/LakeSurfaceTPlot_45007_Sep20-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/LakeSurfaceTPlot_45007_Sep20-24.png 907w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/LakeSurfaceTPlot_45007_Sep20-24-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/09\/LakeSurfaceTPlot_45007_Sep20-24-768x300.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lake Surface temperatures, 20-24 September 2021 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-16 &#8220;Veggie Band&#8221; near-infrared imagery (Band 3, 0.86 \u00b5m), above, (from the CSPP Geosphere website, click here for a link to the animation at that website) shows an early-season Fall cyclone over lower Michigan. During the animation, RADARSAT Constellation Mission Satellite 1 (RCM-1) was in a descending pass down Lake Michigan. 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