{"id":46713,"date":"2022-06-05T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=46713"},"modified":"2022-06-08T21:17:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:17:51","slug":"tropical-storm-alex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/46713","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Alex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/06\/220605_goes16_visible_infrared_TS_Alex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/06\/ts_ir-20220605_090028.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) and \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/06\/220605_goes16_visible_infrared_TS_Alex_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band13.pdf\"><strong>10.35 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and \u201cRed\u201d Visible (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band02.pdf\"><strong>0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images&nbsp;<em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2022\/ALEX.shtml?\"><strong>Tropical Storm Alex<\/strong><\/a> after it reached tropical storm intensity at 0900 UTC on 05 June 2022. Overshooting tops within the deep convection exhibited infrared brightness temperatures of -80\u00baC or colder (shades of violet).<\/p>\n<p>GOES-16 Infrared Window (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band14.pdf\"><strong>11.2 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/\"><strong>CIMSS Tropical Cyclones<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;site&nbsp;<em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;include contours of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/misc\/winds\/info.winds.shr.html\"><strong>deep-layer wind shear<\/strong><\/a> at 17 UTC&nbsp; \u2014 which displayed the high shear that was displacing the convection associated with Alex well northeast of the storm center.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/06\/220605_goes16_infrared_shear_Alex_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/06\/220605_goes16_infrared_shear_Alex_anim.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Infrared Window (11.2 \u00b5m) images, with contours\/streamlines of deep-layer wind shear at 1700 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (available at <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/real-time\/mtpw2\/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&amp;prod=namer&amp;timespan=24hrs&amp;anim=html5\">this website<\/a>) animation below tracks Pacific Hurricane Agatha as it makes landfall, and then the accumulation of moisture that is incorporated into Alex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"650\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 890 \/ 650;\" width=\"890\" controls loop src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/MIMICTPW_LastTenDays.rockanim_start28May00UTC_to07June2022.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Rocking MIMIC Total Precipitable Water animation from 0000 UTC on 28 May to 2300 UTC 7 June (and back)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) and \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images&nbsp;(above)&nbsp;showed Tropical Storm Alex after it reached tropical storm intensity at 0900 UTC on 05 June 2022. Overshooting tops within the deep convection exhibited infrared brightness temperatures of -80\u00baC or colder (shades of violet). 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