{"id":54048,"date":"2023-08-20T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=54048"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:19:43","slug":"tropical-storm-hilary-makes-landfall-in-baja-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/54048","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall in Baja California"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1725px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_goes18_waterVapor_surfaceAnalyses_1hourPrecipitaton_SW_US_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/hil_wv_1h-20230820_150117.png\" width=\"1715\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-18 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m) images, with an overlay of Surface Pressure analyses (beige) and 1-hour Precipitation Accumulation (red) [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_goes18_waterVapor_surfaceAnalyses_1hourPrecipitaton_SW_US_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>GOES-18 <em>(GOES-West)<\/em> Mid-level Water Vapor (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band09.pdf\"><strong>6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> included plots of 1-hour Precipitation Accumulation &#8212; which showed rainfall associated with the northward spread of moisture across the Southwest US as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2023\/HILARY.shtml?\"><strong>Tropical Storm Hilary<\/strong><\/a> made landfall in Baja California on 20 August 2023. A similar animation with plots of 6-hour Precipitation Accumulation is available <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_goes18_waterVapor_surfaceAnalyses_6hourPrecipitaton_SW_US_anim.gif\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. There were numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_rer.text\"><strong>daily rainfall records<\/strong><\/a> set, with widespread reports of flash flooding across parts of southern California and southern Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?DEATH VALLEY RECORD ALERT<br><br>Yesterday (August 20, 2023), Death Valley National Park observed 2.20&quot; of precipitation at the official gauge near Furnace Creek.<br><br>This breaks the previous all time wettest day record of 1.70&quot;, which was set on August 5, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeathValley?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeathValley<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pU0zM4Fbeq\">pic.twitter.com\/pU0zM4Fbeq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSVegas\/status\/1693738690261172637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Hourly images of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/real-time\/mtpw2\/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&amp;prod=conus&amp;timespan=24hrs&amp;anim=html5\"><strong>MIMIC-TPW<\/strong><\/a> product <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> also showed the northward transport of abundant tropical moisture ahead of Hilary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1725px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230819_230820_mimicTPW_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/mimic_tpw-20230820_120000.png\" width=\"1715\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hourly MIMIC-TPW product [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230819_230820_mimicTPW_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New record maximum Total Precipitable Water (TPW) values were established for 1200 UTC soundings on 20 August at both San Diego, California and Las Vegas, Nevada <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1532px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_1200utc_knkx_tpw_climatology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_1200utc_knkx_tpw_climatology.png\" width=\"1522\" height=\"671\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climatology of 1200 UTC sounding Total Precipitable Water (TPW) for San Diego, California&#8211; with the TPW value for 20 August 2023 indicated by a gray circle [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_1200utc_kvef_tpw_climatology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230820_1200utc_kvef_tpw_climatology.png\" width=\"1525\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climatology of 1200 UTC sounding Total Precipitable Water (TPW) for Las Vegas, Nevada &#8212; with the TPW value for 20 August 2023 indicated by a gray circle [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition, the all-time record maximum 0000 UTC sounding Total Precipitable Water (TPW) value of 2.38 inches was tied at San Diego, California <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230821_0000utc_knkx_tpw_climatology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/08\/230821_0000utc_knkx_tpw_climatology.png\" width=\"1518\" height=\"656\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climatology of 0000 UTC sounding Total Precipitable Water (TPW) for San Diego, California&#8211; with the TPW value for 21 August 2023 indicated by a gray circle [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-18 (GOES-West) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m) images (above) included plots of 1-hour Precipitation Accumulation &#8212; which showed rainfall associated with the northward spread of moisture across the Southwest US as Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Baja California on 20 August 2023. A similar animation with plots of 6-hour Precipitation Accumulation is available here. 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