The Scientist's View

9.07.2007

Unusal satellite pattern


Included is a very odd pattern in the satellite image from this morning (enhanced in lucky charms colors for Jimbo - his favorite cereal).

The enhanced clouds bisect the ConUS (Continental US) right through Illinois. Underneath these clouds are extended complexes of rain and thunder. Particularly interesting was that last night the line passed through Des Moines (with hours of heavy rain and thunder) but this was elongated along an east to west axis. Now the precipitation has run into the strong high over New England and runs along a north to south axis. The high is particularly strong - look how clear the Atlantic coast is.

As you can tell from the cloud patterns, it looks like the rain has become like a bug and the high pressure is the windshield...SPLAT!

Hey Weatherwoof - you got any proper meteorological terms for that??

Some other features to note:
1. The edges of Felix are observed on the bottom of image in Mexico
2. The remnants of Henriette (the Pacific hurricane) are swirling through Oklahoma and merging (following the prevailing SW to NE wind flow) with the cold front that is running north to south.
3. A subtropical feature out by Bermuda has been forecast to develop and circulate back towards the US as the high pressure departs the Northeast. I seriously doubt this will happen but this area of disturbed weather has sat south and west of Bermuda for days.

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