Showing posts with label satrep watervapor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satrep watervapor. Show all posts

Friday, January 18, 2008

My Satrep WV Image

Today's water vapor image has a lot of structure, based on my experience. I don't often look at it but my impression is always a very blurry image. But today, (and yesterday actually), I can see cloud cells in the jet stream. I should remember this date and check it with the EUMETSAT archives when they are available.
With such structure, I would expect the IR and WV winds to match very well, in height as well as magnitude and direction.WV Image


During last week's online SATREP, I asked a question about the jet stream and the meaning of the entry and exit points. This is the diagram I sketched in my notes: