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Satellite
Imagery and Weather Models
with STORMSURF Analysis
Updated: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:11 PM
NOTICE
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Current Weather
GRAPHIC 1
GOES-10 Infrared Satellite Image
On
Sunday, 4/24/05
PM notice passing north of the Aleutians in the Western Gulf of Alaska. Otherwise nothing of interest is present.
Courtesy: FNMOC, UNISYS or NRL
GOES-10 Tropical Storm Image
none
Courtesy: NRL
GRAPHIC 2
QuikSCAT Global Winds
On
Sunday, 4/24/05
AM notice a tiny fetch associated with the Gulf low and two tiny fetches in the South Pacific, one under New Zealand and the other in the mid-South Pacific all aimed towards California. The operative word on all these is tiny though.
Courtesy: NOAA NESDIS
GRAPHIC 3
QuikSCAT Close-up Winds
Area of Interest: none
Courtesy:
NOAA NESDIS
GRAPHICS 4 & 5
GFS Model
(Surface Pressure/Wind & Jetstream Winds/250 mb Height)
On
Sunday, 4/24/05
PM notice the Gulf low north of the Aleutians and it's associated fetch moving over the Islands. In the jetstream notice a huge ridge in the Gulf pushing everything into Alaska.
GRAPHICS 6 & 7
NOAA Wavewatch 3
Wave Model Wave Height and Period
Height On Sunday, 4/24/05 PM notice no seas of interest other than a tiny area on the dateline at 18 ft. The Gulf seas are all heading north. |
Period Notice a swellfront pushing into California from a previous low west of the dateline and some energy pushing north from a storm off South America. |
Forecast Weather
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GRAPHICS 8 & 9
GFS Model
(Surface Pressure/Wind & Jetstream Winds/250 mb Height)
24 hours later on Friday PM notice a new small low pushing off the Kurils. Not much is expected from this one either. The ridge in the jetstream continues building in the Gulf.
GRAPHIC 10 &
11
NOAA Wavewatch
3 Wave Model Wave Height and Period
Height On Friday PM notice 22 ft seas associated with the Kuril low. |
Period Notice no swellfronts of interest left other than some southern hemi energy. |
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