Sunday, January 21, 2007

Mid-Latitude Cyclone

If I was still teaching meteorology I would show my students these beautiful images of a classic mid-latitude cyclone that is crossing the midwest this weekend:





Note the large comma-shaped region of precipitation that is characteristic of mid-latitude cyclones. A great website to view satellite images and surface station data for U.S. (or North American) weather is here. Click on enhanced IR and view the looped animation - it's cool! This site from Plymouth University is also a good one. Ooh wait, yeah, I just found an image of the radar data superimposed on the IR:

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