May 23, 2009
2130z
UNISYS North and West Hemipshere Water Vapor Satellite (12 hour loop at title to entry - thank you.) There is the usual vortex north of Hawaii anytime there is exception turbulence. Yep. It's evil twin is west of the Florida northern border. They always manifest when there is this level of turbulence. They are stable, consistent and immoble. Same exact latitude, different longitudes.
May 23, 2009
2130z
UNISYS Water Vapor Goes East Satellite. Noted south of the 'shear system' is a heat transfer system off the Equator.
May 23, 2009
2130z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of USA
May 23, 2009
1931 gmt
North Pole Satellite - the vortices are better noted here as well as their conduit systems. Noted those are the only vortices in the Northern Hemisphere 'acting' in this mechanism. The North American continent is the 'drag' to the velocities and therefore has resulted in significant 'shear' at 45 degree north latitude. LOOK OUT !!!!!!
SHEAR LINE
A line of maximum horizontal wind shear. A narrow zone across which there is an abrupt change in the horizontal wind component parallel to it.
May 23, 2009
2212 gmt
Pacific Ocean Satellite - It is a poor resolution to the vortices, but, they can be discerned.
Raw data courtesy of the NCEP Aviation Weather Center located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States (click here)
The Mid-Latidudes are where most upper tropospheric vortices form. Today, noted in the 30 hour loop above, there are many. To animate the loop, adjust the 'loop' to 30 and click animate.
There is just too much heat. The velocities at 60 degrees north is very fast. The air continues to 'pile up' causing vortices. Noted to be very unusual is the 'conduit' between the two Pacific vortices. To the west is the Arctic Oscillation vortex which is directly fueled and accelerating compliments of the vortex east of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
There is one directly over the Kamchatka Peninsula as well. These three vortices are perfect examples of 'heat transfer systems' that result in the northern hemisphere in attempts to cool Earth. The lack of 'residual ice' in the Northern Hemisphere is the reason why the vortices are accelerating and therefore increasing the 'density' of each air mass resulting in vortexes. Air is 'hot' expanded and taking up more space in the troposphere. The only 'coping' mechanism available for Earth is the 'repeated' eruption of vortexes.
Noted in these three are the 'conduits' of air that 'hand off' the heat to each other.
The Artic Oscillation vortex just south of Alaska is receiving accelerated air masses from both the Mid-Pacific and Kamchatka Peninsula vortices.
The conduit between the northern boundary of the Mid-Pacific Vortex and the southern border of the Arctic Oscillation Vortex exists through the entire loop, as early as 0645 UTC. However, the northern boundary of the Kamchatka Peninsula vortex (which has ice formations) is noted to connect with the Mid-Pacific Vortex conduit at 1415 UTC.
These are unusal phenomena and are a direct result of a heated troposphere. The acceleration of the air masses will sustain until the sun rotates to darkness.
There is a publication in 2007 validating the changes in the sea ice at this region of Earth. An increase in floating ice is a clear indication of demise of ice formations in these oceans.Extreme supply of floating ice to the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean (click here), Oceanology, Volume 47, Number 1 / February, 2007, pp. 1-4.
The Earth has 'wind zones' called Hadley Cells. They are primarily divided into '30 degree increments. Zero degrees latitude to 30, 30 to 60 and 60 t0 90. It would seem this year the "Westerlies," - Mid-Latitude Cells are more severe. (See NASA image above.) There is a lot of turbulence and it occurred very quickly.
May 23, 2009
2030z
UNISYS Visible Satellite of North and West Hemisphere.
May 23, 2008
Quinter, Kansas
May 23, 2008
1430z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of North and West Hemisphere (Again this is 2008).
May 23, 2008
1430z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite (Again this is 2008) of North America.
