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UNISYS Water Vapor Hemispheric North and West Satellite trimmed to focus on the existing system from equator to arctic region.
May 19, 2013
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UNISYS Water Vapor satellite of north and west hemisphere
After 24 hours of warming/direct solar rays.
Then 24 more hours of heating/direct solar rays has resulted in a hemispheric system that is destroying the country.
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UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of north and west hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop)
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UNISYS Enhanced Infrared satellite of north and west hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop)
The single system has divided into two. I was hoping it would be easier to see in enhanced infrared. It isn't over. The northern vortex is still gaining strength and the system moving east is still full of heat. Just because the sun went down doesn't mean the danger ends. Some of the most dangerous storms have happened in the wee hours of the day from conflicting temperatures between day and night. There is also latent energy in the air radiated off the surface of Earth that continues to heat the air.
Illinois has had dozens of tornado warnings in the past few hours. That is the reorganization of the vortex and the increased up-spring of turbulence.
