Check this NOAA QuikScat.....

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Check this NOAA QuikScat.....

#1 Postby dixiebreeze » Wed May 18, 2005 1:59 pm

http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/sto ... _ep_0.html
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#2 Postby jabber » Wed May 18, 2005 3:06 pm

Not the best of have seen... but I will take what I can at this point :)
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#3 Postby soonertwister » Wed May 18, 2005 3:09 pm

Looks to me like this is evidence that while the mid-level circulation appears to be quite organized and vigorous, the surface circulation is still not well-organized. It could be that the LLC will relocate, because I'm guessing it's still not well-centered under the MLC. If it was, I think the circulation would look markedly better now.
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#4 Postby robjay » Wed May 18, 2005 8:52 pm

Does quikscat have any dynamic models?
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#5 Postby soonertwister » Wed May 18, 2005 9:11 pm

robjay wrote:Does quikscat have any dynamic models?

Nope. It's just a low-orbit weather satellite that measures surface winds, about 30 feet off the terrain.

Don't get me started about this. QuikScat has been a pet peeve of mine for years, but I have had people tell me that it wouldn't be as accurate from the Clarke Belt. I have no way of verifying whether or not that's true, since they've never even attempted to measure surface winds from that distance.

If it did work, it would make that program 100-1000 times more valuable.
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#6 Postby soonertwister » Wed May 18, 2005 9:35 pm

With the latest images we are finally seeing evidence of closed flow, and although the image is now slightly stale, in a system like this, a few degrees of separation between turning indicators can probably shrink in a pretty short period of time.

Cane in the morning.
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#7 Postby TropicalWXMA » Wed May 18, 2005 9:38 pm

The outflow looks fairly good, a little chopped off on the western quadrent since there is a high to the west of the system. I'm with you guys on a cane in the morning...
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