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Daily Summary for 10 December 2006
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The low over James Bay yesterday morning moved off the coast of Labrador. Another 500 mb jet streak passed by to the north of Ottawa, but it brought only cirrus clouds. Downwind of Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, there was enough moisture and instability for persistent low cloud cover, which Ottawa was on the edge of all day. Southwestern Ontario was mostly clear, except for patches of cirrus.
Flight SummaryThere was no flight today. No scheduled overpass for C3VP and no good clouds for CLEX.
Satellite ImagesGOES-12 Visible (during daylight hours) and Near IR (night) albedo from CIRA.
GOES-12 IR (10.7 µm) brightness temperature from CIRA. The color scale begins at 0 °C with an increment of -10 °C between color changes.
GOES-12 experimental cloud phase from CIRA. Blue represents ice particles, red is liquid droplets above freezing and yellow represents supercooled liquid droplets. Gray areas are clear (no cloud) based on an IR cloud mask.
Surface ObservationsSurface METARs every 4 hours beginning at 00 UTC courtesy RAP @ UCAR
Model Analyses12 UTC Eta analysis of 500 mb heights and vorticity
18 UTC NCEP/HPC surface analysis
Radiosonde Soundings12 UTC Maniwaki, QC
