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Daily Summary for 28 February 2007
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The low that affected the region over the last few days finally dissipated and moseyed on out of the region. Mid- and low level moisture hung around and kept southwestern Ontario under cloud cover, but Ottawa only saw some cirrus.
Click here for the CARE operations summary. (Word Document)
Flight SummaryThere was no flight today. The aircraft was grounded for routine maintenance.
Satellite ImagesImages are taken every four hours beginning at 0045 UTC.
GOES-12 IR courtesy of RAP @ UCAR
GOES-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 0045 UTC courtesy RAP @ UCAR
Model Analyses12 UTC Eta analysis of 500 mb winds
12 UTC Eta analysis of 500 mb heights and vorticity
18 UTC surface analysis from NCEP
Radiosonde Soundings12 UTC Maniwaki, QC
