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Daily Summary for 28 January 2007
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This was another day of two weather scenarios. Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec were under clear skies thanks to a high pressure system. Southwestern Ontario was under clouds with some light snow thanks to a weak upper level disturbance.
There were some altocumulus clouds during the morning over CARE. Photos taken by Curtis Seaman.
Click here for the CARE operations summary. (Word Document)
Flight SummaryThe last flight of IOP III targeted the Mirabel, QC CloudSat overpass and, as such, focused again on lidar/CALIPSO measurements. CLEX did not participate.
Below is a GOES visible image and CloudSat swath during the flight courtesy NRL.
Satellite ImagesGOES-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 00 UTC courtesy RAP @ UCAR
Model Analyses12 UTC Eta analysis of 500 mb winds
12 UTC Eta analysis of 500 mb heights and vorticity
Radiosonde Soundings12 UTC Maniwaki, QC
