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Daily Summary for 31 October 2006
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Another storm system moved in overnight, bringing with it cloudiness associated with a cold front, well out in front of a 500mb trough and mid-latitude cyclone over Manitoba.
Flight SummaryThe first flight was today. This was a C3VP flight only, and was primarily used as another test flight to make sure the instruments were in working order. Details will follow.
Below is a MODIS IR image and CloudSat swath showing the clouds in the target area of the flight.
Satellite Images
Images are every 4 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. Images are taken at 1645 and 2045 UTC.
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. Images are taken at 1645 and 2045 UTC.
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. Images are taken at 1645 and 2045 UTC.
Surface Observations21 UTC Surface analysis from RUC courtesy RAP @ UCAR
Surface METARs every 4 hours beginning at 00 UTC courtesy RAP @ UCAR
Model Analyses12 UTC Eta analysis of 500 mb heights and vorticity
Radiosonde Soundings12 UTC Maniwaki, QC
