• MODIS Pic of the Day 25 June 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Sat Jun 25 12:00:40 2022
    June 25, 2022 - Tropical Storm Celia Struggles to Strengthen

    Tropical Storm Celia
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    After more than a week of struggling to gain strength over the eastern
    Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Celia continued to fight for
    intensification on June 23, 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
    Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
    true-color image of Cecelia on that same day. At that time, the storm
    showed ragged circulation spiraling into a cloud-filled center as it
    spun west of the Mexican coast.

    At 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on June 23, the National Hurricane Center
    (NHC) advised that Tropical Storm Celia was located about 235 mi (380
    km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico and about 380 miles (615 km)
    east-southeast of Socorro Island. It was sporting maximum sustained
    winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and was traveling northwestward at 13 mph (20
    km/h).

    The NHC advisory stated “Celia is a bit of a conundrum.” And explained
    that, “The strong east-northeasterly shear which was affecting the
    system over the past couple of days has lessened and turned out of the
    north, but the cyclone may have ingested so much dry air during that
    time that it's now struggling to produce much convection near its
    center. That said, new convection has recently been developing just to
    the east of the center…The big question for intensity is whether the
    dry air near the core can be mixed out and allow deep convection to
    organize near the center.” Despite the conundrum, Celia was expected to
    intensify to hurricane strength over the next several days.

    The storm was able to muster some strength by 11:00 p.m. EDT on June 24
    (0300 UTC June 25) when wind speeds were reported at 65 mph (100 km/h).
    At that time, the NHC located Tropical Storm Celia at 310 miles (500
    km) southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico and about 115 mi (185 km)
    southeast of Socorro Island. It continued to move south-southwest.
    Celia appears to continue to be a conundrum, as models differ on the
    storm’s ability to reach hurricane strength. A compromise of the
    possibilities indicates that Tropical Storm Celia is likely to
    strengthen only slightly over the next 12-24 hours and then gradually
    begin to weaken. It is expected that the storm will also begin to track
    westward, taking it further away from land.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Aqua
    Date Acquired: 6/23/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (1.7 MB), 500m (4.8 MB), 250m (3.2 MB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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