Lots of dense fog advisories up this morning across the southeast and central US …
Zooming in on the Frogmore Metro, the fog is mostly inland from the coast but be careful especially west and south of Savannah …
The GOES satellite views the earth in 16 different wavelengths of light. These can be combined in different ways to create views designed to highlight different aspects of the atmosphere. This surreal looking image is a combination of the 12.4, 10.4, and 3.9 micron wavelengths is known as the Nighttime Microphysics RGB image …
It takes a bit of practice to read it, but it is extremely useful for picking out low clouds and fog, and as you can see from the color key is useful at finding clouds with ice in them (very useful for aviation) and other cloud types. You can see the bluish-gray fog in the advisory areas over GA/FL, as well as over Louisiana and Texas. This is only useful at night, there is another product that is used during the day.
Cyclone Fina continues to trek across the northern part of Australia. A last minute jog, and the small size of the core, helped the worst avoid Darwin over the weekend …
There is an invest area near the Philippines that may hit the central islands, who are still trying to recover from several typhoons and an earthquake this year. Even if it doesn’t fully spin up it will dump a lot of unwelcome rain. More as it progresses later this week.
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