Mesovortices in the eye can be seen at this link

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Mesovortices in the eye can be seen at this link

#1 Postby Windy » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:42 pm

Rather high res sat loop -- check out the mesovortices!

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/SAT_IVAN/anim8vis.html
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#2 Postby PrincessTiger » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:43 pm

I have NO idea what that means, can you explain?

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Re: Mesovortices in the eye can be seen at this link

#3 Postby Ixolib » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:45 pm

Windy wrote:Rather high res sat loop -- check out the mesovortices!

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/SAT_IVAN/anim8vis.html


WOW -----> :eek:
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#4 Postby JayPSU » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:46 pm

PT, the very bright white spokes in the eye wall
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#5 Postby meteorjosh » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:49 pm

mesovortices don't occur IN the eye, rather they occur in the eyewall, what you see in the eye are debris clouds...also mesovortices are too small and embedded to show up on 1km satellite images
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#6 Postby Possum Trot » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:50 pm

PrincessTiger wrote:I have NO idea what that means, can you explain?
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I asked the same question in another thread. See here for an answer:

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... 3&start=20
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#7 Postby HurricaneGirl » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:51 pm

Holy Crap! :eek:
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#8 Postby madspa » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:58 pm

:eek:
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#9 Postby calidoug » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:59 pm

Meteorjosh, that's not correct, at least not in an annular hurricane (not saying Ivan is annular right now).

Mesovortices, and not debris clouds, were clearly visible rotating inside the primary eyewall of Isabell, for long periods of time.
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#10 Postby gatorbabe79 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:03 pm

Meso not sure about any of this!!!
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#11 Postby gkrangers » Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:06 pm

gatorbabe79 wrote:Meso not sure about any of this!!!
Ha...haha...heh...
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#12 Postby canegrl04 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:09 pm

I think its pronounced "MESS-O"
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#13 Postby PurdueWx80 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:21 pm

Actually..."mezz-o" - and yes there are between 4 and 5 mesovortices in the eye right now. Meso - scale on order of 10-100+ km (definitely fits). Vortices - rotating clockwise (or ccw)...definitely fits.
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