danielwAdministrator
(Moderator)
Wed Mar 08 2006 07:45 AM
Re: ITCZ ? Movement and is it moving north now?

These links are to 5 Day Hovmoller diagrams for the Tropical Atlantic.
They are basically strips of satellite photos along the respective areas. A 5 day freeze frame.
As Clark said there isn't a lot of amplitude in the ITCZ right now. Using these diagrams you can visualize the day-to-day movement of each area.
You could print a page of each one to see the movement.

5-day Satellite Hovmöller diagrams
Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean (GOES-EAST)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb_latest/gehov1latest.gif
Gulf of Mexico and subtropical Atlantic (GOES-EAST)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb_latest/gehov2latest.gif
Eastern Atlantic and Africa (METEOSAT-7)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb_latest/m7hov1latest.gif
Southern CONUS and subtropical Atlantic (GOES-EAST)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb_latest/gehov3latest.gif

This link will give you a daily surface weather chart with the ITCZ emphasized.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb_latest/TSA_latestBW.gif (black and white-wide area)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb_latest/WATL_latest.gif (color-zoom on SW Atlantic/Carib/GOM)



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