{"id":290,"date":"2019-07-05T09:25:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/?p=290"},"modified":"2019-07-05T09:25:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:25:55","slug":"tropical-storm-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/posts\/hurricane-barbara-july-2019\/tropical-storm-barbara\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the 09Z public advisory, Barbara was weakening significantly but was still a Category 1 hurricane (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.public.020.shtml?) with winds of 80mph. By the 1500Z public forecast, Barbara had been downgraded to a Tropical Storm (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.public.021.shtml?) with winds of 70 mph. Both the 9Z (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.discus.020.shtml?) and 15Z (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.discus.021.shtml?) forecast discussions mention the shearing of the storm. This is something that can be seen in the sole good pass from NPP at ~1034Z in both the IR and ATMS imagery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/I05_NPP_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/I05_NPP_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/I05_NPP_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/I05_NPP_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/I05_NPP_070519_1034_Barbara_labels.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/ATMS_NPP_88.0BT_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/ATMS_NPP_88.0BT_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/ATMS_NPP_88.0BT_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/ATMS_NPP_88.0BT_070519_1034_Barbara_labels-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/ATMS_NPP_88.0BT_070519_1034_Barbara_labels.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is also mentioned in the 15Z forecast discussion is:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>The associated deep convection, which is displaced to the northeast of the cyclone center<\/strong>, is diminishing in both coverage and intensity.<\/pre>\n<p>Interestingly, in the DNB imagery, despite being a waxing crescent moon, thus the scene only being illuminated by airglow, there is a suggestion that it observed the exposed circulation to the southwest of the storm, exactly as mentioned in the 15Z NHC forecast discussion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_nolabels-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_nolabels-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_nolabels-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_nolabels-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_nolabels.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_labels-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_labels-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_labels-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_labels-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/jpss-sdoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/07\/DNB_NPP_070519_1034_5E-10_Barbara_labels.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the NOAA-20 extended granule had the storm in the noise, so seeing if this continued was not possible. But this is perhaps another confirmation of what was stated by NHC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 09Z public advisory, Barbara was weakening significantly but was still a Category 1 hurricane (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.public.020.shtml?) with winds of 80mph. By the 1500Z public forecast, Barbara had been downgraded to a Tropical Storm (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.public.021.shtml?) with winds of 70 mph. Both the 9Z (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.discus.020.shtml?) and 15Z (https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2019\/ep02\/ep022019.discus.021.shtml?) forecast discussions mention the shearing of the storm. 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