PERCUSION Weather briefing
Current synoptic situation
NHC surface analysis
NHC tropical weather outlook
NHC tropical Hovmöller
Latest satellite images
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ECMWF Forecasts
2024-09-25 15:00 UTC
2024-09-26 15:00 UTC
2024-09-27 15:00 UTC
2024-09-28 12:00 UTC
2024-09-29 12:00 UTC
2024-09-30 12:00 UTC
Ensemble forecasts of moist margins
Ensemble forecasts of moist margins
Total aerosol optical depth
Local forecast for Barbados
Summary
- Thursday’s flight (PI Jakob):
- Southeastern and south circle likely on moist margins.
- Northwestern and center circle inside moist margins.
- Deep convection expected over northwestern flight area
- Saturday’s flight (PI Julia):
- Western circles likely outside moist margins. Eastern circles likely inside moist margins Middle circles likely to sample the doldrums.
- No large areas of deep convection expected along the flight track.
- Possible tropical cyclone development to the north of the track.
Supporting figures
Horizontal surface wind convergence
Probabilistic precipitation forecast
Horizontal sfc. wind conv. & Prob. precip. forecast
