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28 Mar 2024 - 16:55 UTC

Post-Tropical Cyclone Erin - Air Mass at 36.1°N - 71.6°W

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Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1330 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1330 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1340 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1340 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1350 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1350 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1400 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1400 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1420 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1420 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1430 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1430 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1450 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1450 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1500 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1500 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1510 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1510 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1520 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1520 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1530 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1530 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1540 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1540 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1550 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1550 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1600 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1600 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1610 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1610 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1620 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1620 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1630 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1630 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1640 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1640 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1650 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1650 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1700 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1700 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1710 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1710 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1720 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1720 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1730 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1730 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1740 UTC
Air Mass - RGB composite based on the data from IR and WV - 29 Aug 2019 - 1740 UTC
legend for AirMass RBG

Key for AirMass RGB:

1 - Jet stream / potential vorticity (PV) / deformation zones / dry upper level (dark red / orange)

2 - Cold air mass (dark blue/purple)

3 - Warm air mass (green)

4 - Warm air mass, less moisture (olive/dark orange)

5 - High thick cloud (white)

6 - Mid level cloud (tan/salmon)

7 - Low level cloud (green, dark blue)

8 - Limb effects (purple/blue)

Air Mass RGB is used to diagnose the environment surrounding synoptic systems by enhancing temperature and moisture characteristics of airmasses. Cyclogenesis can be inferred by the identification of warm, dry, ozone-rich descending stratospheric air associated with jet streams and potential vorticity (PV) anomalies. The RGB can be used to validate the location of PV anomalies in model data. Additionally, this RGB can distinguish between polar and tropical airmasses, especially along upper-level frontal boundaries and identify high-, mid-, and low-level clouds.

• For more details, see the Air Mass RGB Guide, (PDF, 1.1 MB)