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Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]

JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed trains of vortices extending downwind (southeast) of the Kuril Islands on 28-29 July 2020. One unusual aspect of these vortices was the development of small cloud elements within the cloud-free “holes”.

H/T to Santiago Gassó for alerting us to this interesting case.

Himawari animation (fwd/bkwd) confirms it, condensation starts inside the clean holes which remain as cloud after the surrounding dissipates. @CIMSS_Satellite @GOESguy https://t.co/BLx2hqKdEo pic.twitter.com/PW6xNHQsWd

— Santiago Gassó (@SanGasso) July 29, 2020

from CIMSS Satellite Blog https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/37807