Weather Code: 114000202
Observer: FM
Meteorological Analysis: A significant high pressure cell has situated itself right over central Honshu, Japan. This is producing warm, dry, calm weather across much of the Japanese archipelago. Little to no cloud cover is observed across much of Chugoku, Shikoku and Kansai/Kinki, allowing snow-capped hills and mountains to reflect beautifully on this morning’s Himawari-9 visible satellite imagery.
Analyst: EM
Location: Yamatokoriyama, Nara, Japan Sky Conditions: The sky is completely overcast with thick gray clouds, covering the entire sky. The cloud texture appears uniform and dense, with no visible breaks or clear patches. Cloud Types Observed: The clouds resemble nimbostratus, which are associated with continuous precipitation. Precipitation: Rain is currently falling, and was falling in…
Weather Code: 600510202 Observer: FM Meteorological Analysis: Satellite imagery paints quite a complicated weather pattern across the region. With the help of the descending scatterometry passes that afternoon, we can observe a surface trough stretching laterally along the Ryukyu islands, an indicator of an approaching warm front from a nearby quasi-stationary system that is common…
Location: Yamatokoriyama, Nara, Japan Sky Conditions: The sky is completely overcast with thick, gray clouds. Cloud Types Observed: The cloud cover is uniform and featureless, indicating stratus clouds. Precipitation: No precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) is occurring at the time of observation. Temperature: Specific temperature is not measured. Wind Conditions: Wind speed and direction are not assessed….