Wx interpretation, please

[Richard]

Look at the area several hundred miles off the SoCal coast. It appears there are thin bands of CU streaming SW to NNE and overlaid by CR streaming NW to S/SE. Could one expect shear in that area?

Just what am I seeing?

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

you can use this site to view the winds, just click the up arrow to transit from surface to the 40's to see how the winds change as you go aloft.

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/winds/

 

[Richard]

There's no way to tell just looking at a satellite image, especially one with low res.

Dave, I am fam w/ that feature on ADDs. In hindsight I should have also posted the returns of that page. But when I looked, there was nothing unexpected in the results. That is, there was the typical right turning of the winds as I 'climbed' in alt.


Scott, so you wouldn't hazard a guess? Are you saying that the sat image (visible moisture) is only valuable as a cross reference to other NWS products?

Gentlemen, thank you for your responses.

 

[BillTIZ]

That is the next storm heading our way for a wet and windy weekend that is forecast for the Mojave Desert.

Or locally referred to as "The Pineapple Express".

Rats...