Key Parameters

  • 10m wind:
    Local maximum of northwestern wind on the southeastern coast of Greenland
  • 700 hPa temperature advection
    Strong cold advection on the southeastern coast of Greenland
  • mean sea level pressure
    Low pressure over the sea between Iceland and Greenland
  • lapse rate
    Potentially unstable conditions on the southeastern coast of Greenland, indicated by a lapse rate over 6.5

10m wind

16 February 2015/12 UTC - Seviri IR 10.8 image; 10m wind: dark blue: 2-3 m/s, blue: 4-6 m/s, cyan: 7-8 m/s, green: 9-13 m/s, yellow: 14-16 m/s, orange: 17-18 m/s, red: 19-21 m/s, dark red: over 21 m/s

Temperature advection at 700 hPa

16 February 2015/12 UTC - Seviri IR 10.8 image;red: warm advection 700 hPa, blue: cold advection 700 hPa

Mean sea level pressure

16 February 2015/12 UTC - Seviri IR 10.8 image; black: mean sea level pressure

Lapse rate

16 February 2015/12 UTC - Seviri IR 10.8 image; orange to magenta: lapse rate