Surface low visible on satellite

[John Vandehei]

Wasn't sure is this is the proper forum to post this, but I'm sure some may find this interesting. If the mods feel it suitable to cross-link or move this to the advanced weather forum, go ahead. Most of the time, it's not possible to pinpoint the center of a low pressure system from a satellite image, unless you're dealing with a tropical system with a well defined eye. However, as I'm typing this, there is a surface low located just north of Ann Arbor, Michigan. There is an obvious cloud spiral over SE Lower MI that shows the center of the low quite well. If you run a satellite loop, the spin is obvious. Since this is not a common event, I thought I would capture it and post it here.

 

[rdale]

Doesn't look like your capture translated well, as it's a broken image for me.

Seems we are getting these more often the past few years. I hate them from a forecasting perspective (and a lack of warm weather perspective too!)

 

[John Vandehei]

Not sure what happened. The image shows up on my Mac. I'll post the picture as an attachment; maybe that will help.