Hello,
With the interesting tropical cyclone (NHC says hurricane) event off the
coast of Brazil, I started looking at the McIDAS area file data for the
region. What I discovered was that the South American coverage is very
sporadic--it often cuts off where the imagery did prior to the extension
of the area. When data are there, we get good imagery of the system, but
the South American coverage seems to be missing more often than when it
is present. Is there any explanation as to why?
Jim Koermer
Plymouth State
