Tropical Depression Nine is forecast to track toward the central U.S. Gulf Coast while strengthening into a tropical storm by early Wednesday and a hurricane on Thursday. Stay tuned to forecast updates. Much higher than typical October temperatures will continue across much of California through midweek. Temperatures are forecast to gradually cool beginning Thursday in Coastal California. Read More >
| Abbreviation | Label | Enhancement Descriptions: |
|---|---|---|
| AVN | AVN | Aviation color enhancement |
| BD | Dvorak | Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique |
| FT | Funktop | Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk to highlight intense areas of precipitation |
| JSL | JSL | JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones |
| IR2 | Shortwave (IR2) | Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible" |
| IR2F | Fire (IR2) | Infrared Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement to show hot spot activity |
| IR2H | Fire Hot | Infrared Channel 2 with enhancemnet for the hot summer season |
| IR2W | Fire Winter | Infrared Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season |
| IR4 | None | Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery |
| RB | Rainbow | Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement for a vivid data image. |
| RBTOP | Rainbow | New variation on the Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |
| RGB | RGB | Combination of Visible and Infrared using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image. |
| VIS | Visible | Unenhanced Visible imagery that usually transitions to Infrared Channel 2 overnight |
| WV | Water Vapor | Infrared Channel 3 |
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