What would an animated map of all the moisture in the world’s atmosphere at this moment look like?

jtotheizzoe:

Something like this (more at the link):

This is basically all of the water that could precipitate out of the air at any given moment.

Related: xkcd’s What If series asks what would happen if a rainstorm dropped all its water in one big drop.

These maps are updated daily. Here’s how they’re created.

#weather  #maps  #science  #climate  #atmosphere  #satellite  #water  #cimss  #wisconsin  
∞  09/21/12 at 12:15pm via jtotheizzoe
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