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@FAANews
breaks down how to read aerodrome forecasts (TAF) and aviation weather reports (METAR) like this:
The first weather report from Jezero Crater by
@NASAPersevere
:
Air temp of -4ºF (-20ºC) with less dust than
@MarsCuriosity
was seeing in Gale Crater 2,300 mi away.
Air pressure was a gasping 7.18 hPa
Within 30 minutes, temps dropped to -14ºF (-25.6ºC)
InSight sol 448 (2020-02-29) low -94.1ºC (-137.3ºF) high -8.3ºC (17.0ºF)
winds from the SSW at 5.5 m/s (12.4 mph) gusting to 19.9 m/s (44.6 mph)
pressure at 6.30 hPa
Tomorrow’s high temperatures in the upper midwestern US & central Canadian provinces won’t reach those last reported by
@MarsCuriosity
from near the equator of Mars.
Happy Holisols! From your Mars Weather team
@MarsCuriosity
: chief meteorologist and chemist/geologist
@NASAInSight
: meteorologist/seismologist
@MAVEN2Mars
: atmospheric historian
and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with views from above via
@HiRISE
Hi, I’m the rover formerly known as Mars 2020, please call me Perseverance, I’ll be heading to Mars in July with 7 instruments (including updated weather instruments) and 23 cameras.
Happy Valentines day from Mars. This 2km wide heart-shaped pit was created by a surface drop caused by expansion along a fault-line Credit: Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, JPL, NASA
While the Sun has set on
#Opportunity
, the MER program lives on in mountains of data scientists will be making new discoveries from for decades.
We asked 90 Sols and 1km, she gave us 5110 Sols and 45km. So long Oppy, and thanks for all the data.
MER-B EOM
Atmospheric opacity expert Mark Lemmon had to increase the vertical axis on his τ chart 4 fold to show what the
@MarsRovers
#Opportunity
rover is up against. The blue line is 2007’s dust storm.
Initial (unofficial) data indicates a landing inside grid PR in the neighborhood of 18.445° N, 77.445° E . Congrats to
@D_PaulAngel
who guessed the adjacent square ~250 meters away.
Now let's fire up that MEDA instrument and get the meteorological data flowing
My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.
Happy New Year! Today (tosol?) is the Spring Equinox in Mars’ northern hemisphere (solar longitude 0º) beginning another Martian year of 668 sols (687 Earth days)
InSight sol 92 (2019-03-01) low -94.4ºC (-137.9ºF) high -12.9ºC (8.8ºF)
winds from the SW at 4.6 m/s (10.2 mph) gusting to 10.4 m/s (23.2 mph)
pressure at 7.20 hPa
InSight sol 285 (2019-09-15) low -100.8ºC (-149.5ºF) high -27.1ºC (-16.8ºF)
winds from the SE at 5.4 m/s (12.2 mph) gusting to 21.3 m/s (47.6 mph)
pressure at 7.40 hPa
NASA is planning Ingenuity’s first flight Monday morning Apr 19. livestream begins at 6:15 am EDT 3:15 am PDT with a flight tine around approximately 15 minutes later.
InSight sol 378 (2019-12-19) low -97.7ºC (-143.8ºF) high -20.0ºC (-3.9ºF)
winds from the SSE at 5.7 m/s (12.8 mph) gusting to 23.8 m/s (53.2 mph)
pressure at 6.50 hPa
InSight sol 104 (2019-03-13) low -96.1ºC (-141.0ºF) high -14.4ºC (6.1ºF)
winds from the WNW at 4.2 m/s (9.5 mph) gusting to 11.1 m/s (24.8 mph)
pressure at 7.20 hPa
Happy Landiversary to MSL. In 7 years
@MarsCuriosity
has traveled 23 km (14 mi) and recorded air temps ranging from -90ºC / -130ºF to 9ºC / 48.2ºF. Its cold on Mars but ~9% of the Sols reported temps above freezing.
InSight sol 198 (2019-06-17) low -104.8ºC (-156.6ºF) high -24.7ºC (-12.4ºF)
winds from the SSE at 4.0 m/s (8.9 mph) gusting to 15.5 m/s (34.6 mph)
pressure at 7.60 hPa
InSight sol 566 (2020-06-29) low -88.4ºC (-127.1ºF) high -4.2ºC (24.4ºF)
winds from the WNW at 5.1 m/s (11.5 mph) gusting to 16.8 m/s (37.6 mph)
pressure at 7.70 hPa
InSight sol 543 (2020-06-06) low -92.9ºC (-135.3ºF) high -6.6ºC (20.2ºF)
winds from the WNW at 7.2 m/s (16.0 mph) gusting to 21.0 m/s (47.0 mph)
pressure at 7.40 hPa
Even through the dust covered lens cap of InSight’s first image, you can make out a blue cast to the sunlight caused by fine particulate in the Martian atmosphere
📸 Wish you were here!
@NASAInSight
sent home its first photo after
#MarsLanding
:
InSight’s view is a flat, smooth expanse called Elysium Planitia, but its workspace is below the surface, where it will study Mars’ deep interior.
InSight sol 739 (2020-12-24) low -94.3ºC (-137.8ºF) high -12.5ºC (9.6ºF)
winds from the SW at 4.9 m/s (10.9 mph) gusting to 14.6 m/s (32.7 mph)
pressure at 7.20 hPa
Happy 150th Birthday to the National Weather Service. Ready to open Mars offices when you are. Should have the Jezero crater site up and running this time next year.
#Mars2020
InSight sol 558 (2020-06-21) low -91.0ºC (-131.8ºF) high -4.9ºC (23.2ºF)
winds from the SW at 4.7 m/s (10.4 mph) gusting to 17.4 m/s (38.9 mph)
pressure at 7.60 hPa
InSight sol 590 (2020-07-24) low -90.0ºC (-129.9ºF) high -13.8ºC (7.2ºF)
winds from the WNW at 6.5 m/s (14.5 mph) gusting to 17.9 m/s (40.1 mph)
pressure at 7.90 hPa
InSight sol 297 (2019-09-27) low -103.7ºC (-154.7ºF) high -26.1ºC (-15.0ºF)
winds from the SSE at 5.4 m/s (12.0 mph) gusting to 18.0 m/s (40.2 mph)
pressure at 7.30 hPa
Curiosity's leaves Morse code tracks, InSight has Braille on its calibration target, Perseverance's chute took JPL's Easter egg tradition to the next level
Mars parachute is the latest Mars Easter egg from
@NASAJPL
engineers. Read more at
#WRAL
including source code to decode the message (
@icancallubetty
said show your work)
InSight sol 523 (2020-05-16) low -93.2ºC (-135.7ºF) high -2.2ºC (28.0ºF)
winds from the SW at 5.0 m/s (11.2 mph) gusting to 18.2 m/s (40.7 mph)
pressure at 7.00 hPa