What do you see in the satellite movie loop that helps explain the difference in motion shown in Figure 21-2 (base velocity) and Figure 21-3 (storm relative motion)?

View Figure 21-7, an infrared satellite movie loop recorded at about the same time as the radar images of Raleigh.
What will be an ideal response?


Low of the storm still to west-southwest of Raleigh. In this sector of midlatitude cyclone wind is from the south, while overall storm is still moving from west to east.

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