Anybody watching the Pacific weather?

[intrepidity]

Hey weather watchers, can anyone provide insight into what's happening over the Eastern Pacific the past few days? I've been watching the satellite loops, but I don't watch often enough to know if what I'm seeing is usual or what.

There are a few things, and not all are visible on one image, so I have to view several (and if you know better links, please add).

I know there's an atmospheric river plowing into CA right now, and I can see it on these images, so that's not my question. Rather, I'm curious about the various vortices I see: one just below Alaska, a couple in the tropical Pacific. Are these normal for those areas? Also, the leading edge of the atm river has a vortex forming as well.

Then there's the "pinching off" of the weather stream that was moving west below Baja. Was that like the jet stream dipping down doing that? And will that moisture join the atm river?

I've more questions, but will wait to see if anybody shows up first.









https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17§or=np&band=10&length=240&dim=undefined

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17§or=tpw&band=08&length=240&dim=undefined