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GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, left) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm, right) images, with plots of SPC storm reports [click to play MP4 animation]

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced severe weather (SPC storm reports | NWS Rapid City) across parts of Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota on 01 June 2018. The SPC storm reports on the imagery are “parallax-corrected”, such that they are plotted at a location matching the corresponding cloud-top features (applying the 11-km tropopause height from the 12 UTC Rapid City rawinsonde report).

GOES-16 Mid-level (6.9 µm) images (below) revealed a shortwave trough that was moving eastward across the northern Rocky Mountains, enhancing forcing for ascent as it approached the region of developing convection.

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images, with plots of SPC storm reports [click to play MP4 animation]

EF3 tornado confirmed in Wyoming yesterday. This is the fourth EF3 of the year. Still at record lows season to date for F/EF3+ tornadoes. h/t @BianchiWeather pic.twitter.com/Lfs0uwf4F2

— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes) June 3, 2018

from CIMSS Satellite Blog http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/28311