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GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animation | MP4]

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) displayed clusters of thunderstorms that moved across eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota on 28 June 2020. Numerous overshooting tops were seen, along with cloud-top gravity waves and a couple of Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes (reference | VISIT training). These storms produced hail as large as 2.25″ in diameter and wind gusts as high as 83 mph.

A longer sequence of GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images that extended for several hours after sunset (below) showed that some overshooting tops exhibited cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures as cold as -70ºC (darker black enhancement).

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in cyan [click to play animation | MP4]

from CIMSS Satellite Blog https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/37398