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Large hail in north central Colorado

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16

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]

Severe thunderstorms developed  over the Front Range of Colorado during the late afternoon and early evening of 18 June 2018. One of the GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mesoscale Domain Sectors positioned over that region provided 1-minute data — shown above is a comparison of “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images of these storms as they produced large hail (up to 3 inches in diameter) across parts of the Front Range Urban Corridor. SPC storm reports are plotted on the images.

Categories: GOES-16, Severe convection