Severe thunderstorms in the High Plains
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images with time-matched SPC Storm Reports (above) showed widespread thunderstorms that moved northward across the High Plains during the afternoon and evening hours on 20 May 2020. There were Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes associated with many of these severe storms (VISIT training).The corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images are shown below.
The overall spatial scale of this convective complex is also remarkable for Canada as it continues to migrate northwest.
All of this is via a very impressive late season -tilted trough spanning the Rockies. Convection will fuel sfc cyclogenesis downstream of the trough axis. https://t.co/mlE5XMApCJ pic.twitter.com/DzQBCXIt7b
— Philippe Papin (@pppapin) May 21, 2020