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Severe weather in the Northeastern US

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16

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

Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a cold front that was moving across the Northeastern US on 15 May 2018. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the progression of these storms — and SPC storm reports (plotted in red, and parallax-corrected to align with the corresponding cloud-top feature) included an EF2 tornado at 2029 UTC near Kent, New York and a macroburst producing winds of 100-110 mph at 2044 UTC near Brookfield, Connecticut.

The corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (below) showed the evolution of cold overshooting tops, as well as the development of a few “enhanced-v” signatures with a pronounced warm wake immediately downwind of the cold overshooting top.

GOES-16

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images, with SPC storm reports plotted in cyan [click to play MP4 animation]

A toggle between 1-km resolution POES (NOAA-19) AVHRR Near-Infrared “Vegetation” (0.86 µm) and “Dirty” Infrared Window (12.0 µm) images (below) provided a more detailed view of the storm at 2004 UTC. SPC storm reports within +/- 30 minutes of the image are plotted on the 12.0 µm image.The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperature was -82ºC, associated with an overshooting top in southeastern New York.

POES (NOAA-19) Visible (0.86 µm) and Inrared (12.0 µm) images, with plots of SPC storm reports [click to enlarge]

POES (NOAA-19) Near-Infrared “Vegetation” (0.86 µm) and “Dirty” Infrared Window (12.0 µm) images, with plots of SPC storm reports [click to enlarge]

Categories: AVHRR, GOES-16, POES, Severe convection