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Category: LightningCast

Using an RGB and LightningCast Probability to monitor convective development

Night Microphysics RGB imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site (link to a very similar animation to the one above) shows a line of tropical cumulus approaching Samoa. There are subtle color changes in that RGB that typically presage convective development (as also shown in this blog post, for example), and as highlighted in the annotated animation below that covers 0830-1230 UTC. The... Read More