Severe thunderstorms in the Deep South

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) include plots of time-matched SPC Storm Reports during an outbreak of tornadoes across parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee on 24 March 2023. The coldest thunderstorm tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures around -70ºC (darker black enhancement).A closer view of 1-minute GOES-16 Infrared images —... Read More