{"id":18449,"date":"2015-05-21T21:46:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T21:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=18449"},"modified":"2015-07-02T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T14:25:24","slug":"goes-14-srso-r-imagery-over-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/18449","title":{"rendered":"GOES-14 SRSO-R Imagery over North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"90%\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/utbCjYj7TYw?version=3&#038;loop=1&#038;playlist=utbCjYj7TYw\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GOES-14 0.62 \u00b5m visible imagery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utbCjYj7TYw\">above<\/a>, (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/GOES14_1200_1900_21MAY2015anim.mp4\">here as an mp4<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/GOES14_1200_1900_21MAY2015anim.gif\">here<\/a> as a very large (220+ megabytes) animated gif) shows the development of convection over eastern North Carolina in a region of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/outlook\/archive\/2015\/day1otlk_20150521_1300.html\">slight risk<\/a> according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/\">SPC<\/a> (below).  <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/day1otlk_1300_21May2015.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/day1otlk_1300_21May2015.gif\" alt=\"Day 1 Outlook for Convection from SPC, issued at 1300 UTC 21 May 2015 [click to enlarge]\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Day 1 Outlook for Convection from SPC, issued at 1300 UTC 21 May 2015<\/strong> [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>==================================================================================<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/md0713.html\">Mesoscale Discussion #713 from SPC<\/a>, below, referenced the Super-Rapid scan imagery:<\/p>\n<p>MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0713<br \/>\n   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK<br \/>\n   1111 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015<\/p>\n<p>   AREAS AFFECTED&#8230;E-CNTRL AND ERN NC \/ SC GRAND STRAND<\/p>\n<p>   CONCERNING&#8230;SEVERE POTENTIAL&#8230;WATCH POSSIBLE <\/p>\n<p>   VALID 211611Z &#8211; 211745Z<\/p>\n<p>   PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE&#8230;60 PERCENT<\/p>\n<p>   SUMMARY&#8230;SCATTERED STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW<br \/>\n   HOURS.  AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND A WATCH<br \/>\n   WILL STRONGLY BE CONSIDERED.<\/p>\n<p>   DISCUSSION&#8230;SUBJECTIVE SURFACE MESOANALYSIS PLACES A LOW 30 MI W<br \/>\n   SOP WITH A WEST-EAST ORIENTED WARM FRONT AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT<br \/>\n   ACROSS THE SC PIEDMONT.  A PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE\/SURFACE TROUGH<br \/>\n   EXTENDS FROM THE LOW SEWD THROUGH THE GRAND STRAND VICINITY.<br \/>\n   OBSERVATIONS TO THE E OF THE SURFACE TROUGH AND LOCATED WITHIN THE<br \/>\n   WARM SECTOR SHOW TEMPS WARMING TO NEAR 80 DEG F WITH BOUNDARY LAYER<br \/>\n   DEWPOINTS IN THE MID-UPPER 60S INLAND AND AROUND 70 NEAR THE COAST.<br \/>\n   <strong><FONT COLOR=\"#FF0000\">SUPER RAPIDSCAN VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS A BUILDING TCU FIELD<br \/>\n   IMMEDIATELY E OF THE LOW AND ALONG THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH\/CONFLUENCE<\/FONT><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>   WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LATE THIS MORNING IMPLIES A WEAK LEAD<br \/>\n   DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS W-CNTRL NC AHEAD OF THE MID MS VALLEY<br \/>\n   SHORTWAVE TROUGH FORECAST TO APPROACH THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS LATER<br \/>\n   TODAY.  IT SEEMS THE WEAK UPPER FORCING FOR ASCENT PROVIDED BY THE<br \/>\n   LEAD IMPULSE COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL DIABATIC HEATING WILL ERODE THE<br \/>\n   CAP OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS AND SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE IS PROBABLE<br \/>\n   BY THE 18-19Z TIMEFRAME.  <\/p>\n<p>   VEERING AND A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL<br \/>\n   SUPPORT STORM ORGANIZATION ONCE A FEW VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS BECOME<br \/>\n   ESTABLISHED.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS DEPICT MODERATE BUOYANCY AS OF 16Z<br \/>\n   ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR AND THIS SHOULD FAVOR STORM INTENSIFICATION<br \/>\n   OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ONCE INITIATION COMMENCES.  ISOLD LARGE<br \/>\n   HAIL AND DMGG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.  DESPITE TEMPERED<br \/>\n   LOW-LEVEL SHEAR&#8230;A TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IF A<br \/>\n   SUPERCELL CAN DEVELOP AND FAVORABLY TRACK ALONG THE WARM FRONT.<\/p>\n<p>   ..SMITH\/THOMPSON.. 05\/21\/2015<\/p>\n<p>   ATTN&#8230;WFO&#8230;AKQ&#8230;MHX&#8230;RAH&#8230;ILM&#8230;CAE&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>   LAT&#8230;LON   35267979 36097844 36297643 35847549 34977597 33737851<br \/>\n               33897960 34497991 35267979 <\/p>\n<p>==================================================================================<\/p>\n<p>The GOES-13 Sounder captured some of the destabilization that occurred ahead of the developing line of convection. Values less than -5 are widespread over southeastern North Carolina at 1600 UTC, after which time cirrus blowoff obscured the satellite view.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/GOES_DPI_LI_1600UTC_21May2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/GOES_DPI_LI_1600UTC_21May2015.png\" alt=\"GOES-13 Sounder DPI values of Lifted Index, 1600 UTC 21 May 2015 [click to enlarge]\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>GOES-13 Sounder DPI values of Lifted Index, 1600 UTC 21 May 2015 <\/strong>[click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/npp\/GLOBAL2015_05_21_141_npp.gif\">Suomi NPP&#8217;s<\/a> orbits on 21 May allowed successive views of the developing convection, once at 1725 UTC and once near 1905 UTC. The convection developed near the edge of the swath in both images, however, so NUCAPS soundings did not view the environment closest to the storms. Infrared imagery, below, shows the quick evolution of convection.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SNPP_11.45_NCUAPS_1700_1840UTC_21May2015toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SNPP_11.45_NCUAPS_1700_1840UTC_21May2015toggle.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 \u00b5m infrared imagery and NUCAPS Sounding Points (in green), ~1730 and ~1900 UTC 21 May 2015 [click to enlarge]\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 \u00b5m infrared imagery and NUCAPS Sounding Points (in green), ~1730 and ~1900 UTC 21 May 2015<\/strong> [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>VIIRS visible (0.64 \u00b5m) and near-infrared (1.61 \u00b5m) imagery, below, shows that the developing storms glaciated quickly; the 1.61 \u00b5m imagery over the convection shows the darker grey values characteristic of regions where ice crystals are strongly absorbing radiation. Water-based clouds &#8212; over Kentucky, for example &#8212; appear as bright white in both channels.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SNPP_1.61_0.64_1900UTC_21May2015toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SNPP_1.61_0.64_1900UTC_21May2015toggle.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 \u00b5m visible imagery and 1.61 \u00b5m near-infrared imagery 1903 UTC 21 May 2015 [click to enlarge]\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 \u00b5m visible imagery and 1.61 \u00b5m near-infrared imagery 1903 UTC 21 May 2015<\/strong> [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; GOES-14 0.62 \u00b5m visible imagery, above, (here as an mp4, and here as a very large (220+ megabytes) animated gif) shows the development of convection over eastern North Carolina in a region of slight risk according to SPC (below). ================================================================================== Mesoscale Discussion #713 from SPC, below, referenced the Super-Rapid scan imagery: MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0713 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":18473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,40,49,48,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goes-sounder","category-goes-14","category-suomi_npp","category-viirs","category-youtube"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18449"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18528,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449\/revisions\/18528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}