{"id":33254,"date":"2019-05-16T22:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=33254"},"modified":"2019-05-17T21:31:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T21:31:04","slug":"mesoscale-convective-system-in-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/33254","title":{"rendered":"Mesoscale Convective System in the Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that moved southeast across the Midwestern US on 16 May 2019<\/strong><\/a> (surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>), producing a variety of severe weather (SPC storm reports<\/strong><\/a>). New convection continued to develop along the MCS outflow boundary, whose western edge was marked by parallel cloud bands from eastern Iowa into northwestern Illinois.<\/p>\n

The corresponding GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures as cold as -72\u00baC with some of the overshooting tops.<\/p>\n

\"GOES-16<\/a>

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in cyan [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>VIIRS Visible and Infrared images from Suomi NPP (at 1808 UTC) and NOAA-20 (at 1858 UTC) (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed packets of concentric storm-top gravity waves, along with overshooting tops exhibiting infrared brightness temperatures as cold as -78\u00baC.<\/p>\n

\"VIIRS<\/a>

VIIRS Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m)<\/em> images from Suomi NPP (at 1808 UTC) and NOAA-20 (at 1858 UTC) [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>As the MCS approached Madison, Wisconsin it produced a well-defined shelf cloud:<\/p>\n

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Storm approaching the @UWMadison<\/a> campus. Photo taken from the top of the @UWCIMSS<\/a> @UWSSEC<\/a> and @UW_AOS<\/a> building. pic.twitter.com\/Cw5VWy8lqT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Griffin (@smgriffin00) May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n