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<\/a>GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> and \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0GOES-16\u00a0(GOES-East)<\/em>\u00a0\u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong> <\/em>showed clusters of thunderstorms that developed along and just behind a cold front moving eastward across Minnesota on 08 August 2020<\/strong><\/a>. The northernmost hail-producing thunderstorm in Minnesota exhibited an Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume (reference<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0VISIT training<\/strong><\/a>); in addition, a decaying thunderstorm complex in southeastern North Dakota eventually revealed the cyclonic circulation associated with a Mesoscale Convective Vortex<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 Visible images (above)<\/strong><\/em> and Infrared images (below)<\/strong><\/em> included time-matched SPC Storm Reports<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) images, with SPC Storm Reports plotted in cyan [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A toggle between time-matched NOAA-20 VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) and GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) images (below)<\/strong> <\/em>demonstrated the northwestward parallax<\/strong><\/a> displacement of GOES-16 cloud-top features (note: the same color enhancement enhancement has been applied to both images). Due to the 375-meter spatial resolution of VIIRS imagery, it was able to sense overshooting top infrared brightness temperatures as cold as -77.8\u00baC (compared to -65.7\u00baC with GOES-16). The higher resolution VIIRS image also provided a clearer depiction of the cloud-top gravity waves and tendrils of transverse banding.<\/p>\n NOAA-20 VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m)<\/em> and GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A GOES-16 Infrared image with parallax displacement vectors and magnitudes (in km) from this site<\/strong><\/a> is shown below. For a 50,000 foot cloud top over southern Minnesota, the parallax adjustment was to the southeast at a distance of 21 km (13 miles) — this corresponded well to what was seen in the NOAA-20\/GOES-16 comparison above.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>