{"id":47224,"date":"2022-07-17T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=47224"},"modified":"2022-12-08T03:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T03:57:52","slug":"mesoscale-convective-vortex-over-southern-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/47224","title":{"rendered":"Mesoscale Convective Vortex over southern Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_goes18_30second_visible_Southern_Nevada_MCV_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/G18_VIS_NV_MCV_17JUL2022_B2_2022198_180455_GOES-18_0001PANEL_FRAME0000580.GIF\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-18 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.6.4 .\u00b5m) images [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_goes18_30second_visible_Southern_Nevada_MCV_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GOES-18 images shown in this blog post are preliminary and non-operational <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Sectors provided 30-second images of GOES-18 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) data, which showed the circulation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/trainings\/visit\/training_sessions\/mesoscale_convective_vortices\/\"><strong>Mesoscale Convective Vortex<\/strong><\/a> (MCV) that moved northward across southern Nevada early in the day on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20220717.html\"><strong>17 July 2022<\/strong><\/a>. Ongoing thunderstorms along the periphery of this MCV slowly dissipated as they moved across California and Nevada &#8212; and according the morning NWS Las Vegas <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_kvef_afd.text\"><strong>forecast discussion<\/strong><\/a>, some of these storms produced rare July rainfall in parts of Death Valley, California.<\/p>\n<p>According to NAM40 model winds, this MCV was moving through an environment of generally low wind shear <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>, where there was also sufficient <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_12utc_tpw_NV.gif\"><strong>moisture<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_12utc_cape_NV.gif\"><strong>instability<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/nv_mcv_15utc_shear-20220717_150117.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/nv_mcv_15utc_shear-20220717_150117.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.6.4 .\u00b5m) image, with plots of NAM40 model 850 hPa and 500 hPa wind barbs [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>The GOES-18 Total Precipitable Water (<a href=\"https:\/\/soundingval.ssec.wisc.edu\/imagery?action=view_data&amp;params=source,region,output,parameter,level,date&amp;param_values=Oper_GOES-18,CONUS,GOES-R_Algorithm,TPW,NA,20220717\"><strong>source<\/strong><\/a>) derived product <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> also showed abundant moisture across much of the Desert Southwest as the MCV approached &#8212; which helped to sustain the MCV as it moved across southern Nevada.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_goes18_totalPrecipitableWater_NV_MCV_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/las_0601z.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-18 Total Precipitable Water derived product [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220717_goes18_totalPrecipitableWater_NV_MCV_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-18 images shown in this blog post are preliminary and non-operational Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Sectors provided 30-second images of GOES-18 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) data, which showed the circulation of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that moved northward across southern Nevada early in the day on 17 July 2022. 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