{"id":48434,"date":"2022-10-17T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=48434"},"modified":"2023-10-13T19:47:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:47:39","slug":"lake-effect-convection-over-lake-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/48434","title":{"rendered":"Lake effect convection over southern Lake Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 1725px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/221017_goes16_dayCloudPhaseDistinction_Lake_Michigan_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/lm_rgb-20221017_190117.png\" width=\"1715\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/221017_goes16_dayCloudPhaseDistinction_Lake_Michigan_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb.cira.colostate.edu\/training\/visit\/quick_guides\/QuickGuide_DayCloudPhaseDistinction_final_v2.pdf\"><strong>Day Cloud Phase Distinction<\/strong><\/a> RGB images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed convection which developed just off the Lower Michigan coast in southeastern Lake Michigan &#8212; where <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/221017_Great_Lakes_water_temperatures.png\"><strong>warmer water temperatures<\/strong><\/a> existed &#8212; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20221017.html\"><strong>17 October 2022<\/strong><\/a>. As this convection moved inland across southwestern Lower Michigan and northern Indiana it produced a swath of <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/221018_kgrr_kiwx_pns.text\"><strong>rainfall and snowfall<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB image at 1831 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> includes cursor readouts of associated <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_BaselineCloudPhase.pdf\"><strong>Cloud Top Phase<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_BaselineCloudTopHeight.pdf\"><strong>Cloud Top Height<\/strong><\/a> derived products at a point near the center of the offshore convection. Qualitative interpretation of RGB color hues can be somewhat difficult or misleading at times &#8212; this method of Level 2 derived product display ensures a more accurate analysis of RGB image features. For example, the cloud top at the cursor location shown below exhibited a 10.3 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature of -43.05\u00baC at a height of 26,766 feet, ensuring Ice as the cloud top phase.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/221017_1831utc_goes16_dayCloudPhaseDistinctionRGB_Lake_Michigan_cursor_readout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/10\/221017_1831utc_goes16_dayCloudPhaseDistinctionRGB_Lake_Michigan_cursor_readout.png\" width=\"1920\" height=\"962\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB image at 1831 UTC, with cursor readouts of associated Cloud Top Phase and Cloud Top Height derived products [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-16 (GOES-East) Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images (above) showed convection which developed just off the Lower Michigan coast in southeastern Lake Michigan &#8212; where warmer water temperatures existed &#8212; on 17 October 2022. As this convection moved inland across southwestern Lower Michigan and northern Indiana it produced a swath of rainfall and snowfall. 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