{"id":57664,"date":"2024-03-12T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=57664"},"modified":"2024-03-14T17:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:27:57","slug":"thunderstorm-produces-giant-hail-in-campana-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/57664","title":{"rendered":"Thunderstorm produces giant hail in Campana, Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images with plots of GLM Group Points, from 2200 UTC on 12 March to 0100 UTC on 13 March [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n

10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images displayed using RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the development of a thunderstorm that produced giant hail in Campana, Argentina during the evening hours (local time) on 12 March 2024.\u00a0 An overlay of GLM<\/strong><\/a> Group Points depicted a good deal of lightning activity associated with that particular storm. This thunderstorm activity occurred in advance of a cold front that was moving northward toward the area (surface analyses<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Note that the thunderstorm appeared to pass southeast of Campana — but a parallax correction of about 18 km to the northwest<\/strong><\/a> is necessary for a tall cloud top at that location, as shown at this site<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) image at 2330 UTC on 12 March, with a probe of the coldest infrared brightness temperature [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n

A probe of the coldest 10.3 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature at 2330 UTC (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed -85.2\u00baC — which was several degrees colder than that of the tropopause (-80.7\u00baC) in 1200 UTC rawinsonde data<\/strong><\/a> at Santa Rosa (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Plot of rawinsonde data from Santa Rosa at 1200 UTC on 12 March [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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Huge hail in Campana, Buenos Aires in Argentina –
VIDEO: https:\/\/t.co\/zNk6WXNDK8<\/a>
Granizo de gran tama\u00f1o cay\u00f3 esta noche en #Campana<\/a> #Diluvia<\/a> #argentina<\/a> #tormenta<\/a> #granizo<\/a> #campana<\/a> #cardales<\/a> #diluvio<\/a> #lluvia<\/a> (Marzo 12, 2024). #Huge<\/a> #Hailstorm<\/a> #Granizada<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7Ec8zk9OVE<\/a><\/p>— Tetova News (@TetovaNews1) March 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>