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<\/a>30-second (ending at 1200 UTC) and 1-minute GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images from 1020-1725 UTC on 10 April, with time-matched (within +\/- 3 minutes) SPC Storm Reports plotted in cyan [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>30-second (ending at 1200 UTC) and 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> included plots of time-matched (within +\/- 3 minutes) plots of SPC Storm Reports (09 April<\/strong><\/a> | 10 April<\/strong><\/a>) across parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on 10 April 2024<\/strong><\/a>. The corresponding 1-minute GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images after sunrise are shown below.<\/p>\n 1-minute GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images from 1201-1725 UTC on 10 April, with time-matched (within +\/- 3 minutes) SPC Storm Reports plotted in red [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>One notable event that occurred during this period was heavy rainfall which produced flooding in the New Orleans, Louisiana area — 1-minute GOES-16 Infrared images (below)<\/em><\/strong> showed the clusters of thunderstorms responsible for precipitation accumulations that exceeded 1.0-2.0 inches per hour at times.<\/p>\n 1-minute GOES-16 (10.3 \u00b5m) Infrared images from 1200-1900 UTC on 10 April, with plots of 15-minute METAR surface reports (cyan) and 1-hour precipitation accumulation (green) [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A cursor sample of the GOES-16 cloud-top 10.3 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature at 1250 UTC (below)<\/em><\/strong> displayed a corresponding GOES-16 Rain Rate<\/strong><\/a> of 2.16 in\/hr (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Cursor sample of the 1250 UTC GOES-16 cloud-top 10.3 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature (white) along with the corresponding GOES-16 Rain Rate derived product (red) [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Just prior to sunrise in southwest Louisiana, another notable event was a convective line that produced EF1\/EF2-rated<\/strong><\/a> tornadoes in the Lake Charles area — overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided GOES-16 Infrared images at 30-second intervals (below)<\/strong><\/em>, which showed the pulses of cold overshooting tops associated with these thunderstorms. This event is also discussed from a hyperspectral model perspective in this blog post<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 30-second GOES-16 Infrared (10.3 \u00b5m) images from 1100-1200 UTC on 10 April, with plots of 15-minute METAR surface reports (cyan) and hourly fixed buoy reports (yellow) [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A cursor sample of 1126 UTC GOES-16 cloud-top 10.3 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature (below)<\/strong><\/em> displayed a corresponding GOES-16\u00a0Cloud Top Temperature<\/strong><\/a> of -76.11\u00baC and a Cloud Top Height<\/strong><\/a> of 42974.84 ft.<\/p>\n Cursor sample of 1126 UTC GOES-16 cloud-top 10.3 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperature (white) along with the corresponding GOES-16 Cloud Top Temperature (blue) and Cloud Top Height (green) derived products [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>30-second GOES-16 Infrared images with an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density<\/strong><\/a> (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed a notable amount of lighting actvity associated with this tornado-producing line of thundertorms.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>