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<\/a>5-minute GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, from 2001 UTC on 11 June to 0101 UTC on 12 June; KSRQ denotes the location of Sarasota\/Bradenton International Airport [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em>\u00a0\u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed areas of convection that moved inland along the west coast of Florida on 11 June 2024<\/strong><\/a>. Sarasota\/Bradenton International Airport received very heavy rainfall (3.93 inches) during the 1-hour period ending at 2353 UTC or 7:53 PM local time (METARs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0decoded surface reports<\/strong><\/a> | plot of surface report data<\/strong><\/a>) — which was a new record maximum 1-hour rainfall accumulation for that location (contributing to their record daily rainfall of 6.26 inches<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n A GOES-16 Infrared image showing a cold thunderstorm overshooting top at 2311 UTC (below)<\/em><\/strong> included a cursor sample of the associated GOES-16 Rain Rate<\/strong><\/a> derived product — which was 3.17 in\/hr, compared to the 3.93 in observed at Sarasota\/Bradenton for the hour ending at 2353 UTC. Note that the cold overshooting top and high rain rate were displaced about 6 mi northwest of KSRQ — for a Cloud Top Height<\/strong><\/a> around 50 kft, this is consistent with the parallax<\/strong><\/a> adjustment of ~10 km<\/strong><\/a> with GOES-East imagery over Florida.<\/p>\n GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) image showing a cold thunderstorm overshooting top at 2311 UTC on 11 June, which included a cursor sample of the associated GOES-16 Rain Rate (cyan) derived product [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 Infrared images with an overlay of GLM<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Flash Extent Density<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed the lightning activity associated with these thunderstorms, which included a few brief lightning jumps (most notably near Bradenton at 2316 UTC<\/strong><\/a>, 5 minutes after the peak GOES-16 Rain Rate).<\/p>\n 5-minute GOES-16 \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images, with an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density, from 2001 UTC on 11 June to 0101 UTC on 12 June [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>5-minute GOES-16 Visible images (below)<\/strong><\/em> also depicted many of the thunderstorm overshooting tops — but also showed the offshore cyclonic circulation of low-level clouds associated with Tropical Invest 90L (what role 90L may have played in helping to force the development of the heavy-rainfall-producing thunderstorms is not known).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>