Monday, February 20, 2017

Case study: February 4th, 2017


A squall line over São Paulo state caused heavy rains in São Paulo city (news here, here, here and here). This case is more interesting from the modeling point of view.

Lightning strike as detected by Brasildat network within a 180 km radius centered in Campinas can be seen below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The following images show the CAPPI 3km from Radar São Roque (source CPTEC):































































The following images show the VIL values:











































The following images show the EchoTop 20dBz values:














































Satellite images from GOES can be seen below:

GOES visible channel images (source CPTEC):

























GOES IR (highlited) channel images (source CPTEC):

















































GOES WV channel images (source CPTEC):















































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