Summary of case studies

A summary of all case studies defined to the present date can be seen below:

Data of event	Brief description	Affected regions and cities	Labels	Link to blog entry
03 dec 2016	Trough in higher levels and the SA Low Level Jet transporting humidity in low levels to the region.	goldencase, windgust, hail	Piracicaba, Jundiaí and Campinas	link
18 - 19 dec 2016	Thermodynamic conditions lead to several convective systems	goldencase, windgust, hail	São Paulo, Campinas, Guarulhos, Paraiba Valley and Campos de Jordão	link1, link2
25 dec 2016	Instability conditions in the region lead to several convective systems	goldencase, windgust, hail	Campinas, Paraiba Valley and São Carlos	link
28 dec 2016	An anticyclonic area in middle levels largely inhibited convection due to the subsidence. However, when the heat and humidity were able to broke this barrier, strong convection was observed with heavy rain and strong wind gusts.	silvercase, windgust, hail	RMSP, Campinas, São José dos Campos and Guaratinguetá	link
03 jan 2017	Instability conditions in the region lead to several convective systems	silvercase, windgust	São Paulo, Paraiba Valley and Indaiatuba	link
07 jan 2017	Strong rains cause flooded streets and isolated neighborhoods in the affected regions	goldencase, windgust	São Paulo and Paraiba Valley	link
15-16 jan 2017	Atmospheric conditions favorable for the formation of several convective cells in the area of study on the 15th and 16th of January. Strong rains cause flooded streets, accumulated rain broke records	goldencase, windgust	São Paulo, Campinas and Paraiba Valley	link1, link2
15-17 jan 2017	On the 17th, a ZCOU was configured between Mato Grosso and São Paulo, later evolving to a ZCAS, leading to high levels of accumulated rain and floods. the event marks the beginning of the event	goldencase	São Paulo, Campinas and Paraiba Valley	link1, link2, link3
26 jan 2017	Squall line	silvercase, windgust	São Paulo and Campinas	link
30 jan 2017	An upper tropospheric cyclonic vortex over Paraguay favored convection in the south and southeast of Brazil	goldencase, hail	Jundiaí and Campinas	link
31 jan 2017	Squall line	goldencase, hail	Sorocaba, Itú, Araraquara	link
02 feb 2017	Squall line	silvercase	RMSP, Campinas	link
04 feb 2017	Squall line	silvercase, goes	RMSP, São José dos Campos	link
06 feb 2017	Atmospheric conditions favorable for the formation of several convective cells in the area of study. High number of lightning detected in the Paraiba Valley.	hail, silvercase, windgust, lightning, goes	São Paulo, Campinas, Paraiba Valley	link
22 feb 2017	Located storm over São Paulo city formed due to the combined effect of strong diurnal heating and the sea breeze effect caused heavy rains, extensive hail and fast floods	goldencase, hail, windgust	São Paulo, Limeira	link
24 feb 2017	Heavy rains caused floods in Sao Paulo city. Congonhas airport was closed for two hours. A wall collapsed causing the death of a woman. Hail was reported in at least three points.	silvercase, hail	São Paulo	link
05-08 mar 2017	Several storms registered from 5th to 8th, due to the atmospheric unstable conditions resulting from the diurnal heating and cold front that later advanced toward Sao Paulo state. Floods and heavy rain registered in several cities. Hail detected in Piracicaba	goldencase, hail	São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Piracicaba, Jundiaí, Limeira, Campos de Jordão, Sorocaba, Campinas, Bragança Paulista	link1, link2, link3, link4
13 mar 2017	Heavy rains and hail in Baurú. C	silvercase, hail	Baurú	link
14 mar 2017	Heavy rains and hail in the division between Campinas and Indaiatuba and in Jacarei.	silvercase, hail	Campinas, Indaiatuba, Jacarei	link
05 mai 2017	Several storms, in many cases with hail, were reported in the São Paulo state. In Pederneiras, near Bauru, hail covered railways and caused floods.	goldencase, hail	Pederneiras	link
19 mai 2017	In Dracena, near Presidente Prudente, strong hail damaged cars and house roofs and leave the municipality in an emergency state.	goldencase, hail	Dracena	link