Monday, December 26, 2016

Case study: December 25th, 2016.


On the afternoon of December 25th, another event with hail and strong wind gusts affected Campinas. In São Carlos, hail was also observed.
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.








































The incidence of lightning flashes detected by the Brasildat network within an area of 180 km centered in Campinas, SP, is showed below.










Satellite images from GOES can be seen below:

GOES visible channel images:
 














 GOES IR channel:
















 GOES Water Vapor channel: