Case study: January 3rd, 2017.

Instable weather caused storms to form in São Paulo, in the Paraiba Valley and other regions within the area of study. Strong wind gusts caused several trees to fall in Idaiatuba (examples of reports in the media here and here).


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).

 
VIL images can be found below:

The following images show the EchoTop 20dBz values:

Satellite images from GOES can be seen below:

GOES visible channel images:

GOES IR channel:

GOES Water Vapor channel: