As an anticyclonic area was observed in middle levels over the large area, including the study region, inhibiting 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.
Strong gust winds caused falling of trees, and at least two walls and the roof of houses were affected in Campinas, São José dos Campos and Guaratinguetá (news here, here, and here). In São Paulo Metropolitan Region, the rain was heavy in several regions, in the Osasco metro station a wall collapsed and in the near Vila Pirituba hail was reported (news here and here). here). In Salesópolis, there were also reports of hail resulting in the lost of crops (news here)
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| Fallen branches and trees in São José dos Campos |
Lightning strike as detected by Brasildat network within a 180 km radius centered in Campinas can be seen below:
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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