Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Case study: February 24th, 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 (news here, 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):

































































The following images show the VIL values:

































































The following images show the EchoTop 20dBz values:



























































The following images show the EchoTop 35dBz 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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