Case study: February 6th, 2017

The storms on São Paulo state on this day were accompanied by wind gusts of up to ~80 km/h in São Paulo metropolitan region and up to ~76 km/h in Campinas; hail reported in Guarulhos, and the incidence of lightning strikes in the region was high (news here , here , here , here and here).

Lightning strike as detected by Brasildat network within a 180 km radius centered in Campinas can be seen below:

Lightning flashes per minute within the region. Note: the range used for the rate axis is three times larger than the range typically used in other entries of this blog (0-300 flashes/min).

 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):