A Quick First Look at GOES-R CI

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Forecasters are working in the Midland, Texas county warning area investigating all of the products that are available to them for evaluation this week.  Like my earlier post on lightning observations available at HWT, this post is a quick highlight of the GOES-R CI.

The image below came from 4 May 2015 at 2000 UTC.  The GOES-R CI (upper left) highlights a region with 60+% probabilities.  The upper right shows the Earth Networks 1 minute lightning observations while the lower left shows the radar reflectivity.

GOES-R CI at 2000 UTC for 4 May 2015 in the Midland, TX CWA.
GOES-R CI at 2000 UTC for 4 May 2015 in the Midland, TX CWA.

By 2036 UTC, a small cell with 40+ dBZ is observed (circled) and shown below.

GOES-R CI at 4 May 2015 at 2036 UTC showing initiation 36 minutes after CI indicated 60% probabilities.
GOES-R CI at 4 May 2015 at 2036 UTC showing initiation 36 minutes after CI indicated 60% probabilities.
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