The distribution characteristic of the derived cloud top divergence product has been helpful in highlighting potentially severe thundretsorms. Here the purple/pink colors are fairly consistent compared to the more “broken” distribution of colors to the east. Additionally, cloud top cooling is appearing as an overshooting top (and continued to reappear after this animation ended). Even if radar data was absent the severity of the thunderstorm would be apparant. A warning was issued on this storm (shown below).

-Joaq