Day 4 OCTANE

I had a severe storm in the southern part of the CWA that was a little pulse-y, and I found that I was able to look at OCTANE to see when it was on the way back up. Below, I have the OCTANE and radar at the same time stamp- OCTANE shows cooling cloud tops, and the ProbSevere MESH was 1.12”.

OCTANE product and base reflectivity at 21:25z, MESH of 1.12”

A short time later, the MESH jumped up to 2.17” and OCTANE depicted it as a mature cell.

OCTANE product at 21:33z, base reflectivity at 21:38z, MESH 2.17”

I don’t know if anyone reported how big the hail ended up being, but I wouldn’t doubt it was over 1.5”.

– Lightning McQueen