GOES-R Proxy products used in archive mode from 24 May 2010

The four forecasters split into two groups, one group focused on real-time storm development in western Oklahoma area while the other is looking at GOES-R proxy GLM lightning, convective initiation, overshooting-top, and enhanced-V signal from May 24, 2010 convective outbreak in Oklahoma area to take advantage of OKC LMA data. The figure below shows pseudo GLM (upper left), UW convective initiation (upper right), UW cloud top cooling (lower left), and visible lower right. This allowed forecasters to access GOES-R GLM proxy cloud-to-cloud lightning in conjunction with GOES imager based convective initiation/cloud-top cooling within AWIPS. Cloud-to-cloud lightning was shown to first occur at first indication of cloud-top cooling in this case.