CI along the Sea Breeze southwest of Miami

The SATCAST CI algorithm provided a ~45-51 minute lead time to the first occurrence of 35 dBZ echoes near Homestead, Florida (southwest of Miami). Shown are the 1745 and 1815 UTC SATCAST CI nowcasts on 18 Ma7 2011 (the missing image caused by the GOES full disk scan at 1800 UTC). Composite reflectivity for 1749, 1836 and 1900 UTC verify the new convective rainfall that SATCAST first identified as developing cumulus clouds (see circles on images). Ongoing light rainfall near Miami, and scattered across far southern Florida, between 1749 and 1900 UTC is below 35 dBZ intensity and was not that nowcasted by SATCAST.