SATCAST captures initial CI along dryline

At 1855 today, SATCAST flagged development occurring in Beckham county in Southwest OK (top left panel).



Forecasters have been waiting for the convection to develop along the dryline in West Oklahoma during the afternoon hours. Despite an environment characterized by MLCAPES greater than 3000 J/kg, SATCAST was able to have a lead time of approximately one hour before 35 dBZ reached the -10 C isotherm (bottom left) and lightning as detected by the PGLM (bottom right).


The early storms of the afternoon struggled initially develop, but have started developing rapidly in recent time frames. SATCAST has caught many of the storms which have developed along the dryline this afternoon as GOES is currently operating in rapid scan mode.