Using GOES-R CI in the NW U.S.

Not expecting a gangbusters severe day. The only area of real risk is across ID/MT today. We are starting out in the Missoula CWA and I have been checking out the GOES-R CI product. There have been some weak cells already showing some modest CTC signals…that one in the upper right panel is around -10C/15 min. The GOES-R CI product in the upper left has shown plenty of weak CI signals and a few stronger ones. Of particular note are all the pink areas on the GOES-R CI product. Those are “snow contaminated” areas…particularly widespread for this time of year! I find it neat that one can use the GOES-R CI in concert with the visible image to discern the real signals from the snowy noise. Continuing to wait for interesting storms.

CL

051313 2000 UTC CI (top left), CTC (top right), visible satellite (bottom left) and radar (bottom right)