The CI tool is really only keying in on the developing cumulus, which is seen easily in the visible satellite imagery. Since CI doesn’t work as well at night when the visible satellite is also not useable, it doesn’t appear to be adding value here. I think that perhaps having a lower limit on the percentages that show up would be best, especially if we are worried about potential for severe storms to develop. All in all I’ve found it somewhat useless today. As far as the location of the highlighted areas with respect to the actual clouds and increased reflectivities, they are slightly displaced to the west of center. A lot of the lower values don’t even result in any enhanced reflectivities.
-KP
-D. Satterfield
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