GLM Total Power

We had a brief discussion on the utility of Total Energy and what a "large" value may be. I noted this storm in southern Arkansas was indicating a 2 minute Flash Extent Density near 45  which is near the high end of the default color table. The Total Energy registered 240 fJ at this time, which is double the top end of that respective color table.

It makes me wonder what all factors contribute to high energy for a particular storm over another storm in a similar environment. What processes are at work in this instance?  It's all very fascinating and could have potential benefits in the warning environment should a correlation become evident.

Fig 1. Note the Total Energy in the bottom left panel is 2 times the color table maximum.

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