Rocking animations of satellite imagery provides an alternative perspective on trends for important atmospheric phenomena such as convective initiation. Here we are rocking one hour of GOES-16 VIS for initiation in the Oklahoma Panhandle on 03 July 2017. Just to the east, SPC highlighted an Enhanced Risk for severe weather, particularly wind.
Figure 1: 03 July 2017 GOES-16 0.64 um VIS. Full resolution: https://satelliteliaisonblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170703_ok_vis_rock4.gif
– Bill Line, NWS
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