GOES-16 1-min satellite imagery was available over the southern High Plains for monitoring of severe convection on 30 May 2018. One storm in particular displayed rapid intensification, as displayed in Figure 1 below. Using a 1-min updating sandwich image combo, rapid cooling and overshooting top development is easily diagnosed with the southernmost storm. The overlaid tracking meteogram trend graph is another way to show the rapid cooling/strengthening that occurred. The storm top cooled roughly 13C in 20 minutes! Severe wind damage and 2″ diameter hail were reported with this storm about 10 minutes after it was at its coolest.

Figure 1: 30 May 2018 GOES-16 1-min VIS/IR Sandwich combo. Overlay: Tracking Meteogram graph of minimum 10.3 um brightness temperature during period of animation. Severe reports are also overlaid. The northernmost wind report is associated with a different storm, while the southern wind and hail reports are associated with the storm of interest. Full res

Bill Line, NWS