.. _TitCase20201020:

Case: 20 October 2020
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Summary
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Widespread open cell precipitating cumulus under strong (40 kt) northerly flow

Description
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A widespread open cell cumulus event across the Azores domain. Strong boundary layer flow was from the north (> 40 kts). A mixture of precipitating cumulus with cloud echo tops to 3.0-3.5 km AGL was observed with shallower cumulus having echo tops closer to 2.0 km. The melting level was approximately 2.5 km AGL and/or potentially ambiguous to approximately 3.5 km, suggesting the melting level was likely close to, or slightly above, the observed cloud top heights throughout the event.                           

Available assets
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Standard ARM profiling assets, SEVIRI. Additional ENA GNSS ground station radiosonde launch (1430 UTC)

Critical period: 06:00-11:00
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Shallow cumulus over the ENA main site


.. figure:: images/enalasso_obs-aqua-pm-modis-vis_20201020.jpg
    :name: FigCase20201020
    :align: center
    :alt: True color MODIS AQUA 
    :figclass: align-center

    True color afternoon MODIS AQUA image with overlaid LES domains. The image domain corresponds to the size of the model forcing domain.  



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