Carnival Tuesday

Okay, Tuesday of Carnival, nothing better to do, I saw some promising satellite images. I picked up my bike, my camera and went to my point of observation. I got there, and saw nothing very important, the most interesting thing I saw was an updraft that fed a rain cloud over the entire time I was there.

I decided to leave because I don't want get rain.
When I looked to the right and I think to see a few lines more organized in the clouds that I observed before, but I continued my way.
A few kilometers later, I saw that it was not just impression, there was something bigger than I thought.It was a monster who proceeded quietly.


When I was approaching the city, this was my vision.

looking through satellite images, the vision was this:

Once inside the city, I saw this:


My adrenaline went up so much that I could not focus the picture. For me which I saw with my eyes was a funnel has dissipating, but it was.
I increased the contrast of this photo. The result was close to what I saw

Severe weather potential for the next week

There's a high potential for severe storms in Brazil in the next week, especially in the south, with the jet right over RS. CAPE will be around 2000, with the lifted index about -5:

Jet stream:

18:00 UTC 15/02/2010

18:00 UTC 16/02/2010

Vertical wind shear between 700hPa and 950hPa :

18:00 UTC 14/02/2010

18:00 UTC 15/02/2010

18:00 UTC 16/02/2010

Precipitation for the next 5 days:

I made this video on January 24, at the beginning did not seem very promising, but the cloud start to grow and grow, and the result is possible to observe below.The first photo shows how the cloud was when I arrived at my bservation point












The second picture shows the situation after the video

Here, the cumulus had lost intensity

Relief from the Heat

After a period of strong heat and stable weather, a cold front move to the Paraná bringing rain and moderate wind gusts.

Cold Front producing severe storms in SC and PR

A Cold Front coming from Uruguay is producing storms with heavy precipitation and strong winds in the states of Santa Catarina and Parana.

Here some images of the front during the day from the Simepar Radar:

19:45

17:45
16:00

Update on the severe storms

Updating the data from the severe storms still active in the south and southeast of Brazil:

Severe storms developing in Brazil

Several isolated supercells are developing in Rio Grande do Sul state, south of Brazil. And a sistem coming from Uruguay showing reflectivity on radar >65dbz:

And the heat continues

Maximum air temperature(°C) in 2 m and wind in 10 m.

Instability Rio Grande do Sul

The hot atmosphere resulted yesterday in strong instabilities on the RS causing rain, winds of up to 65 km/h and hail.

REDEMET Canguçu Radar - RS

Forecast for the next days

Totals and Lifted index:

K index and CAPE:

Wind and Jet at 200hpa:

Precipitation for the next 3 days:

Gust Front in Araraquara-SP

Later on the afternoon a gust front formed east of Araraquara:

REDEMET Radar image:

And now pictures of the gust front:

Tornado in Araraquara-SP

A small tornado hit Araraquara's rural area today, by 16:00 local time.

Pictures by me:

A note from CPTEC:

Tempestade Severa em SP
Radares indicam chuva forte em áreas do Estado de SP. Um tornado foi registrado às 16 hs de domingo (31/01) por um cidadão em Araraquara.
Fonte: Radar da Aeronáutica e de olho no tempo.

Severe Storm in SP

Radars shows heavy rainfall in areas of São Paulo state. A tornado was registered at 16:00 hours of Sunday (31/01) by a citizen of Araraquara.

Source: Air Force Radar and http://wwwdeolhonotempo.blogspot.com/