.. _TitCase20180405:

Case: 05 April 2018
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Summary
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Precipitating open cellular event with strong (40-50 kt) westerly boundary layer winds

Description
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An open cell event that followed a significant frontal passage. Several deeper precipitating cumulus were observed across the larger Azores model domain. Cloud tops were consistently approaching 4 km AGL from available observations. Strong westerly to northwesterly boundary layer winds (40-50 kts) were observed throughout this event. The melting level was around 1.5 km AGL, well below the cloud top heights as estimated by ARM profiling sensors.                          

Available assets
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Standard ARM profiling assets, SEVIRI. SACR. RLPROF-FEX

Critical period: 06:00-12:00
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Several precipitating cumulus over the ENA main site


.. figure:: images/enalasso_obs-aqua-pm-modis-vis_20180405.jpg
    :name: FigCase20180405
    :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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