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looking at severe weather event after

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severe weather event we found it to be

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important to study cloud tops

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using this latest generation satellite

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technology we have found these clouds

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that are a bit odd and look a bit

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unusual

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it looks a bit like smoke and it also

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has a very warm appearance

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when you look at storms that produce the

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really damaging tornadoes and large hail

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you're taking very unstable air hot and

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humid air near to the ground and raising

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it up into the upper atmosphere very

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very fast and then it hits the layer of

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the atmosphere above called the

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stratosphere

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clouds that are especially strong eject

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into the stratosphere it's like a smoke

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plume emerging from those bubbling

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updrafts

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and because the stratosphere is warmer

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you can see this pattern

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one of the most exciting things that we

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found in this research is that over 85

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of the really damaging storms produce

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this kind of smoke-like plume and also

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this plume pattern tends to occur about

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30 minutes prior to when the severe

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weather events are happening and so this

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is especially valuable for the public at

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large a forecaster can instantly see

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this pattern when it emerges in a cloud

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and they're going to be able to issue

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warnings faster and tell people to take

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cover or get their belongings inside

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satellites observe everywhere all the

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time so being able to do something that

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helps warning just from a satellite