Convection on 27^th May 2010 over the Iberian Peninsula

        One of the first severe convective episodes on 2010 over Spain occurred on 27th May. 6097 lightning flashes took place over the whole day.

      The following four images depict the hardest period in a 30 minutes time interval. A comparison between CRR and Radar instantaneous rain rates are shown on them:

        27^th May 2010 at 15:15 UTC:

       CRR_full_resolution

        27^th May 2010 at 15:45 UTC:

        CRR_full_resolution

        27^th May 2010 at 16:15 UTC:

        CRR_full_resolution

        27^th May 2010 at 16:45 UTC:

        CRR_full_resolution

        A loop of the CRR instantaneous rain rates showing the event from 11:00 to 23:45 UTC is shown below.