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July 18, 1997 Satellite/Model Data Overlay

A 60 knot 500 mb jet streak (blue wind barbs) interacted with a dew point maximum (green isopleths)
and lake breeze convergence boundaries to produce severe convection over Western New York.
Also note the banded mid-level clouds close to the center of the image, perpendicular to the flow of the jet streak.
Satellite image is 1 km visible, model data is the from the Rapid Update Cycle.
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