The growth of a large system of thunderstorms called a "mesoscale convective system," or MCS, is seen in this animation of infrared images from the GOES-13 weather satellite as the system moved across Kansas and into the Mississippi River Valley on June 5th, 2014. (Source: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) Last Thursday I shared dramatic imagery of a massive cluster of thunderstorms that moved across a large portion of the Central United States. At the time, I knew the folks at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies would weigh in with more spectacular visualizations. Now they have, so I thought I'd share some of them with you. But before I get into the details, I should note that the National Weather Service forecast is for continuing meteorological mayhem:
An active weather pattern is forecast to continue across the central Plains and into the Deep South with a stationary ...
