In my region, radar coverage is not available. Is it possible to tell if a cloud is a storm cloud using satellite images? Are the darker clouds higher in altitude?

[mbmpc]

[Suty]

@mbmpc I would recommend checking other layers for your locations, for example Rain, thunder, then Thunderstorms and various Cloud layers for getting further info about the altitude of clouds.

[Caefix]

@mbmpc ⛈ Here´s an example:
https://community.windy.com/topic/33079/all-forecast-data-wrong/3?_=1736192642834

[idefix37]

@mbmpc
Without radar coverage, you can look at INFRA+ layer. The red and dark areas are surely thunderstorms.

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[mbmpc]

@idefix37 Does each region have a satellite to take images in real time?

[idefix37]

@mbmpc
Yes Windy provides satellite imagery in every country almost in real time.
See a related post

[mbmpc]

@idefix37 said in In my region, radar coverage is not available. Is it possible to tell if a cloud is a storm cloud using satellite images? Are the darker clouds higher in altitude?:

@mbmpc
Yes Windy provides satellite imagery in every country almost in real time.
See a related post

light thunderstorms (3h) what does this 3 hours mean?

[idefix37]

@mbmpc
This means that the 0.6mm of rain is predicted to be cumulated during the 3 last hours. Last 3 hours before the current model time stamp (I can’t tell exactly as you don’t show all the screen).

[mbmpc]

@idefix37 said in In my region, radar coverage is not available. Is it possible to tell if a cloud is a storm cloud using satellite images? Are the darker clouds higher in altitude?:

@mbmpc
This means that the 0.6mm of rain is predicted to be cumulated during the 3 last hours. Last 3 hours before the current model time stamp (I can’t tell exactly as you don’t show all the screen).

I'm following the movement of the clouds on the satellite, it seems that this cloud that I highlighted in red is higher and blue is lower, is this like the height of the clouds in the satellite layer?

[idefix37]

@mbmpc

How can i tell which cloud is the highest ?
Instead of Blue, select Visible: the white clouds are the highest and the yellowish ones the lowest.