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Loop shows GOES-8 IR4 imagery from 17:32 to 21:32 UTC.

The same office is asked to describe the loop. The forecasters should note that the system has the appearance of a developing mesoscale convective complex (MCC) with circular cloud shield and expanding area of cold cloud tops. These cold cloud tops stay the same temperature or cool during the loop. New storms form on the western side of the system and appear to develop on outflow emanating from the MCC.