Bill Schintler
EF4
Chase target:
Thatcher, CO (30 mi NE of Trinidad).
Timing:
Storm initiation in the eastern Rockies through 4 PM CDT, with storms developing into the high plains by 6 PM CDT.
Comments:
Marginally severe storms with isolated hail to golfball size.
Discussion:
ULVL ridging developing into the four corners region today, placing ERN CO in NWRLY upper flow. Narrow axis of modest instability will develop just E of the front range, with upsloping SFC winds developing through the afternoon.
- bill
Thatcher, CO (30 mi NE of Trinidad).
Timing:
Storm initiation in the eastern Rockies through 4 PM CDT, with storms developing into the high plains by 6 PM CDT.
Comments:
Marginally severe storms with isolated hail to golfball size.
Discussion:
ULVL ridging developing into the four corners region today, placing ERN CO in NWRLY upper flow. Narrow axis of modest instability will develop just E of the front range, with upsloping SFC winds developing through the afternoon.
- bill