06/01/06 FCST: CO / NM

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Location
Iowa City, IA
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
 
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