{"id":15396,"date":"2016-05-06T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=15396"},"modified":"2016-11-29T17:01:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:01:30","slug":"may-6-2016-chugwater-wy-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/05\/06\/may-6-2016-chugwater-wy-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6, 2016 Chugwater WY Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start Holyoke, CO; end Kimball, NE; 387 miles; lunch Pine Bluffs, WY at the A&W<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early May is usually not the time to bother with upslope flow in Wyoming, but that was the only play for us on this chase day as moisture would not be in good supply on the Plains until tomorrow. \u00a0Still, shear and moisture appeared to be decent enough for a severe storm, a pretty supercell on the high terrain, near or a little north of the Cheyenne Ridge. \u00a0SPC showed a marginal risk for severe in this area.<\/p>\n

SPC Day One 1630Z<\/a><\/p>\n

We got up to Chugwater, and, right on cue, a storm was developing on the high terrain to the west. \u00a0I took Route 211 to the southwest from Chugwater, and at a little place called “Diamond,” headed west on Wedemeyer Road a few miles. \u00a0We found a great high point with a perfect view to the west and northwest. \u00a0A rather impressive supercell (given expectations) held our attention for a few hours as it moved somewhat slowly to the northeast. \u00a0The storm was high-based with a persistent RFD slot, adjacent to areas which “tightened up” from time to time. \u00a0We stayed with the supercell by going back to Chugwater and north to Slater, and then east from there on 314. \u00a0We were beneath the laminar base for a bit with hailshafts nearby, but the base continued to be too high, it seemed, for a tornado threat, and by this time the updraft was weakening. \u00a0Highway 314 drops off of the ridge between Slater and Yoder, and we stopped for some landscape photography with the dying storm as a backdrop.<\/p>\n

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