{"id":16085,"date":"2016-05-29T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T04:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=16085"},"modified":"2016-12-16T21:21:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T05:21:02","slug":"may-29-2016-lingo-storm-and-morton-salt-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/05\/29\/may-29-2016-lingo-storm-and-morton-salt-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"May 29, 2016 Lingo Storm and Morton Salt (of the Earth)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start\/Lamar, CO<\/p>\n

End\/Lubbock, TX<\/p>\n

567 miles<\/p>\n

Lunch in Dalhart (Toxic Hell and Pizza The Hut)<\/p>\n

SPC Day One 20Z<\/a><\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-777<\/a>\u00a0 e NM and TX PH\/12:48 p.m.<\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-779<\/a>\u00a0 sw TX and se NM\/2:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

spc-mesoscale-discussion-783<\/a>\u00a0 sw TX\/7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Our group got out of Lamar and made our way south towards some good air. \u00a0SPC was favoring southwest TX again, roughly from Lubbock south to the Rio Grande near Sanderson, with a 5 percent tornado risk down that way. \u00a0SPC upgraded to “enhanced slight risk” near and south of I-20 for their 1630Z and 20Z outlooks. \u00a0I forget exactly why, but I was not especially impressed, or sold, on that area. \u00a0Apparently some overnight activity had “hosed” much of central TX and vicinity, though sw TX and se NM still had good air. \u00a0SPC liked the instability and wind profiles south of Lubbock, especially in the Midland area. \u00a0I liked the NM\/TX border area from about Adrian to Plains, TX. \u00a0It was definitely not looking like a fabulous supercell and tornado day, but it looked like a fun chase day with severe storms given the instability.<\/p>\n

We made our way down the NM\/TX border area to Lingo (west of Morton, TX) and south of there a little. \u00a0We were keeping our eyes on new development to our SSW and also to our N. \u00a0I finally decided to go back north to the one near Lingo, NM — no more than 20 miles up the highway. \u00a0This nasty hailstorm looked good for a little while. \u00a0It may have been a supercell, but it was “HP” and \u00a0it “mushed out” rather quickly as it drifted towards Texas.<\/p>\n

At Morton we went south and watched a dusty “haboob-like” wall of dust come at us from the north. \u00a0This provided for some interesting photography opportunities and for some scratchy eyes, but the cold air was under-cutting the strong updrafts and there was little left to chase as sunset approached.<\/p>\n

So, the chase day was somewhat of a ho-hummer overall. \u00a0The area that SPC highlighted to our south was a big bust — their mesoscale discussion at 7 p.m. had a sad story to tell:<\/p>\n

SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CURRENTLY VOID OF ANY\r\n   THUNDERSTORMS SAVE FOR A LONE CELL NEAR THE RIO GRANDE. ALTHOUGH A\r\n   CONDITIONAL THREAT OF HAIL AND WIND EXISTS...THE WATCH MIGHT BE\r\n   CANCELED EARLY IF STORMS DO NOT MATERIALIZE.\r\n\r\n   DISCUSSION...00Z MAF SOUNDING SHOWS A SUBSTANTIAL CAPPING INVERSION\r\n   WITH A RATHER JUMBLED LOW TO MIDLEVEL WIND PROFILE. EARLIER...A CELL\r\n   EXISTED NEAR WINK TX BUT IT DID NOT LAST VERY LONG. ANOTHER LONE\r\n   CELL CURRENTLY EXISTS ALONG THE BREWSTER COUNTY\/MEXICO LINE BUT WILL\r\n   CONTINUE INTO MEXICO. \r\n<\/pre>\n
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