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Wow — look at the miles we did. \u00a0We had to be up in extreme northeastern Montana, and maybe even a bit into Saskatchewan on this day. \u00a0I was hoping that it would not be Saskatchewan, given the usual delays getting across the border. \u00a0One of our guests had forgotten his passport, too. \u00a0Would we have to leave him in an open field on the U.S. side of the border? \u00a0(Just kidding — in a feedlot)<\/p>\n
Apparently we got out of Chadron on the early side, as we were already up in ND at lunch time. \u00a0That was a quickie stop in Belfield, and further north we went, to Williston, and then west into Montana. \u00a0A potent upper wave would be impacting Montana this afternoon and evening. \u00a0A surface low near Billings would steer good low-level moisture into northeastern Montana. \u00a0The easterly surface flow beneath strong WSW flow aloft would create tremendous wind shear. \u00a0It looked like a pretty good chase day, but of course the sparse road network of Montana, the possible border-crossing headaches, and fast storm motions might be very problematic. \u00a0From the model forecasts, it appeared that the best tornado chances would be during the evening (around 00Z-02Z) \u00a0a bit east of Glasgow. \u00a0But, there wasn’t much happening there to get a storm going — no front or boundary. \u00a0It looked like we would have to drive well west of Glasgow to meet storms that were forming on the mountains WAY out near Havre. \u00a0Through Wolf Point and Glasgow we went, to Hinsdale and Saco and Sleeping Buffalo, on the eastern edge of Phillips County. \u00a0A big storm was getting its act together south of Havre and was coming this way! \u00a0It was dropping large hail on Phillips, southwest of Malta, about the time we stopped to watch it approach. \u00a0We were northeast of Malta by maybe seven miles, or west of Sleeping Buffalo on Highway 2. \u00a0The images below are from this location, and it is evident that a large shelf-like feature is dominating the forward flank, suggesting outflow winds already. \u00a0The greenish hues were real!<\/p>\n
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