{"id":19090,"date":"2017-05-31T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=19090"},"modified":"2017-11-03T21:16:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:16:32","slug":"may-31-2017-cheyenne-ridge-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2017\/05\/31\/may-31-2017-cheyenne-ridge-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"May 31, 2017 Cheyenne Ridge Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0La Junta, Colorado<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Brush (Wendys)<\/strong><\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Ogallala, Nebraska<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 933<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Storm Reports<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sfcmap\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The weather pattern continued rather poor, from a chaser’s perspective. \u00a0Severe weather and tornado prospects on the Great Plains were poor given the date, primarily due to inadequate low-level moisture. \u00a0The flow aloft (from the WNW) and the shear were good, though. \u00a0We remained on the High Plains, where upslope flow north of I-70 was transporting enough water vapor to allow a severe weather chance. \u00a0 From our lunch stop in Brush we continued north to the Cheyenne Ridge. \u00a0I thought that this area had a slightly higher chance for a supercell than the CO\/KS\/NE triple-point area. \u00a0It was close to a toss-up.<\/p>\n

We waited for a good chuck of the afternoon before something finally became strong near the NE\/WY border, near I-80. \u00a0We positioned ourselves east of the developing storm, not far from Kimball, NE.<\/p>\n

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