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Satellite Image of the Week 2020 #14
This week’s image was taken earlier today over Colorado. Today, the skies are clear over the Great Plains, though there is evidence of upslope flow along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Notice the light cumulus clouds that have … Continue reading
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Tagged #cowx, #meteorlogy, colorado, satellite, upslope, weather
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Satellite Image of the Week 2020 #12
This week’s image was taken earlier today over the southern Great Plains. I especially like this image as it shows several things. First, notice the convection in a line, which is ahead of an upper-level trough. It extends through Colorado … Continue reading
Posted in Satellite Imagery
Tagged #cowx, #meteorlogy, #nmwx, #txwx, anvil shadow, cirrus shield, colorado, New Mexico, satellite, Texas, weather
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Satellite Image of the Week 2019 #24
This week’s image was taken this morning. It is an enhanced water vapor image over the southwest. This image shows the shortwave trough currently impacting the desert southwest. Notice the shades of blue (representing more moisture) making their way east … Continue reading
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Tagged #azwx, #cowx, #meteorlogy, #utwx, Arizona, colorado, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, satellite, Utah, weather
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5/26/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
With our limited geographic area to chase, any storms we chased would have to be in western Kansas or Eastern Colorado. At first, we headed to the KS/CO border, targeting Lamar. In Lamar, we got impatient, as storms were already … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Photography, Practicing Concepts, Radar Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, colorado, Lamar, meteorology, photography, shelf cloud, storm, storm chase, wall cloud, weather
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5/26/19: Storm Chase Predictions
Today was shaping up to be a severe weather day. However, we were limited in our travels, as we had to be to Denver, CO, by the evening. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a Moderate Risk for western Kansas. … Continue reading
5/27/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
Yesterday, I chose poorly. I headed home and missed out on what appeared to be a pretty good storm set up in northeastern Colorado, not too far from where I had targeted, should I have stayed in Colorado. Instead, I … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up
Tagged #cowx, colorado, Denver, meteorology, rio rancho, storm, storm chase, travel day, weather
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5/27/19: Storm Chase Predictions
I am debating chasing the NE/CO/WY borders this afternoon, but I have to figure it out now. I’m starting the day in Denver and should probably drive home. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued an Enhanced Risk for this … Continue reading
5/18/19 High Plains Tours: Day #7 Predictions/Follow Up
The game of chess begins again. Today would have been a good day to go to Oklahoma, but we opted to go to Denver instead. We needed to make some crew changes, so we sat out for today’s chase. We … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Photography, Possible Chase Opportunity, Practicing Concepts, Predictions, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, chase, colorado, meteorology, storm, storm chase, weather
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HPT Storm Chase: Day #5 Follow-Up
Yesterday, we headed to Denver. The only real threat for storms was a long strip in the northern Great Plains, so we used yesterday as another positioning day for today and tomorrow. We did catch a few non-severe, developing cells … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Photography, Practicing Concepts, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, colorado, Dalhart, High Plains Tours, HPT, Idalia, outflow dust, storm, storm chase
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Golden, CO, to Socorro, NM, Weather: 4/7/19
Yesterday was a nice day. I kept expecting it to get windy, but the winds were never terrible in Socorro. This morning has been mostly sunny, cool and still. Today, we will return to Socorro after our conference in Golden, … Continue reading
Posted in Local WX, Practicing Concepts, Predictions
Tagged #cowx, #newmexicotrue, #nmtrue, albuquerque, Belen, colorado, colorado springs, Denver, Golden, Los Lunas, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, Pueblo, rio rancho, Socorro, weather
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