May 30: Western Oklahoma Thunderstorm
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Strong thunderstorm northeast of Wheeler, Texas. I caught up with this slow-moving storm late in the afternoon, after morning thunderstorms stabilized the air mass in the Oklahoma Panhandle (and eliminated some very good prospects for good CAPE and shear).
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Early evening near Erick, Oklahoma. Though this storm doesn't have the tornado potential I originally expected for today, it is still quite scenic.
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Developing shelf cloud is a clear sign of an outflow-dominated thunderstorm. With frequent CGs, I took lots of pictures with my digital camera, hoping to capture a bolt.
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My first fully framed lightning shot! And I didn't even know I got it until reviewing my photos the next day.
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An enjoyable storm, made all the better by my lightning shot.
June 13: Southwest South Dakota Thunderstorms
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Strong ridge over the southern Plains forces me all the way to southwest South Dakota, where I finally see some high-based convection in the Black Hills.
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Strong convection but a very narrow tower that doesn't expand with time.
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Another storm to the south pulses strongly, but isn't sustained due to weak shear.
June 17: Southern Oklahoma Squall Line
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Rare incursion (at least for this Spring) of Gulf moisture into the Plains results in developing storm east of Lawton.
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Weakening upper winds leads to squall line.
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Under the shelf cloud.
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Appropriate symbol of a season where deep Gulf moisture was mostly absent.
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Last storm of the last day of a rather quiet season. Maybe next season will see the return of deep Gulf moisture to the Plains (or at least I'll be a little wiser about where to find supercells in low-CAPE situations).