The supercell is high based but photogenic witrh another cell west of it about 30 or 40 miles
(Sent by Mike’s Alltel Blackberry smartphone)

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Heading north on Hwy 287 at this time to Lamar, CO. Our updated
target is downstream of the Palmer Divide… roughly Kit Carson, CO.
I have reasonably high confidence in a decent supercell evolving off
the Palmer Divide late this afternoon/early this evening. Interesting
to note, we passed VORTEX-2 about a half hour ago, traveling in the
opposite direction… so they have obviously opted for the higher CAPE
option as discussed in the earlier forecast post. More later.

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We are in Amarillo this morning with two targets in mind: The outflow
boundary from earlier morning storms draped west across northwest/west
central OK into the northern TX Panhandle. This region will be
underneath a maximum in 500mb winds with the highest CAPE upwards of
3000-4000 J/kg by late afternoon. So, target “A” is east-northeast of
here into northwest OK along this outflow boundary. Target “B” is
northwest of here where storms formed yesterday along the Hwy 50
corridor around La Junta. There are northeast winds this morning in
Springfield CO and Clayton NM, but these winds are expected to become
southeasterly later this afternoon. We are torn between the two
areas, and will make a final decision by Noon as to which area to
play. Stay tuned.
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