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August 26, 2007

Storm Chase August 25: Raton Mesa Storms

Filed under: Chase Accounts,Storm Chasing — Mike U @ 11:36 am

Not a whole lot to report from the chase on August 25th — as it didn’t turn out to be all that spectacular in terms of supercells.  A briefly interesting storm provided photogenic opportunities along the NM-CO border area south of Kim, CO.  The storm was small and LP-ish, and given it’s size, it did not last long.  Other attempts went up along the trough convergence, however they struggled mightily.  The most sustained storm was actually east of Raton, and I had blown that area off.  In retrospect, I probably should have chased that, as it tempted me several times with overshooting tops.  I like chasing this whole area here because it is so scenic… and even the most innocuous looking storm can provide for nice "storm in landscape" photography.  Below are a couple images from the chase:

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