June 17th, 2008 Northeast New Mexico Supercell
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 18:43 Written by Roger Hill
I didn't have a lot of hope for this day. Upslope moisture was piling into northeast New Mexico, with fairly weak shear aloft. Decent instability developed and a series of supercells formed, moving southeast off the Raton Mesa area. As these storms moved southeast, they encountered drier air and weakened. However, early evening, stronger storms formed along a dryline and several became tornado warned. We had already blown off the day and headed north. Fortunately, no tornadoes occurred with these storms. Click on the image for a larger pic.
Fairly strong supercell near Des Moines, NM. |
Streaming multiple inflow bands. Storm was tornado warned here. |
Golfball sized hail covers the ground. |
Hail to 2" in diameter. |
Cool shot of a high based cell near Springfield, CO. |
Another shot of the same cell 30 minutes later. |
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