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There was much weaker
forcing today along the periphery of an upper ridge, but there would be
just enough upslope flow that around 1300 MDT convection did manage to
fire along the Black Hills. All the storms were rather high based
with marginal structure. The first storm never really exhibited any
rotation visually, although one farther north did culminate with a two
minute funnel. Given limited bulk shear along the upper ridge, endurance
was not in the cards for any of these cells. I aborted this area
in favor of storms in southwest ND near Dickinson along a stalling cold
front, but naturally these died as I arrived in Bowman. Since I was
not that far from home and considering I'd likely be chasing in Canada
the following day, I headed home for the night. On the way I couldn't resist stopping
for some quick photos at the scenic Theodore Roosevelt National Park, but
needed to keep moving as I was still three hours from home. I would
have made it back before midnight, but two annoying construction zones
at dark with 20 mph pilot cars delayed me a solid hour! |
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