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April 9, 2009 Cedar Vale, KS

By , April 9, 2009 10:51 pm

Interesting forecast challenge in anticipation of this event as two potential targets seemed intriguing. The first area was near the occluding surface low west of ICT where significant low level vorticity was maximized beneath the upper level cold core. The second being near the nose of the dryline bulge where overall steep lapse rates were still in place along with higher llvl moisture values. Met up with Blair and decided to play the dryline option near Sedan, KS. We quickly got on developing convection along the KS/OK border, east of Arkansas City. This storm soon began to take on decent structure with rain-free base, large core, and occasional wall cloud development near Cedar Vale, KS to Grenola, KS. However, new upstream convection ingested into the storm disrupting its organization. The remainder of the convection this day struggled and quickly became outflow dominant.

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