Thursday, May 22, 2014

Lenticulars, Supercell, And Eastern Pacific Outlook


Numerous lenticular clouds were present yesterday afternoon - photos above and below from around 3 to 4 pm MST.



A large supercell (above) in Colorado moved right over the NWS Front Range radar and continued eastward, producing several tornadoes and large hail. Photo below shows the storm approaching the Front Range Radar site (by Bob Henson, NCAR).



The NHC is forecasting a moderate chance that the cloud cluster circled above will develop into the first eastern Pacific tropical storm of the season. The probabilities given by NHC are 30% in the short-term and 50% out around 4 to 5 days. IR satellite image below is from 1230 UTC this morning.


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