Wednesday, May 15, 2013

RGB Depicts Shortwave and Developing Convection in W TX

051513 1901 UTC RGB Airmass

051513 2001 UTC RGB Airmass and 500mb Heights
The images at 19 and 20 UTC respectively depicted an area of drier air, most likely associated with a short wave on the back side of a mid/upper low over southwest Oklahoma. This wave seems to be enhancing cloud top cooling and convection generation over west Texas, near Lubbock. We will keep a close eye on this feature to see if this wave will allow for explosive convection 22-01UTC near a dryline from near Childress to San Angelo with very unstable (2000-3000 J/kg) air near and east of the dryline.

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