SYNOPSIS FOR 05/25/95 - VORTEX-94
UPR LOW OVR AZ WAS MOVG ONLY SLOLY EWD...HWVR BAND
OF STGR WINDS ALF OVR THE SERN QUAD WITH 50 KT AT ELP
WAS SPRDG NEWD TWD THE SRN HI PLAINS. ERY MORNING
CNVTN OVR NRN TX HAD GENERATED WELL-DEFINED
OUTFLOW BNDRYS OVR PTNS OF N CNTRL AND NERN
TX...WHILE A CDFNT EXTENED ACRS NRN OK AND THE TX
PNHDL. SELY SFC WINDS OVR MUCH OF W TX MAINTAINED HI
SFC DEW POINTS (NR 60) OVR THE AREA. CLEAR SKIES OVR
SWRN AND W CNTRL TX ALLOWED STG HEATING TO OCCUR
WITH TEMPS REACHING 85-90F BY ERY AFTN...WHEN SFC
WINDS VEERED TO A MORE SLY DIRECTION. TSTMS BEGAN
DVLPG BY 18Z OVR EXTRM ERN NM AND W TX AND
PROPAGATED NEWD DURG THE AFTN. A STRENGTHENING SFC
TEMP GRADIENT /BNDRY BETWEEN LBB AND AMA APPEARED
TO PROVIDE INCRD WARM ADVCTN AND INDCD STGST TSTMS
WOULD MOVE FM N OF LBB TWD CDS. A NUMBER OF STG/SVR
TSTMS DVLPD FM WRN TX INTO SWRN OK INCLUDING SVRL
SUPERCELLS NR THE CDS AREA.
WEISS/HART
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