SYNOPSIS FOR 05/26/94 - VORTEX-94
CDFNT MOVD SWD INTO NRN /WRN TX FASTER THAN
PROGD...EXTENDING FM EXTRM NERN TX INTO SWRN TX IN
THE MORNING AS SFC RDG MOVD SEWD ACRS CNTRL PLAINS.
NLY SFC WINDS WERE BHD THE FNT WITH DEW POINTS
REMAINING IN THE 50S OVR W TX/EXTRM ERN NM. UPR VORT
MAX OVR THE SWRN STATES WAS MOVG INTO NM...AND
BECAME MUCH BETTER DEFINED IN STLT IMAGERY AS IT MOVD
INTO CNTRL NM LTR IN THE MORNING. CLDS/SHWRS
EXTENDED FM NR MAF NEWD INTO N CNTRL TX WITH A
RELATIVE CLR AREA OVR W CNTRL TX CNTRD ARND LBB.
THICK CU DVLPD IN THIS RELATIVE CLEAR SLOT BY ERY AFTN
AND MAY HAVE INHIBITED INSOLATION SOMEWHAT. IN THE
ERY AFTN...SFC WINDS OVR W TX BEGAN SHIFTING TO AN ELY
DIRECTION AND JTN PROFILER/KLBB VAD WINDS INDCD THE
DVLPMT OF A DEEP LYR OF LO LVL ELY FLO. STG/SVR TSTMS
DVLPD IN THE ERY AFTN IN THE COMMA TAIL OVR ERN NM
ASSOCD WITH THE VORT MAX...WITH SLOWER DVLPG CELLS
TO THE NW AND W OF LBB. THE STORMS IN NM PRODUCED
SVRL TORNADOES LTR IN THE AFTN/EVE. THE CELL NR LBB
CONTD TO SLOWLY INTSFY AS THE ELY UPSLOPE WINDS INCRD
DURG THE LATE AFTN...AND AT LEAST TWO SUPERCELLS WITH
MID LVL ROTATION DVLPD. THE CELLS WERE QSTNRY AND
NEARLY STEADY-STATE FOR SVRL HRS.
WEISS/HART
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