23 April 2007

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23 April 2007

Life cycle of an LP supercell near Pampa, TX. Curiously, without any rainfall to the SE, the inflow temperatures drop to near 68 F as the storm shriveled and died. Other storms well to the south and north produced tornadoes.

Date: 06/11/2007 Owner: Chumpson Size: 4 items

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Developing LP supercell with apparent inflow band just south of Pampa, TX.

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Narrow supercell updraft from same location as previous image. The storm began to shrink as the inflow temperatures dropped, despite being only ~6:30 pm with no rain to our SE!

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Multiple small pulses in the shrinking "barber pole".

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The end is near for the supercell, and the cloud line (boundary) noted in the first image is still present to the lower right (north).

Date: 04/23/2007 Owner: Chumpson Views: 934