There was a very pretty tornado in eastern New Mexico today… and we missed it. There were signs of having a possible supercell in the area the tornado formed in the morning, but weak shear, large dewpoint depressions, and the fact that we have to travel up to Nebraska for Sunday’s setup all worked to keep us further north.
We saw storms today, but nothing noteworthy. Missing the tornado affords us an easier travel day tomorrow, which is also laundry day, with an oil change also needed soon.
It would have hurt a lot more if we had not seen several tornadoes already this year, but as with all storms that are missed, we just have to move past it and look for the next storm.
Below is an anticylonic, left-moving supercell that was over southwestern Oklahoma on May 26th. This is the storm that eventually ran into the supercell that produced the tornado near Hydro, OK.
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