Far Northern Plains play on this day, with a
slight risk and 5% tor threat across north and central ND. Target was pretty straightforward -- Minot, ND. Waited in Granville, ND for a while, waiting for storms to form. Eventually a
supercell matured east of
Minot along U.S. 2. Played with the storm for quite a while, before letting it roll over us near Devil's Lake as the cold pool surged.
Storm had a chance to tornado east of Towner, but became undercut thanks to a microburst that dropped immediately northeast of the updraft in a relatively high base environment. Storm featured a sharp FFD southern edge and lots of CGs. After leaving the storm watched a beautiful sunset near James River Church, with convection spanning 180ยบ along the horizon to the east. Likely killed well over a million bugs with the car on drive to Jamestown after dark.
Storm becomes surface based east of Minot -- tail cloud forming.
Stitched phone camera shot illustrating relatively high base.
Microburst dump
Very rural James River Church at sunset. Behind me the sky was full of convection.
Lapse scenes.
Travels for the day.
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