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May 28, 2011 – Colorado Upslope Attempt
This would be my first attempt at chasing upslope in Colorado. Admittedly, my knowledge in this area is very lacking. While I’d read up on things like the Denver Convergence and Vorticity Zone, what I knew beyond that, as far as Colorado orographics goes, was limited at best. The previous day, sweating my ass off in Southwestern Oklahoma, I noticed forecast models showing southeasterly surface winds in Colorado and figured, hey this might be a good opportunity to go after that 2% colorado tornado threat.
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