A June to Forget

After the swashbuckling few weeks of May that spat out the best tornadoes of the season, it seems June isn't likely to follow with it's own show. June 11, June 13 and June 14 all produced good tornadoes on the Plains, most notable was probably June 13, which saw a decently structured cone from Trinidad, CO to the Black Mesa of Oklahoma (OK's highest point) and then followed up with a large tornadic supercell north of Amarillo and south of Morse which spat out one solid tornado before congealing in the Canadian River Valley. But, the paucity of consistent setups is what's putting this June up there as a tough one. The death ridge currently sitting over us has been allowing massive amounts of moisture from the GOM to flow northward (The Norman Mesonet site recorded 91/78, the second highest dewpoint temperature in it's history) but the strength of the high pressure dome currently over the Central and Southern Plains is forcing impulses well into Montana and beyond. It's looking unlikely that I'll be stepping out the door to go roam the Great Plains any time soon as it stands, and it may end up being autumn before I get the opportunity for one last round of chasing before winter sets in.