Severe Weather Update

The long-lived supercell in North Dakota has displayed marked strengthening, going from a weak hailer back to its rather extreme ways, at least on radar.  Here is an image, with some annotations I made on it:

It is a classic supercell, an almost textbook type storm.  I was stunned to see how much it resembles those images they show you in radar training.  There is a small hook echo, an incredible V Notch, and a hail core.  Simply awesome.  Stay tuned!