Even it weakening states, supercells still can be beautiful, as this one was after its peak organization, while entering a more-stable air mass and shrinking. Still, supercells often linger longer than what the surrounding environment alone would indicate, thanks to the vertical pressure-gradient forces (VPGFs) generated by their low-pressure cores developed in higher-buoyancy conditions. That VPGF engine kept the convective plume rolling skyward at the time of this view. Soon this storm would shrivel further, become absorbed into a larger mass of rain and clouds, and die, while younger convection in more-favorable air in southern Colorado got cranking.
2 N Kit Carson CO (14 May 21) Looking N
38.7933, -102.7961