Chase Day 4, 12th May KS

[Arron]

Today we're heading off in to Kansas from our overnight stay in Ardmore, OK. Not much going on the next day or so but will keep an eye on stuff out to our west on the drive up as the RAP does show some precip.

 

We're going to spend the afternoon/evening with a Kansan family on the farm and enjoy the culture on mothers day

[Cookie]

Have a good day guys

[Arron]

Okay change of plan! We have a chance of some storms firing in SW Kansas and moving in to NW OK We're going to head towards Woodward, OK and see how it plays out.

[Arron]

Live stream up too

[chionomaniac]

12Z NAM also shows possibility of an MCS system perhaps supercell by 00Z over NW OK so worth a look.

 

[DubWeatherAddict]

Wish there was the facebook chat on the stream like last year!  good luck today folks! ... Won't tell ya about the slight risk for me here on Tuesday !

[Paul]

Wish there was the facebook chat on the stream like last year!  good luck today folks! ... Won't tell ya about the slight risk for me here on Tuesday !

 

That's what the forum's for ;-) Particularly as not everyone is on Facebook

[DubWeatherAddict]

That's what the forum's for ;-) Particularly as not everyone is on Facebook

 

 

I guess so , im just a lazy git wanting everything on one page lol. 

 

 

 

[Tom Lynch]

I agree about using the forum   cos that is what we is about dude

 

Tom

[Arron]

Lovely bubbling CU field out in front of us We're about 30 miles from Woodward now.

[lewisosd]

no live stream Arron. Has it all gone to pot?!

[Arron]

Says it streaming Lewis but it is very slow here. I'll try and check when I can

Okay yes it did just die about 5mins ago, should be back up as it's auto reconnected

[jimbo36]

Stream working for me, are we there yet?

[chionomaniac]

It's a bit on and off. Looks like they were driving through a very clear skied Woodward a moment ago.

[jimbo36]

yep, just noticed. Parked in Walmart I hope.

Facebook debate... can't chat in forum and watch live stream at the same time, unless you have two windows open. One for techies maybe, to see if they can accomodate

[chionomaniac]

What direction is the car facing, Arron?

[Arron]

We're just about to head out NW of Woodward a few miles and sit and wait Currently facing West-ish Ed

[Paul]

What direction is the car facing, Arron?

 

The GPS car on the stream page actually points in the direction the team are facing

[samadamsuk]

Hey Aaron. Any lightning there at the moment ?

[samadamsuk]

spc showing some low end supercell composite values now - dew points gone up in the last 3 hours pretty rapidly too -

[alexisj9]

Got the stream up for now, wonder if this cell will do anything.

[smicksworld]

yous checking into a hotel now and going to wait for the storm to pass over just noticing on the video??

[Arron]

Okay calling off the chase got rained on a bit Think it's time to bowl!

[nsrobins]

It wasn't a significant evening and was never likely to be but worth a punt IMO as you never know.

As for this week - something's got me asking questions! WEDS evening may be a sneaky event up in E KS, but the moisture profiles don't make sense with a band of 70F+ dps across N KS but lower values further south. The wind vectors at the surface indicate a frontal zone here, and with big CAPE available something should develop but not sure what!

SPC don't seem too bothered but they may be in the next update.

Edit: Just spotted a thread on Stormtrack - talking about pseudo-cold-warm-cold fronts and SW moving storms. All sounds a bit dodgy to me LOL.

Edited May 13, 2013 by nsrobins

[Gorky]

It's a way off but Friday looks nice up in SD. It is my first chase day over there and quite probably out of reach for me without a 12 hour overnight drive. Hodographs around Seneca, SD look insane  Could be a nice day before the day event with a more widespread event on Saturday. Would imagine the team could chase further South on the sat to not leave them too far from DFW on Sunday. Alteratively, we may get some dryline storms to play with further south on Friday (dependant on boudnaries from the previous day I imagine which is what I'm hoping for for personal reasons! Eitherway, it could well be a good end to Tour 1 if things play out! Best of luck everyone!