Mike Peregrine
EF5
May 24, 2008
Southeast Nebraska
Never forget.
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EDIT - I targeted SE Nebraska on Saturday because:
1. I really wanted to chase in Nebraska again - it's been forever.
2. It would put me in position for chasing in either Kansas or Iowa the next day.
3. Because the wind fields looked so cool.
Turns out that moisture was scoured from the get-go, and then it really took a hit once Oklahoma decided to light up with Super Colosso Dream Storm '08 (SCDS08). As the afternoon went on, I noticed both convective blowoff from SCDS08 and also the development of stupid stratus across eastern Kansas that can be associated with lower instability. So I decided to move back west, closer to Red Cloud, hoping there could be a little tongue of moisture eek its way up through central Kansas behind the Oklahoma stuff. No ... can ... do. I also felt like there were some other environmental problems on Saturday ... we noticed the towers that were struggling along the boundary were getting slumped over in the UL winds (a telltale sign of lack of CAPE - see photo above), and so they could not overcome the cap. No anvils, except for the convection far north of GRI. So we went to Lincoln, ate awesome Indian food in the Haymarket District, and slept great. I think this day was cursed because a farmer came out and asked us if we were looking for storms. I told him we were and he said he hoped we couldn't find a thing. So it's his fault.
Southeast Nebraska
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Never forget.
- - - - - - - - -
EDIT - I targeted SE Nebraska on Saturday because:
1. I really wanted to chase in Nebraska again - it's been forever.
2. It would put me in position for chasing in either Kansas or Iowa the next day.
3. Because the wind fields looked so cool.
Turns out that moisture was scoured from the get-go, and then it really took a hit once Oklahoma decided to light up with Super Colosso Dream Storm '08 (SCDS08). As the afternoon went on, I noticed both convective blowoff from SCDS08 and also the development of stupid stratus across eastern Kansas that can be associated with lower instability. So I decided to move back west, closer to Red Cloud, hoping there could be a little tongue of moisture eek its way up through central Kansas behind the Oklahoma stuff. No ... can ... do. I also felt like there were some other environmental problems on Saturday ... we noticed the towers that were struggling along the boundary were getting slumped over in the UL winds (a telltale sign of lack of CAPE - see photo above), and so they could not overcome the cap. No anvils, except for the convection far north of GRI. So we went to Lincoln, ate awesome Indian food in the Haymarket District, and slept great. I think this day was cursed because a farmer came out and asked us if we were looking for storms. I told him we were and he said he hoped we couldn't find a thing. So it's his fault.
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