Dan Robinson
Just some quick comments to start a forecast thread for Sunday. Looks like our Saturday storms have made a complex situation even more so by introducing more boundaries into an already chaotic setup. Surface obs are showing a sharp east-west boundary through Kansas into SE CO, with SE-SSE winds to the south. SPC's Day 1 mentions supercells and even the t-word for this region.
Saturday, it looked like south/central Texas would be the hotspot for Sunday, but it looks like this southern setup has lost some of its promise. Positioning/travel distances should also play a big role in today's target decision, as most chasers are starting in either in northern Oklahoma after Wakita, or in Kansas, if they chose to go after Saturday's target. This makes staying in our current latitudes more appealing, where chase terrain and road networks are better anyway.
The central/south Texas setup is too far away to make in time unless one is willing to make a very early departure and an 8 to 10 hour drive. Furthermore, Monday's action looks to be in NE NM and SE CO, so the panhandles region on Sunday would be a good compromise for the sake of consecutive chase day positioning.
Saturday, it looked like south/central Texas would be the hotspot for Sunday, but it looks like this southern setup has lost some of its promise. Positioning/travel distances should also play a big role in today's target decision, as most chasers are starting in either in northern Oklahoma after Wakita, or in Kansas, if they chose to go after Saturday's target. This makes staying in our current latitudes more appealing, where chase terrain and road networks are better anyway.
The central/south Texas setup is too far away to make in time unless one is willing to make a very early departure and an 8 to 10 hour drive. Furthermore, Monday's action looks to be in NE NM and SE CO, so the panhandles region on Sunday would be a good compromise for the sake of consecutive chase day positioning.