Tim Jones
Anybody else noticing a few returns on radar just west of Beatrice and to the southwest?? Probably be gone in the next few sweeps.
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- Weather and Chasing
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5/7/04 FCST: IA & other
- Thread starter Amos Magliocco
- Start date
Ben Engle
EF1
How's everything looking out there for you guys right now? I was thinking of making my first trip longer than 50 miles today. Im in Cedar Rapids, which is about 2 hours east of Des Moines. If it looks like it might be worth it, I'm willing.
-BenTim Jones
I was headed south until I saw the boundary begin to lift north now.Mike Hollingshead
Front on the move now. 88 in sw IA with some due south winds gusting now south of the front. One more hour and our Columbus area tornadic sup should be creating it's first rain drops. Going to wait at home to verify this though...lol. 56 to 88 in about 70 miles..hmmm.mikegeukes
EF5
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MikeBen Engle
EF1
you guysare supposed to be finding some cool stuff out there, so i can justify 60 bucks in gas to drive that way!!Shane Adams
That's your decision, not anyone else's. Are you a chaser? Is it May? If either answer was 'yes', then you shouldn't even be reading this now.Ben Engle
EF1
It was a joke, get over it. Are you a chaser? Is it may? why are you reading this?
Jared Mysko
EF2
Due to the incredible price of gas, I am looking for a chase partner for Saturday!
I wonder if we need to expand this thread to include ND and even SK. Environment Canada is now forecasting storms as far north as Saskatoon.
...getting ready
JaredShane Adams
I'm about 500 miles from the target and have no car. As opposed to being within an hour and having the option to leave whenever I want :wink:
BTW, you ever leave?Mike Hollingshead
Ok, so I'm off 4 hours. Now it just needs to ride the front east and tornado at Tekamah.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p19r...0/si.kuex.shtmlMike Peregrine
EF5
oh good grief that's funny ... let's hope tomorrow will be different - having the convection tonight may be a good thing for the setup tomorrow at least ...Shane Adams
There's no doubt in my mind overnight convection is a good thing here....it's obvious the dryline/boundary/whatever today wasn't enough of a focal point for lift with the cap that was in lace........outflow boundaries floating around tomorrow that may collide with pre-existing boundaries could be the best hope you guys have for diurnal convection.
You all saw what it did for us down here the last week of April......
Amos Magliocco
EF5
I found an abandoned rural corner of southeast Nebraska about 5:00 PM and parked the truck on an inclined ramp to somebody's field. I shut off the radios, laptop, the cell phone, and the truck, and sat on the hood watching small cumulus struggle against the cap as the warm front drifted northward. I always enjoy the turbulent diversity of clouds along a warm front; too bad this one couldn't produce anything.
Almost every feature of today's setup was out of phase today. The front stayed too far south to sneak out from beneath the very strong cap, and by staying south also avoided the best support aloft which remained in extreme northern Nebraska.
I met up with Doug Keisling and chowed at Cracker Barrel in southwest Omaha, where I am now. Eric Nguyen and Scott Currens are on their way here--I expect them within the hour. We'll try it again tomorrow. I don't know anything about tomorrow's setup except that the warm front is a player and it's still right around here. I hope it moves far enough tomorrow to avoid the problems we saw today.Similar threads
