Chase Case #3

I stopped in Algona, IA after noticing explosive development just to my south near Ft. Dodge, will be all over this as it moves N-NE.
 
Hopefully that line just to my south is doing something and I am watching a tornado right now. Those storms are small enough that I can't really tell if they are crap or putting down hoses. It might be hard to see them in the fog if I go much further east :p
 
Zipping south on 169 now....kicking myself in the head for letting myself get suckered into going north when I knew better. At this point its a cat-n-mouse game with the ongoing development...
 
I don't think there'll be explosive development anywhere with this low cape system. Looks like one of those days where the super kinematics have to compensate the the lack of cape. Too bad we don't have forecast 0-3km cape maps, that's where I'd be :)
 
After drifting east watching the initial convection east with little luck, we saw the storm exploding near Ft. Dodge and blasted south down US169 to highway 9 where we plan on heading east and then blasting south on US69 and going to try and intercept the storm near Ft. Dodge. We will likely be a bit late to the show, but we are trying.
 
Oh, son of a $%*!#

Shoulda stayed in NE KS where I was. Nice stuff popping along the cold front 3 hours to my south. Want to head back, but committed to the stuff that has just gone up in NW IA.
 
I am leaving joplin and going up t6o Pittsburg Ks -wait and see-i think the two small looking cells will head far enough south to hit that mouisture about the tim the front comes thru
 
...and don't always assume you're in the right state!

am I giving you hints or leading you astray... we'll find out tomorrow.

Well, since I'm sitting in Windom, Minnesota, there's no doubt in my mind there will be a wild and crazy tornado roaring through the northeast Kansas countryside imminently. If this were a realistic representation of reality, that is exactly what would happen. Eh ... I'm going to get out the frisbee and watch the pretty clouds until something more certain shows up. Calling Brunin to tell me what he's seeing ...
 
Well, since I'm sitting in Windom, Minnesota, there's no doubt in my mind there will be a wild and crazy tornado roaring through the northeast Kansas countryside imminently. If this were a realistic representation of reality, that is exactly what would happen. Eh ... I'm going to get out the frisbee and watch the pretty clouds until something more certain shows up. Calling Brunin to tell me what he's seeing ...

Mike stay out of the mud. I am still digging that hardened rock mud off.
 
Mike stay out of the mud. I am still digging that hardened rock mud off.

lol ... well it's been raining off and on here in Windom and there's a road closure up ahead, but I can take a quick little shortcut on a short patch of mud (don't worry, I think I can do it this time) ... better keep that cell phone handy just in case. ;)

EDIT - - - what is UP with this monster mosquitoes in Minnesota anyway??? Someone remind me to pack some Off next time ...
 
Well should have stayed in Algona but I only drifted about 20 mins out of my way, blasting back toward the SE again now dropping south of 18 and then heading east on Hwy 3 towards Clarion from there I will intercepting the cell heading into the Ft. Dodge region as it moves.
 
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Calling Brunin to tell me what he's seeing ...

I am back in North Dakota on a cell that I am racing up I-29 near Bismarck. Shortly after seeing 10 tornadoes on the storm in MN I decided I wanted to stick to my original target just east of the surface low and seem to be on a decent little storm now per my laptop radar that only allows me a national view. Although with daylight ending soon it seems as if the chase is almost over...damn diurnal setups.

All of this is true except the 10 tornadoes part :p
 
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