CHASE CASE 4

[Bob Hartig]

I'm happy with my position in Tatum, NM. Guess I'll sit here now and see what happens. Cu field overhead, some kind of boundary to my west that appears to be firing convection farther to the north, and dewpoints climbing. Think I'll take my sax out of the case and get in a little practice while waiting for the next update.

 

[Dean Baron]

If this were real life I'd head for NM but since this is a virtual one I will take a chance on the northern stuff. Gonna continue to sit in Dodge City, KS.

 

[Jeff Duda]

I'm going to slide WSW to Quitaque, TX.

 

[Kurt Hulst]

Looking at the 15z info as I am just entering Clovis, NM. I want to head further south and will be in Tatum by 1730z at the latest.

 

[Jim Bishop]

I'm staying put in Clovis, NM.

 

[Bob Hartig]

Looking at the 15z info as I am just entering Clovis, NM. I want to head further south and will be in Tatum by 1730z at the latest.

Hey, Kurt, you got my Frisbee with you?

 

[Nathan Edwards]

Well I've missed out on quite a few updates (cursed work and time zone differences...) I see some storm clouds brewing north towards Clovis. Not sure I can make those so I'll stick tight and hope upflow triggers some down this way also If I'm seeing things right, I'm right beneath a line of agitated cu so hopefully something will go up in this area. SPC's risk area gives me a lot of confidence that I'm not too far west at the moment.

I'll stick in Roswell for the time being. Last time I was in Clovis, I was nearly killed by food poisoning anyway

 

[Wes Carter]

I'm booking on to Guyamon, OK. I'm liking this area, I think we are going to get some daytime heating here.

 

[Matt Gingery]

18Z UPDATE​

VISIBLE SATELLITE

CONUS: http://i48.tinypic.com/2vjsxe0.jpg

MIDWEST: http://i47.tinypic.com/wwggw1.jpg

N PLAINS: http://i46.tinypic.com/5fg5lg.jpg

S PLAINS: http://i50.tinypic.com/106blhc.jpg

AMARILLO 18Z SPECIAL SOUNDING: http://i46.tinypic.com/2ex0vpz.gif

RADAR COMPOSITE

MIDWEST: http://i46.tinypic.com/2v0jqe1.gif

N PLAINS: http://i48.tinypic.com/2i94hmv.gif

S PLAINS: http://i46.tinypic.com/30vd4cg.gif

SURFACE PLOTS

MIDWEST: http://i50.tinypic.com/rri1oz.gif

N PLAINS: http://i46.tinypic.com/1z3s51s.gif

S PLAINS: http://i48.tinypic.com/1z2dpvn.gif

SOUTHWEST: http://i46.tinypic.com/bdqf7n.gif

WIND PROFILER: http://i49.tinypic.com/nnpb3m.gif

WAYFARING MAP: http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/60572

 

[David Wolfson]

Moving to Hobbs, NM, from Hobbs, NM.

 

[Randall Cooper]

Jeez, these clouds are being a pain! Ive decided after looking at 18z data that Im going to make the drive to Hutchinson, KS, it looks like theyre at least getting a little clearing with not so bad temp/dewpoint spreads. I can make Hutchinson in about 2 and a half hours, maybe a little less, so target time right now is getting there at around 3:30 PM.

 

[Jacob Ferden]

Still holding in Brownfield due to uncertainty about whether the show will be more north or south. Guess I won't really know for sure until it happens.

 

[CZandbergen]

I like the clearing here in Plains TX and to the west. According to the profiler data it looks as though the better shear environment is in NM, therefore I am heading a bit west to Tatum NM.

 

[Bob Hartig]

Matt, you've got Verne Carlson sitting in both Amarillo and Tatum. That's a pretty neat trick, and I need Verne to show me how he does it since I can see some real advantages to being in two places at once. But just in case it's a mistake: last I knew, Verne made it to Tatum, NM, before I did. You might want to check why you've got an extra Verne sitting up there in Amarillo, and probably delete that icon.

 

[Andrea Griffa]

I'm heading west for Morton,Tx;it seems something is moving over here. I still have to understand why dews are not so impressive in the southern part of the MDT Risk area; I'm not convinced about this risk at all.