MJ Poore
EF2
Around lunchtime yesterday I had some completely different situations to ponder. A great dryline from a strong front and an interesting temperature boundary not far from Johanneburg, and then a date at six that evening. At 1:15pm a line of storms appeared on the radar about an hour away, no problems, I'll just knock off a quick chase and be back by the evening. Aside the good boundary situation, the surface dews and temps where not so great about 8-9 C and 20 C, and the low level jet didnt seem to be working, perhaps something do with the onset of winter. The good news is the fact that we get 20% of our strong (F3+)tornadoes in May.
By the time I got connected with the storms, they were barreling along at about 50kmh and after an hour and a bit of chasing I was some distance into the countryside, far across the provincial boundary. The surface shear was minimal, so there wasnt to much rotation, but great storms and good road coverage. I did about 450km's in all and just came skidding into my girl friend's flat a few minutes before six. "You've been where she said?"
Ps anyone in S Africa reading this, and who wants to chase, please drop me a line. I am the only chaser in this part of the world - that I know of anyway. [email protected].
Enjoy the pics. Hope you all start getting some of this in the US soon.
cheers
Mungo
By the time I got connected with the storms, they were barreling along at about 50kmh and after an hour and a bit of chasing I was some distance into the countryside, far across the provincial boundary. The surface shear was minimal, so there wasnt to much rotation, but great storms and good road coverage. I did about 450km's in all and just came skidding into my girl friend's flat a few minutes before six. "You've been where she said?"
Ps anyone in S Africa reading this, and who wants to chase, please drop me a line. I am the only chaser in this part of the world - that I know of anyway. [email protected].
Enjoy the pics. Hope you all start getting some of this in the US soon.
cheers
Mungo