Future of the season part deux

I think it might be safe to finally bring out the fork for 2009, at least the main season. I don't know about anyone else, but a break and bigger gaps between chases sounds rather nice now. Of course that never happens anyway, not after seeing something cool a time or two in 20 knot mid-level flow high cape days in NE. Now it's waste a ton of gas keeping all those crap setups honest season, afraid to miss out the one day something deviates on a boundary and goes nuts for a few hours in northern NE.
 
Kinda wished I lived in a part of the country where I could agree that a break would be nice, but here in Michigan, it's always a break. Slight risks out west pose quandaries rather than nice options. Do you make the drive or not? With every chase a round trip of at least 1,000 miles, it's hard to get excited about anything less than a moderate risk. Of course we take our chances and burn the gas; we're just more conservative about doing so. I guess the plus side of the Great Lakes is, we occasionally get tornadoes here in our own neighborhood in July and August when the lid is welded shut everywhere else. Nothing one can count on, but it seems to happen a couple times every summer.
 
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This pattern can produce significant events in the Northern Plains, upper Mississippi Valley, into the Great Lake states. Being on the edge of the cap with stronger flow moving South at times, can be a good thing. Don't give up on the season quite yet.
 
Weve had some significant events around here during summer months, however they are isolated in nature and pretty hard to plan ahead chase wise. Its more of the last minute run out the door and hope to get lucky kind of chase...and then of course there are derechos and the overnight MCS action.

Until then the future of my season is...

Beer

Babes

BBQ
 
Since this season has been a bit out of the norm - should/could we expect some more surprises in the months to come? (I can only hope - as I will be returning to IA next month to check progress on the family home rennovation.) I don't necessarily mean in the 'Alley' proper - but up along the nothern states - IA, MN, N&S D, etc.

BTW-The NAM CAPE values in four days look pretty interesting thru NE an SD...
 
Rob Wadsworth said:
Since this season has been a bit out of the norm - should/could we expect some more surprises in the months to come? (I can only hope - as I will be returning to IA next month to check progress on the family home rennovation.) I don't necessarily mean in the 'Alley' proper - but up along the nothern states - IA, MN, N&S D, etc.

BTW-The NAM CAPE values in four days look pretty interesting thru NE an SD...
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I would certainly expect plenty more up here in the Northern Plains(Dakotas/MN/IA/NE), its only June 22.....expect at least 3 more IA cap busts, lol.
 
Except some stray supercells in the Dakotas or Nebraska, or a nice shelf cloud you can pretty much close the books on the 2009 chase season until the Oct/Nov season. Then we can kiss 2009 and throw it into the trashheap of chasing history.
 
Nick Hartley said:
Geez you southerners are wimps and give up too easy:p
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Lol, I was actually thinking the same thing (as a joke so please don't take offense as I do realize the 'main' tornado season is probably over)...However, the season isn't done for me yet up here in Minneeesooootah - not until September anyway
 
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