Rocky Rascovich
EF4
Greetings!
On my way to church going down the Kilpatrick Tpk at around 1745cdt, I
noticed a developing cell that was just starting to precipitate which was
aprox. 10mi. east of the I-44 Turner Tpk./I-35 intersection. What was
interesting was that the storm exhibited a sheared look to it and was
signifigantly leaning to the northeast. There were a couple of what look
liked inflow bands on its south side. I did not notice any rotation,
although there were a few brief lowerings.
At that time, I remembered that MCV over Commanche Co. a couple hours
earlier and wondering if anything would become of it as it tracked
northeast toward the OKC metro area. As I stated in my earlier post, I
thought the lack of instability and low level shear would preclude
anything of substance, but looking at that developing CB, I wondered if I
was to leave church hearing of some suprise svr wx events. I later found
out that according to reports from other reliable sources and looking at
radar loops from the last couple of hours, small but heavy cells
exhibiting supercelluar characteristics were occuring just east of Norman
and OKC...undoubtably, the MCV must have been the culprit.
In my never ending thirst for more knowledge of our atmosphere, I thought
about posing a question to the group concerning MCV's, what's the prime
environment that they can form and just what are the chances of a storm
within its influences that can increase its chances of tornadoing?
Otherwise, I'm sure loving this cool wet pattern here in Okla., looks like we may pay
for it with excessive dewpoints well into the 70's by weeks end and temps
back into the 90's...ugh!
Bring on the fall season!
On my way to church going down the Kilpatrick Tpk at around 1745cdt, I
noticed a developing cell that was just starting to precipitate which was
aprox. 10mi. east of the I-44 Turner Tpk./I-35 intersection. What was
interesting was that the storm exhibited a sheared look to it and was
signifigantly leaning to the northeast. There were a couple of what look
liked inflow bands on its south side. I did not notice any rotation,
although there were a few brief lowerings.
At that time, I remembered that MCV over Commanche Co. a couple hours
earlier and wondering if anything would become of it as it tracked
northeast toward the OKC metro area. As I stated in my earlier post, I
thought the lack of instability and low level shear would preclude
anything of substance, but looking at that developing CB, I wondered if I
was to leave church hearing of some suprise svr wx events. I later found
out that according to reports from other reliable sources and looking at
radar loops from the last couple of hours, small but heavy cells
exhibiting supercelluar characteristics were occuring just east of Norman
and OKC...undoubtably, the MCV must have been the culprit.
In my never ending thirst for more knowledge of our atmosphere, I thought
about posing a question to the group concerning MCV's, what's the prime
environment that they can form and just what are the chances of a storm
within its influences that can increase its chances of tornadoing?
Otherwise, I'm sure loving this cool wet pattern here in Okla., looks like we may pay
for it with excessive dewpoints well into the 70's by weeks end and temps
back into the 90's...ugh!
Bring on the fall season!
