In The Vortex

Author: David Drummond

  • 03/23/09 Chase Forecast

    Sunday ended up being a bust in the Texas Panhandle (as mostly was expected) but met up with Steve Miller (TX) and we had a nice drive around the eastern Panhandle which was a good test for me on the new TVN video streaming as well as discovered I had EVDO service the entire time!  Ended the day with an incredible dinner at the Big Texan in Amarillo!

    Attention now turns to severe weather potential today and chasing…

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    Our forecasting this morning, which I don’t have much time to get in to as we are hitting the road now, we have initially target west central OK along I40 which gives us options to play both northern and southern targets in Oklahoma if we need to.  Despite moisture lacking a little, wind fields are incredible and I expect it to be a long day/night across Oklahoma.   Things should light up in NE and KS as well, but I’m focusing on OK for our chase.  Strong tornadoes are a definitely possiblity today, so those living in the area need to keep tuned to their local media and have their NOAA weather radios on.

    I’ll be streaming live video on the new imap tracker found on TVN.  Click the LIVE link on the left side.

  • 03/22/09 Chase Forecast

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    A potential sleepy surprise day in the Texas Panhandle I think.  A dryline will be taking shape in advance of a vigorous upper level system, and while it’s still barely sufficient moisture, wind profiles are more than sufficient to get anything that does go up to turn for us.  There are plenty of flies that could land in this soup and keep much from happening, hence the SPC only going with a mention of the possibilities.

    However, given tomorrow is a definite chase day (and a potentially big one, more on that tonight!) and going to the Panhandle puts me closer to the target for tomorrow, I am going to give it a shot today.  If nothing else, perhaps I can luck up on some lightning this evening!  Who knows, maybe I’ll luck out with something better!

    I’ll be streaming today (and tomorrow) on TVN.  You can find the direct link to the new imap (still in demo mode for right now) here:

    http://tornadovideos.net/full-screen-chaser-video.php

    In the future  will have something similar to this embeded on my LIVE ChaseCam page as well, but for now you can watch over there!  Probably be streaming the drive up to the Panhandle as well just for some more testing.  Yeah, boring stuff like that makes the fun stuff go smooth! LOL