In The Vortex

Tag: tornadoes

  • 04/09/09 Chase Forecast

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    Good morning from Lawton, OK.  I drove up from Texas last night and stayed here when I got tired to chase in northern OK/southern KS today.  Pressed for time as I need to hit the road but current preliminary target is the OK/KS border at I35, and I will adjust as needed.  I haven’t decided if I am going to play the cold core setup on the west end of that, or the warm front on the east end.  I’ll know when I get close to the preliminary target.

    Moisture is rapidly advecting northward through OK, should be an interesting day with a potent, compact system.  We should see several tornadoes across the outlook area today.

    I’ll be live streaming today, and you can see that on TornadoVideos.net.  I should have that up and rolling here shortly, but the chase won’t actually begin I don’t think until mid-afternoon.

  • 03/25/09 Chase Forecast

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    I’ll be hitting the road here shortly from Norman, OK for a fast shot down I35 to chase.  The warm front will be the big show I believe today, wherever that ends up.  Forecast models are keeping it down more around I10, I sorta feel like it will get further north.  I’m not ruling out targets of Waco or even west toward San Angelo, but the nice thing about coming from the north it will be easy to adjust as necessary.

    The above graphic is the current tornado forecast graphic today. I think that tornado potential is valid, but along wherever the warm front is by mid-afternoon.  SPC is already considering an upgrade later to a moderate risk.

    I’ll be streaming live video again later on TVN. We’ll see what the day brings!