Thursday, April 16, 2009

Frost?!! But it's April!!


Could you hear the whine in the title above? The weather this month has been so wet and cold that I'm not sure if pollen or mold is causing everyone's allergies to kick up. At any rate storm chasing is off the radar screen for the immediate future as the models don't hold much chance for storms. There is a wee bit of convective potential forecast for early next week, but it's associated with a system that is coming through at night so I don't put much hope in it.
I have started practicing my target area forecasts in the Plains for our upcoming chase trip, and today I was pretty close given my afternoon target area near Plainview TX (between Lubbock and Amarillo). We'll see if tomorrow's "X" marks the right spot as I have targeted the southwestern Kansas hamlet of Hugoton based on the available road system there plus the convective potential, wind shear, and moisture forecasts.

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