Wednesday, April 11, 2012

So with my minimal amount of school this week, and optimal set up for severe weather over the great plains. I couldn't think of a better weekend to do something that I have wanted to do for years. Tonight around 9PM, me Andrew Knutzen and Trevor Herndon, will be driving for the border of Colorado and Kansas and might drive as far east as Dodge City, Kansas to chase some tornadoes. Things are setting up really nicely for tornadic activity Thursday-Saturday. There is strong shear, which is cross winds at different elevations, and a very defined dry line, which is an area where there is high dew points to the east then following behind to the west much lower. These are two key ingredients which will be key for Thursday and Friday's set up. The dry line is usually where storms tend to fire off. We are going to drive I-90 to Montana then head south through Wyoming and Colorado and finally into Kansas where we will set up shop.
Ill try and update this at least once a day for people who want to follow my travels and hopefully I will be able to post some pictures like the one above soon! Also please excuse my spelling and punctuation, Ill clean it up when I return.

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