VORTEX2: May 26, 2009 - 16th. Operations those on the field: left mover Anticyclonic supercell.
Miles traveled today: 469. Total miles traveled: 5009.
A cold front coming down from the western part of Kansas to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. In front of the front last night's storms have left the field several boundaries at the surface (zone of demarcation between air masses with different characteristics of temperature and humidity) in the south-eastern Oklahoma and northern Texas that may play an important role in DEVELOPING convection today. The sunny day and temperatures will lead to a high enough heating with a slight increase INSTABILITY '. The question for today will be 'on the timing or the hour of the afternoon at which we can form cumulonimbus clouds, that the lack of an actual forcing at high altitude. The storms will form if you can give place to hail and strong winds, the risk of tornadoes today and 'very low (2%).
Let Childress started before northward along roads already 'walked in the days before and then east toward Wichita Falls. For lunch we stopped on the outskirts of the city 'in a rest area, but today, however,' there is' something new ': put on the table is also a beautiful chocolate birthday cake complete with candles and' the person responsible for Paul 'information of our group. But there 's time to relax and celebrate too much, Josh Wurman imposed immediately ordered to go 'cause the first target of the day and' Gainesville. Once the 'we stop to refuel the tanks and wait patiently for the development of first piles. The long wait is prolonged, a couple of hours in the sun and with a fair rate of humidity 'and confirms the feeling someone with a "Welcome to Texas".
Predicion Storm Center at 4 pm Watch issued a bulletin for a wide area of \u200b\u200bnorth-central Texas and we are in the northern part of this area, and 'a good sign. Temperatures and humidity are high 'and continues to accumulate in the atmosphere gains instability', the latest analysis maps show values almost to 3500 J / kg CAPE right where we are.
Finally something is moving and quite a cumulonimbus cloud begins to develop in the south-west of Fort Worth. In a short time gains strength and develops intense precipitation radar to monitor. In the meantime, we move south and reach the Highway 380 near Denton which is the upper limit of Dallas Forth Worth metropolitan area.
Unfortunately the main problem with the storms that develop in this area and 'the impossibility' to kick in the metropolitan area that we must try to avoid. The thunderstorm cell is becoming more 'strength and fortunately tends to move north-east rather than to the big city'. While
uses the higher-range radar to monitor the evolution of the cell begins to divide and in half an hour after witnessing an event not exactly common and very interesting from a scientific point of view. After splitting the division that is called the cell to the north (which usually becomes the most 'weaker of the two) and now' become a supercell gathering momentum and beginning to move to the left also shows a cyclonic rotation in the lower layers (Anticyclonic left mover supercell ).
order and then 'to hunt this interesting creations of nature. The shift is not particularly fast supercell allows all the armada to recover ground and move north the same to begin collecting data.
When we reach the base and the sun 'just set and vehicles more' advanced signal the presence of a wall cloud. Meanwhile, there's reports of hail the size of golf balls a few miles away from our position.
supercell approaching the stunning look of Mammatus while the radar continues to show the rotation of mesociclone.
Our mission is' to collect data with the usual nell'inflow sections of the cell (ie in the area in front of the supercell where the air is sucked inside the main up-flow). The radar can better positioned to collect valuable data on the core anticyclonic even in dual-Doppler configuration. In our back and forth encounter heavy rain, some hail, and we can admire from near the base of the supercell illuminated by lightning.
At sunset, with the supercell traveled over our heads, Notre mission ends and continue to scan the radar to track the evolution of mesociclone.
The destination for the night and 'Norman, Oklahoma, but it takes two hours to reach the destination before you leave and have dinner near Gainesville.
The mission ended successfully at 1:30 of the night, with 750 km under the wheels and some good data in your pocket!
Miles traveled today: 469. Total miles traveled: 5009.
A cold front coming down from the western part of Kansas to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. In front of the front last night's storms have left the field several boundaries at the surface (zone of demarcation between air masses with different characteristics of temperature and humidity) in the south-eastern Oklahoma and northern Texas that may play an important role in DEVELOPING convection today. The sunny day and temperatures will lead to a high enough heating with a slight increase INSTABILITY '. The question for today will be 'on the timing or the hour of the afternoon at which we can form cumulonimbus clouds, that the lack of an actual forcing at high altitude. The storms will form if you can give place to hail and strong winds, the risk of tornadoes today and 'very low (2%).
Let Childress started before northward along roads already 'walked in the days before and then east toward Wichita Falls. For lunch we stopped on the outskirts of the city 'in a rest area, but today, however,' there is' something new ': put on the table is also a beautiful chocolate birthday cake complete with candles and' the person responsible for Paul 'information of our group. But there 's time to relax and celebrate too much, Josh Wurman imposed immediately ordered to go 'cause the first target of the day and' Gainesville. Once the 'we stop to refuel the tanks and wait patiently for the development of first piles. The long wait is prolonged, a couple of hours in the sun and with a fair rate of humidity 'and confirms the feeling someone with a "Welcome to Texas".
Predicion Storm Center at 4 pm Watch issued a bulletin for a wide area of \u200b\u200bnorth-central Texas and we are in the northern part of this area, and 'a good sign. Temperatures and humidity are high 'and continues to accumulate in the atmosphere gains instability', the latest analysis maps show values almost to 3500 J / kg CAPE right where we are.
Finally something is moving and quite a cumulonimbus cloud begins to develop in the south-west of Fort Worth. In a short time gains strength and develops intense precipitation radar to monitor. In the meantime, we move south and reach the Highway 380 near Denton which is the upper limit of Dallas Forth Worth metropolitan area.
Unfortunately the main problem with the storms that develop in this area and 'the impossibility' to kick in the metropolitan area that we must try to avoid. The thunderstorm cell is becoming more 'strength and fortunately tends to move north-east rather than to the big city'. While
uses the higher-range radar to monitor the evolution of the cell begins to divide and in half an hour after witnessing an event not exactly common and very interesting from a scientific point of view. After splitting the division that is called the cell to the north (which usually becomes the most 'weaker of the two) and now' become a supercell gathering momentum and beginning to move to the left also shows a cyclonic rotation in the lower layers (Anticyclonic left mover supercell ).
order and then 'to hunt this interesting creations of nature. The shift is not particularly fast supercell allows all the armada to recover ground and move north the same to begin collecting data.
When we reach the base and the sun 'just set and vehicles more' advanced signal the presence of a wall cloud. Meanwhile, there's reports of hail the size of golf balls a few miles away from our position.
supercell approaching the stunning look of Mammatus while the radar continues to show the rotation of mesociclone.
Our mission is' to collect data with the usual nell'inflow sections of the cell (ie in the area in front of the supercell where the air is sucked inside the main up-flow). The radar can better positioned to collect valuable data on the core anticyclonic even in dual-Doppler configuration. In our back and forth encounter heavy rain, some hail, and we can admire from near the base of the supercell illuminated by lightning.
At sunset, with the supercell traveled over our heads, Notre mission ends and continue to scan the radar to track the evolution of mesociclone.
The destination for the night and 'Norman, Oklahoma, but it takes two hours to reach the destination before you leave and have dinner near Gainesville.
The mission ended successfully at 1:30 of the night, with 750 km under the wheels and some good data in your pocket!
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