VORTEX2: June 6, 2009 - 27 days. Operations provided for in the field: interception of a LP supercell.
Miles traveled today: 371. Total miles traveled: 9030.
After the immense
yesterday when everything seems to have realized from the viewpoint of science, when briefing this morning at the Don Burgess thanked all the participants for the excellent work of the previous day, the audience can not hold a round of applause at last away fears of a very poor season of intense weather events. Most of us have slept a few hours to arrange the data and make them immediately available to the project and to upload photos, blog, etc.. and so 'are not just those who have gone to bed after 3 am.
But the faces that you meet this morning in the lobby recount everything. At the briefing, as usual, is presented the forecast for the current day and gionri for later. For today we have the usual Slight Risk but with so little shear CAPE. The area in which you direct the attention of the cabinet is 'once again to the west and this forces us to return on steps already' walked the previous night.
Today there are high expectations, however, and as 'always happened since the first day of the project, all the possibilities' are explored in order to leave no stone unturned, but today for the first target must wait one o'clock in the afternoon.
Cosi 'have time for lunch and see some spectacular video of the day before. In particular are the guys from the Discovery Channel to arouse the enthusiasm of those present when they show the video shot by the big van to support the TIV and from within the same TIV2. I can only say that I'm crazy ... The TIV has deployed and because of its hydraulic jacks and is' anchored to the ground suffering the fury of the tornado with winds of 200 km / h. Images taken from inside the armored vehicle is absolutely amazing, you see a telephone pole and break off and be dragged buffeted by gusts of wind.
At two o'clock in the afternoon it is time to move to the west and the caravan is set in motion by Kaersey to North Platte. A few hours' later the first cells are formed at a hundred miles north-west of our position and thanks all'evelato shear in this rapidly converted into supercells. At four and a half comes
order to bring to the north in the direction of Stepleton and then head west along Highway 92 and after half an hour Thundestorm Warning is issued for more supercell 'South.
Miles traveled today: 371. Total miles traveled: 9030.
After the immense
yesterday when everything seems to have realized from the viewpoint of science, when briefing this morning at the Don Burgess thanked all the participants for the excellent work of the previous day, the audience can not hold a round of applause at last away fears of a very poor season of intense weather events. Most of us have slept a few hours to arrange the data and make them immediately available to the project and to upload photos, blog, etc.. and so 'are not just those who have gone to bed after 3 am.
But the faces that you meet this morning in the lobby recount everything. At the briefing, as usual, is presented the forecast for the current day and gionri for later. For today we have the usual Slight Risk but with so little shear CAPE. The area in which you direct the attention of the cabinet is 'once again to the west and this forces us to return on steps already' walked the previous night.
Today there are high expectations, however, and as 'always happened since the first day of the project, all the possibilities' are explored in order to leave no stone unturned, but today for the first target must wait one o'clock in the afternoon.
Cosi 'have time for lunch and see some spectacular video of the day before. In particular are the guys from the Discovery Channel to arouse the enthusiasm of those present when they show the video shot by the big van to support the TIV and from within the same TIV2. I can only say that I'm crazy ... The TIV has deployed and because of its hydraulic jacks and is' anchored to the ground suffering the fury of the tornado with winds of 200 km / h. Images taken from inside the armored vehicle is absolutely amazing, you see a telephone pole and break off and be dragged buffeted by gusts of wind.
At two o'clock in the afternoon it is time to move to the west and the caravan is set in motion by Kaersey to North Platte. A few hours' later the first cells are formed at a hundred miles north-west of our position and thanks all'evelato shear in this rapidly converted into supercells. At four and a half comes
order to bring to the north in the direction of Stepleton and then head west along Highway 92 and after half an hour Thundestorm Warning is issued for more supercell 'South.
We stand at a distance of seventy miles, but the direction of movement of thunderstorms east facilitates our task. The deployment of the radar is organized along the only road available in the north-south direction, similar to what was achieved yesterday. The supercell and 'type LP or Low Precipitation low rainfall. In the layers' lower atmosphere a bit scarce 'humidity' and the base of the wall cloud always remains quite high and never become particularly threatening, However, even today the vision of mesociclone and 'particularly beautiful.
Shortly after six o'clock in the afternoon we begin with the mesonet transects to collect data on the ground within range of radar and the probe and while we walk the 13 Highway 97 the other two probes are directed along a steerrato west of encountering hail size balls golf.Per us who monitor the inflow but there 's just a beautiful rainbow and the view of the supercell that slowly moves eastward away without being able to further develop any tornado.
after half past six we leave the camp and head south en route to North Platte. To the west of the city ', near Ogallala and you 'form another interesting time but that when we reach the city' now has lost strength without significant effect. At this point
not rhyme more than to return to Kearney where we arrived just before ten. Today 'Saturday Night and a wonderful steak and gullies at the Old Chicago do not take away anyone.
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