VORTEX2: June 10, 2009 - 31 days. Operations provided for in the field: not organized convection.
Miles traveled today: 467. Miles traveled total: 10,574.
For Today no great expectations. Heaven and 'covered and rain' for most of the morning on the central part of Kansas. Today, despite the shear is excellent, the CAPE and 'practically zero. The Convention should begin in the afternoon in conjunction with the spells you have in western Kansas and eastern Colorado, but we can not expect temporal organization of complex structures. The target is still not defined, as you can 'leave no stone unturned, especially when there are only four days at the end of the project and all efforts must be continued.
Cosi 'The general idea is' to take us west to Dodge City where in the afternoon, the rain will move' to the east and subsequent spells, the cape could rise a bit '. The westward shift takes place in the rain but when we have lunch in the sky is already Sublette 'clearing and mounds are forming in the distance near' to the border with Colorado. The next move is' to go meeting at the convention that you have in a long line of cumulonimbus. We drive along the Highway 56 in southwest almost on the south western state, where the wheat fields give way to prairie. The coordinators in the field choose the target time and start the provision of all radar and instrumentation.
We also do our part in making the transect with the mesonet for about 26 miles north-south gathering interesting data is that nell'inflow nell'outflow back to the cell. Before reaching the northern limit of our transect in Johnson City ran into strong winds, heavy rain and some nice-sized hail about an inch.
At half past six finished collecting data for the first time the caravan heads south-east in the direction of a second cell. Here, too, do our part by making another transect in the east and the storm, as he passed, with the gifts of beautiful clouds Mammatus near Hugoton.Sulla way back when and now the mission 'declared over come the emotions' strong .
As we continue on Highway 51 east, heading toward Dodge City, Cities' choice for the night, the storm intensity buys' and the nuclei of reflectivity 'exceed 65dBZ. Unfortunately the road to the city 'turns to the north and the advantage we have on the short time that has continued in its Progress towards the east and was soon consumed in a few minutes to rain mixed with the hail that becomes ever more 'dense and coarse.
We probe into three, the fourth has chosen an alternative route and we do not know the
position, try to continue for a few minutes in the hope of overtaking the core
that the core hail more 'intense the storm, but when the Sky swoop on the ground sparse hailstones of at least two inches in diameter, immediately thought to do an about-face, not so much machines as anemometers for expensive equipment and which are mounted outside the car.
hail falls back towards the south still thick and dry thuds sullporte side and cultural hood finally give us a bit 'of emotion on this day is not particularly exciting. A few seconds again and see a tornado warning right on our cell, but a dozen miles north of our position.
When we go out on rainfall wait a few minutes until 'radar images that show us the way and' now free to hail and then report the faces of the drive to the north. Just a few miles to see the consequences of the hailstorm. The road and 'covered with hail, seems to have been a sprinkling of snow and a beautiful mist rises from the asphalt by hail that illuminated by the LED lights of our Hummer takes on a sinister aspect. When we reach
the place of reporting we see a street sign knocked down and an articulated vehicle with trailer across the ditch, most likely would have encountered in his career short and weak tornadoes.
After these emotions we are left with nothing but bring us to the hotel and the other end this long day that gave us all the surprises for the end.
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