I hate not being out in Chaseland on Moderate Risk days. Yesterday’s ‘mod risk’ was realized in the form of the killer Windsor, CO tornado and other sotrms in north central Kansas (my chosen target for mid-day yesterday: Hayes, KS, by the way).
And, another ‘mod risk’ is posted for the same general area today. Arrgh! I sure hope the weather is not spent before the four of us chasing together this coming week arrive there.
See the the source of my frustration at these URLs:
Yesterday’s Convective Outlook
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2008/day1otlk_20080522_1300.html
Today’s Convective Outlook
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2008/day1otlk_2008052e_1300.html
Yesterday’s Storm Reports
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080522_rpts.html
I would have missed the Windsor storm, in all likelihood, but the storms in Decatur County, Kansas were easily within reach of my mid-day target. (And they did not kill anybody, like the Colorado storms did.)
I only want to witness the power of nature, not see people homeless, hurt, or killed; a lot of people don’t understand this about storm chasers: we do not cheer on a tornado as it plows through a trailer park.