08Here is the overall plan for my 2016 storm season (which I’ll update as events warrant):
| CHASE 2016 | DAILY JOURNAL |
| SEMINARS/CLASSROOM TRAINING: | |||||
| DATE | DAY | START | END | MILES | REMARKS |
| 22Jan | Fri | Bolingbrook,IL | Norman,OK | – | ChaserCon 2016 |
| 23Jan | Sat | Norman,OK | – | – | ChaserCon 2016 |
| 24Jan | Sun | Norman,OK | – | – | ChaserCon 2016 |
| 12Mar | Sat | Bolingbrook,IL | Wheaton,IL | 26 | DuPage OHSEM Advanced Spotter Training (seminar) http://www.dupagesevereweather.com |
| 24Mar | Thu | Oak Brook,IL | Naperville,IL Bolingbrook,IL |
26 | NEMA Radar Class #1: Rochelle, IL F4 http://www.napervilleema.org |
| 07Apr | Thu | Oak Brook,IL | Naperville,IL Bolingbrook,IL |
26 | NEMA Radar Class #2: TX outbreak http://www.napervilleema.org |
| 21Apr | Thu | Oak Brook,IL | Naperville,IL Bolingbrook,IL |
26 | NEMA Radar Class #3: Mesovortices http://www.napervilleema.org |
| GREAT PLAINS CHASES: | |||||
| CHASE2016-01: | |||||
| DATE | DAY | START | END | MILES | REMARKS |
| 12May | Thu | Bolingbrook,IL | – | ??? | Prologue |
| 13May | Fri | Oak Brook,IL | Kearney, MO | 469 mi (60694-61163) |
DAY 01: To the “Show Me (Cheap Gasoline) |
| 14May | Sat | Kearney,MO | Oklahoma City, OK (via Medford,OK; Wakita,OK; El Reno, OK) |
527 mi (61163-61690) |
DAY 02: The Unexpected |
| 15May | Sun | Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma City, OK | 7 mi (61690-61697) |
DAY 03: Around OKC |
| 16May | Mon | Oklahoma City, OK | Plainview, TX | 593 | DAY 04 |
| 17May | Tue | Plainview,TX | Ozona,TX | 350 | DAY 05 |
| 18May | Wed | Ozona,TX | Van Horn,TX | ??? | DAY 06 |
| 19May | Thu | Van Horn,TX | Raton,NM | ??? | DAY 07 |
| 20May | Fri | Raton,NM | Limon,CO | ??? | DAY 08 |
| 21May | Sat | Limon,CO | Kimball,NE | ??? | DAY 09 |
| 22May | Sun | Kimball,NE | Dodge City, KS | ??? | DAY 10: Murky tornado |
| 23May | Mon | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 11 |
| 24May | Tue | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 12 |
| 25May | Wed | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 13 |
| 26May | Thur | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 14 |
| 27May | Fri | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 15 |
| 28May | Sat | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 16 |
| 29May | Sun | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 17 |
| 30May | Mon | ??? | ??? | ??? | DAY 18 |
| 31May | Tue | Bolingbrook,IL | – | – | Epilogue |
| COLOR CODE | |||||
| Plan was to not chase | GRAY | ||||
| Planned Chase Day (future) | WHEAT | ||||
| Available to chase; no weather (“blue-skied”) | BLUE | ||||
| Chase Day (available and expect stormy weather) | GREEN | ||||
| Weather Stormy, but not available for chasing | PINK | ||||
| BUST DAY – no severe storms where we looked! | ORANGE | ||||
| Training Day | WHITE | ||||