stormitecture Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Very close to departure. Just putting together some last minute items before departing tomorrow (May 23rd). At the moment, looks like a hard push out to arrive in Wisconsin on Thursday. We'll be driving a long time to make that target. Ellinwood and Ian are the main forecasters. I pretty much take the primary role for the active chase (nowcasting and navigation). We are NOT streaming video this year. It's a lot of headache and bandwidth (video/audio quality) just isn't up to par for me. Focus will be on video for editing post trip. We'll have some video shot on the iPhones and smaller cameras that we'll post. There will be a lot of other means to follow along. Below is a good few places to start out. Twitter: http://twitter.com/weatherwarrior1 http://twitter.com/chaserquest http://twitter.com/UStornadoes http://twitter.com/islivingston http://twitter.com/MadUSwx Be sure to "Like" each of our pages as well: http://www.facebook....atherWarriorEnt http://www.facebook.com/ustornadoes http://www.facebook.com/madusweather Websites http://www.ustornadoes.com/ http://www.madusweather.com http://www.weatherwarrior.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 oh, i thought Ion was in Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good luck guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 oh, i thought Ion was in Japan He's flying back... he gets back in this morning and he'll have a quick turnaround to head out with Jason and I this afternoon. No one needs to follow my Facebook... my updates will mostly be on my MADUS Twitter account and web site. Anything on FB will probably be copied over from one of them. I will be updating my blog daily while we're out there. We'll be driving out through the night from MD to southern/central Wisconsin, getting to our target area by late morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 hey, good luck guys! and as always- BE CAREFUL!!! i think all the other speeding storm chasers will be more of a hazard than chasing the actual storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hopefully we get better smokenadoes this yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Matt created a thread in the MA subforum too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good luck and safe travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 New day 2 outlook has 30% hatching in WI and mentions possible upgrade to moderate risk. WI isn't the best area overall for chasing...there are some decent areas though maybe not many in the 30% hatched region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Mark and Jason chase the mid atlantic all the time.. Sure we can work it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Wind fields tomorrow are freakish...incredible low level shear. Definitely would be some low topped action with extremely fast storm motions...not an ideal environment to chase, but better than nothing. CAPE is going to be somewhat limited too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Mark and Jason chase the mid atlantic all the time.. Sure we can work it. There's something WI has though that the mid-Atlantic doesn't: bluffs. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 There's something WI has though that the mid-Atlantic doesn't: bluffs. Good luck. Google Earth tells you everything you need to know about Wisconsin. If there are farm fields and gridded roads, you are solid. If there are things that look like branches, you are in the driftless area (missed by the last ice age) and that is not good chasing territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Beautiful weather here now in the Midwest for your overnight trip. Good luck and good hunting. If you take the toll roads rather than I-70 and 65 honk as you go past Elkhart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 New day 2 outlook has 30% hatching in WI and mentions possible upgrade to moderate risk. WI isn't the best area overall for chasing...there are some decent areas though maybe not many in the 30% hatched region. Maybe New Richmond just NE of the Twin Cities. A little room to operate around there, and convenient to 94. Looking at nothing other that the SREF SigTor, it is a decent spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Trivial, but New Richmond certainly has the history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 see a lot of bullseye parameter hugging on twitter etc. think we'll focus on the southern end of that still though need to look over .terrain closer. edit: eh, maybe we'll go north looking at the nam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Good luck guys; bag some tors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Mod risk coming at the next update for most of WI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Mod risk coming at the next update for most of WI! Good and bad? Not sure they'll up tornado risk based on wording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Good luck guys; bag some tors! Too bad they can't 'bag' a severe weather guy for Conference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 True, seems like its more for wind than tornadoes. Tornado probs stayed the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Tornado probs stayed the same My gut says to stick with our plan to go to Eau Claire.. though I would not be surprised at all to see something discrete or semi discrete at the tail of the line. But it's not as much a given I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 My gut says to stick with our plan to go to Eau Claire.. though I would not be surprised at all to see something discrete or semi discrete at the tail of the line. But it's not as much a given I suppose. I haven't paid too much attention until today, so forgive my noobish questions. Will the area of rain/storms just west of Eau Claire cause issues, or is that the disturbance you want to watch for spin ups as it moves northeast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 My gut says to stick with our plan to go to Eau Claire.. though I would not be surprised at all to see something discrete or semi discrete at the tail of the line. But it's not as much a given I suppose. Eau Claire is good. Maybe Menomenie if you want to be a little further west. Road grid is pretty good, but there are still a lot of trees until you get west of Baldwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I haven't paid too much attention until today, so forgive my noobish questions. Will the area of rain/storms just west of Eau Claire cause issues, or is that the disturbance you want to watch for spin ups as it moves northeast? The initial storms in MN shouldn't be a huge problem. The energy they are waiting for is back in Nebraska still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I think we're going to mainly head west for now rather than commit to anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 The initial storms in MN shouldn't be a huge problem. The energy they are waiting for is back in Nebraska still. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Good luck to you guys! Hope you stay safe and have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Meso Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Based on the latest SREF, 06z Nam, and the latest HRRR models I really like the area near Pierce, ST Croix and Dunn county WI. It doesn't sound like you have much interest in crossing into MN, but if you decide to cross into to MN for tail end charlie, stay out of eastern Filmore, Houston, and Winona counties in MN. Absolute chaser's nightmare...just some local knowledge being thrown out there. For the coming days in MN, if the opportunity presents itself, anything south of a line from Traverse county in far western MN to the city of Rochester is pretty much the opposite, good hunting guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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