Archive For March 2009

Monday 3/23/09 Heads-Up

on March 18, 2009 by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

Outlooks from NWS, whether the CPC Hazards Assessment, the SPC outlook, or the discussion from local offices, point to a possible plains outbreak Monday afternoon/evening. Still considerable model disagreement at […]

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Monday Night’s (03-09-09) Chase

on March 11, 2009 by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

Lance came by about 1:30, and before we left we did a bit of GRLevel3 setup on his laptop. We pulled into Tonkawa (a Conoco west of the US 60 […]

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Today’s Plans

on March 9, 2009 by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

I’m still going to defer a decision until the 12z models are out. Based on the 06z and predicted frontal positions, if I go it will be northeast Oklahoma. My […]

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From Saturday’s Chase

on March 8, 2009 by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

NW48th & Halstead Rd. @17:06

Northbound on K-15, SE of Hesston

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A View to Monday

on by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

Well, this time around there is decent agreement in two of the models — the WRF and GFS are both showing some potential in north-central Oklahoma tomorrow. NAM puts it […]

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Inaugural Cruise Successful

on March 7, 2009 by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

Some people would call it a day of near-misses — I’d call it a day of successes. We stopped and picked up Matt about 4, and were going to head […]

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Inaugural Cruise for 09

on by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

Hey, it’s close, and everything’s working in the van, and my chase partner is available…so why not invest a few hours, right? Pluses: It’s more moist than had been expected […]

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Watching Saturday & Monday

on March 5, 2009 by sroberts in Uncategorized, Comments Off

Saturdays’ not looking too shabby for an early-season setup. As I told Matt, I’d much rather see the NAM scenario than the GFS scenario at this point. SPC has a […]

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