We left the Manchester TN area about 1am CDT. Many hours (and I mean MANY hours) of driving later we crossed over into the giant data void we can call the state of Oklahoma! Can someone tell me what the deal is? As soon as we crossed over into KS it was like.. BAM! And we had data again!!! Very weird..
Anyway, our initial target was Dodge City, KS. We stopped outside of OKC at a McDonalds with some free wi fi and reviewed the models. The RUC showed a nice little dryline bulge around Childress, TX so we decided to head in that vicinity. Blindly driving without data until we got into OKC, I got the updated outlook from SPC. Clearing was happening in W KS and there was too much uncertainty in our southern target, so BACK to Dodge City we go!!!
Drive, drive, drive, drive.. I watched the rolling flat plains go by. It is absolutely beautiful here. I never imagined I would believe it to be as amazing as it is, but.. I was just in awe of it. Fields so green.. we passed several canola fields, too! No time for photos yesterday though.. we just pushed forward to our target. Once we got to Dodge City, we realized.. this is not looking good. We would need to make it to Goodland, KS at the very least to see anything. We were still quite a distance away and socked in cloud cover. We decided to eat some din din and get a room to get some shuteye finally.
We had some okay Mexican food in Dodge City and started the hunt for rooms. We passed through Greensburg. It's being rebuilt, and it looks great! But you can still see the scars...
For today, I'm picking a target of Enid, OK. I'm not super excited about today's setup, but there are some largely curved hodographs in that area, and some stuff could start happening before dark!
UNLIKE SATURDAY, which after further review, looks to me to be a scary situation after DARK, but slim to nothing happening before the sun goes down.
Just for the record, here is Saturday's probabilities:
More to come tonight! :)
Miles traveled: well over 1000 :D
What did we see: The beautiful rolling plains of the central US, Dodge City, KS (The WILD WILD WEST, and yes, I made the joke.. Let's get the hell outta Dodge), Greensburg, KS, and the giant data hole known as OKLAHOMA
Maybe some lightning ops!? :D
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