2011 Stormchase Chat & Banter

[dogs32]

OK its 100 per cent official ...yet again another year of doubts I managed to pull it off.....

Im going ..

now time to watch the videos from Gadget man...

edit sorry I think this is the wrong thread

KEEP YOUR SNOW..GIVE ME SUPERCELLS ANYDAY

Edited December 4, 2010 by dogs32

[duckeyh]

OK its 100 per cent official ...yet again another year of doubts I managed to pull it off.....

Im going ..

now time to watch the videos from Gadget man...

edit sorry I think this is the wrong thread

KEEP YOUR SNOW..GIVE ME SUPERCELLS ANYDAY

Yey...........I'll save some hairy sweets

[dogs32]

we will have a good laugh again Claire

If I feel tired I know where to go for some cushions :lol:

Maybe these posts need to be moved to the other Storm chase thread

Edited December 5, 2010 by dogs32

[Cookie]

Ive got the time off work, my boss was pleased that I gave it adavance I can flipping wait

:yahoo:

[Paul Sherman]

144 Days until Lift Off

[dogs32]

144 Days until Lift Off

THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT..

yesterday went through all my camera equipment,,checking everything out

My seat is GOLD Dust and not up for sale..Mr Snow

Cookie...Have a thought for me...I have 22 days :rofl: :rofl:

Edited December 6, 2010 by dogs32

[Dorsetbred]

yesterday went through all my camera equipment,,checking everything out

And you'll have you cable before then.

[dogs32]

And you'll have you cable before then.

Quentin...Honestly mate I wouldnt worry..

To be honest I caught more pics this year without the cable...

So its up to you really...but thx anyway

[DubWeatherAddict]

Hey People,

Just wondering , has anyone booked flights yet?

Im trying to wait myself for january sales,

Im gonna be flying from dublin and i persume it would be just best to go straight over to america instead of goin to stansted or something 1st?

The weeks are flying by!, cant wait!

[Arron]

BA and AA usually compete in January for seats so I'll be waiting till then. AA at the mo is about £580, BA is £560 for Heathrow direct to Dallas, got mine for £380 this season just gone. Just noticed though on both sites that they are offering both BA and AA flights, so you could end up flying out with AA and back with BA. Don't think this was the case this year.

Guess you could always get a short flight from Dublin to Heathrow if it works out way cheaper

[DubWeatherAddict]

BA and AA usually compete in January for seats so I'll be waiting till then. AA at the mo is about £580, BA is £560 for Heathrow direct to Dallas, got mine for £380 this season just gone. Just noticed though on both sites that they are offering both BA and AA flights, so you could end up flying out with AA and back with BA. Don't think this was the case this year.

Guess you could always get a short flight from Dublin to Heathrow if it works out way cheaper

Ye ill look into that, gettin a cheap flight to london would be best if it means gettin a direct flight to dallas, as stop overs on the way over would be risky i think as ther could be delays.

380 is great, thats about 450 euro, im goin to New Jersey tough afterwards to visit an uncle of my for a week so ye even more misery for me trying to look for flights.

I worked it out at about 900 euro , if that goes down to 700 even id be delighted.... All eyes on the sales so!

Are u planning on goin over on the actual designated day for travel... or do some people go a day early if its cheaper?, sorry for all the questions pal ha

[dogs32]

Im going a day early like last year so I can recover with beer and food..lol

Staying in DFW HOTEL

[DubWeatherAddict]

Im going a day early like last year so I can recover with beer and food..lol

Staying in DFW HOTEL

Right cool ... thanks for letting us know, i think itll be good to get some rest after the travel before goin on the EPIC chase ha .

[Arron]

Same here. Past 2 chases I've gone over on the designated day but next year I'll be heading out a day earlier and stopping at the best western

[Paul Sherman]

The Xmas gathering is but a week away, just want to see if I have the number correct

Paul S

Stu

Ian Cameron

Dave Vicary

Jo

Any others turning up like Nick F or any of the other South Easterners.

I am pretty sure Ian and Stu might meet me at my shop and head over for about 6-630pm to the bar

[dogs32]

Stephen Sponsler

Awesome Structure

Edited December 9, 2010 by dogs32

[Kris T]

The Xmas gathering is but a week away, just want to see if I have the number correct

Paul S

Stu

Ian Cameron

Dave Vicary

Jo

Any others turning up like Nick F or any of the other South Easterners.

I am pretty sure Ian and Stu might meet me at my shop and head over for about 6-630pm to the bar

My Xmas work do is on the 15th, so I may need a top-up with you guys haha....

[dogs32]

Im excited Arron...and its ages away...lol

Going to start watching the live streams soon...I do this every year around this time..

And checking the predictions out for a good ramp effect...If Paul lets me

Paul I need a threaD

With a La Nina, you will tend to get a more amplify jet stream pattern. This would mean a higher chance of seeing stronger shortwaves energy moving along the the upper jet. So I would think that the chances would be greater for an active severe weather season.

I really think 2011 will have an early start to tornado season as La Nina is famous for this. I predict that conditions could be similar to that of 2008.

Thanks,

Jeff Mckown

According to a recent article (See link below for details), "U.S. scientists say La Niña-controlled weather patterns have the potential to produce more severe storms".

So I think we will see a higher chance of having above normal severe weather activities, but trying to determine where we will see the most active weather is just too early to tell.

Going into Hell...for the newbies

sorry Paul Im getting carried away..lol

Edited December 9, 2010 by dogs32

[Supercell]

Hey all,

I missed the summer BBQ, but really hope to be able to come to the next meet up. Will be great to get to know you all before we hit the storms. So excited now. Saving up for flights !

[Arron]

lmao Pat! You really are special!

[dogs32]

lmao Pat! You really are special!

I cant help it Arron..Im sooooo addicted....have been since 1972...Paul as made it worse though :lol:

[duckeyh]

With a La Nina, you will tend to get a more amplify jet stream pattern. This would mean a higher chance of seeing stronger shortwaves energy moving along the the upper jet. So I would think that the chances would be greater for an active severe weather season.

A point to note the Super Tuesday tornadoes were in La Nina year...........

[John Hanrahan]

Hey People,

Just wondering , has anyone booked flights yet?

Im trying to wait myself for january sales,

Im gonna be flying from dublin and i persume it would be just best to go straight over to america instead of goin to stansted or something 1st?

The weeks are flying by!, cant wait!

I normally find it cheaper to just go to the Irish BA or AA website and select DFW from here (Cork) this will include an Aerlingus flight to Heathrow that will be a hell of allot cheaper than booking the connecting flight separately.

We normally meet up in the Hotel in Heathrow the night before flights on tour 1 for the pre-stormchase management meeting / meet up. I used to book a separate flight to London to accomodate this, but have found in recent years that if you can book that as a single trip the automated system fill give you a much cheaper round trip for the inconvience for having to arrange possible overnight accomodation, which I needed anyway.

[DubWeatherAddict]

I normally find it cheaper to just go to the Irish BA or AA website and select DFW from here (Cork) this will include an Aerlingus flight to Heathrow that will be a hell of allot cheaper than booking the connecting flight separately.

We normally meet up in the Hotel in Heathrow the night before flights on tour 1 for the pre-stormchase management meeting / meet up. I used to book a separate flight to London to accomodate this, but have found in recent years that if you can book that as a single trip the automated system fill give you a much cheaper round trip for the inconvience for having to arrange possible overnight accomodation, which I needed anyway.

Cheers John,

Ive been checkin BA regularly for flights, id be much happier goin to Heathrow from dublin if it means gettin a direct flight from there.

Didnt know about the general meet up before tour 1, i shall be marking that date on my calender so!

[Gorky]

As far as La Nina years go, I seem to think the threats tend to be more frequent but further east than other years and more progessive. Seemingly, the best years recently have been where La Nina has been transitioning to neutral as spring arrives. This is pretty much anecdotal from the few years I've looked at. Would be interesting if anyone more meteorologically inclined could back this up or shoot me down

Still waiting on flights to get cheaper. I expected direct flights to be pushing £500 this time of the year (pre sales) but am surprised there are no bargains yet by taking multiple connections like I did last year. I imagine there's a ton of extra surcharges to pay over last year so we have the privilege of being molested by security agents as we pass through the airport etc