Tour 2

[Nick L]

3 hours ago, Shaun Hills said:

May be one to keep an eye on guys  

 

 

Great idea. Let's put a bunch of lithium batteries in the hold. 

[Shaun20]

Exactly my thoughts - I really want to burn to death over the Atlantic! Or if I get lucky my expensive electronics smashed or stolen! 

[Nick L]

7 hours ago, Shaun Hills said:

Exactly my thoughts - I really want to burn to death over the Atlantic! Or if I get lucky my expensive electronics smashed or stolen! 

Hopefully the EU talks sense into President Angry Orange Clown. 

[Cookie]

So close guys I can almost feel the heat 

[nsrobins]

GFS now firming up on the pattern from Sat 20th. I think the weekend looks quiet with a ridge moving east but Monday onwards should see rich moisture return North bringing several rounds of severe into next week.

[Nick L]

Landing in Dallas on Friday might be fun...

[Shaun20]

Might get some good views from the windows though! I'm landing Thursday - hoping for no weather delays as I'm on a domestic flight from Newark 

[Nick L]

21 minutes ago, Shaun Hills said:

Might get some good views from the windows though! I'm landing Thursday - hoping for no weather delays as I'm on a domestic flight from Newark 

Yeah we're on a domestic from Atlanta on Friday. Fingers crossed. Just let us land and then it can be as crazy as it wants

[Nick L]

Not looking great on either the EC or GFS right now for Tour 2, has to be said.

[Cookie]

Yeah not looking to clever at present. SPC wording for 4-8 isn't that hot either 

[Stu Short]

Amazing the difference a week can make when it all looked so good. SPC retracting their 4-8 forecast somewhat in as little as 24hours though at least they're saying PREDICTABILITY is too low rather than the potential and thankfully looking like nothing much happening when I fly in. Lets hope things pick up quick though. Tour 1 should at least top off their tour with a bang.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Stu Short

[nsrobins]

Next week starts quiet then ends well according to GFS. The models in the US are as prone to misleading us as they are in W Europe at the 120hr + range it must be said.

[Paul Sherman]

You coming over this year Neil ?

[nsrobins]

I'll be over Sat afternoon for two weeks

[Nick L]

"Devoid of moisture"... that's not a phrase you want to read in the 4-8 outlook when you're flying tomorrow!

[Shaun20]

24 minutes ago, Nick L said:

"Devoid of moisture"... that's not a phrase you want to read in the 4-8 outlook when you're flying tomorrow!

Not what we want to see   

[Stu Short]

Been pretty much the story of the season so far. It'll recover soon enough though.

[Cookie]

Hopefully before we fly home 

[Stu Short]

It will have recovered by the beginning of next week I'd wager. Besides, "devoid of any better boundary layer moisture" simply means a reduced risk of surface based storms and tornadoes. I stil reckon there'll be some high based photogenic stuff?

[Nick L]

3 minutes ago, Stu Short said:

It will have recovered by the beginning of next week I'd wager. Besides, "devoid of any better boundary layer moisture" simply means a reduced risk of surface based storms and tornadoes. I stil reckon there'll be some high based photogenic stuff?

 Perhaps I'm just getting too antsy. There should be some marginal chances, but after the goodies T1 have seen it's hard not to feel frustrated. 

Then again, it was the opposite for me last year. An insane T2 followed by an almost stormless T3!

[Stu Short]

The last couple of times I've chased (2012 and 2008), the outlook was similar and we ended up chasing every day bar one. Ordinarily at this time of year there will always be something to chase even if its just some tumble weed across Colorado

[Cookie]

It will be a blast. If anyone can find storms paul will 

[Shaun20]

Just checked into the best western! According to the weather channel app theres a tornado watch here until 10pm and storms forecast for this evening! 

[Paul Sherman]

Welcome to Texas Lol

[Cookie]

Just hope the storms wait until we have landed