Chase Log: May 29th, 2007
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Total Distance: 0 miles
Target Area: Near Guymon, OK
Chase Area: Stratford to Gruver, TX
Maximum SPC Risk category: Slight
Watches:
Mesoscale Discussions (MCDs):
A marginal chase day, with weak flow aloft and relatively marginal surface moisture. Robin Tanamachi, Dan Dawson, Chad Baldi, and I collected about an hour's worth of data in Gruver, TX, with the mobile phased array on a short line segment that traversed the OK/TX panhandles border. We sat for a couple of hrs in Guymon before heading southwest towards DHT and Stratford to see what would come of the supercell that was traversing far northeastern NM. That cell fell apart as it neared the OK panhandle border, so we sat in Stratford to see what would happen as the dissipating cell hit the deeper moisture that was streaming northwestward through the central and northern TX panhandle. As the OFB from that cell neared Stratford, convection rapidly developed. We found a good place to stop and scan at the Gruver airport in the south side of town. Fortunately, the precip stayed just north of our location for the most part.
05-29-2007 Chase Pictures
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