May 29th, not heading north

Hello. Today we’re not heading from San Antonio, Texas, to Garden City, Kansas.

May 27th...not back inland

Hello. On the anniversary of several memorable chase events over the years (Wyoming tornadoes, 2018; Canadian, Texas, tornadoes of 2015; and the Oklahoma derecho of 2001), today will see us not heading to Llano or San Saba, Texas, for some picturesque south-eastwards moving hail beasts.

May 26th, not to the coast

After not chasing around the Mexico border yesterday, today will be a non non chase day, perhaps to the Gulf coast of Texas.

May 25th, not heading SW

After yesterday’s not chasing around Lubbock, today we’re not heading SW towards Monahans and then to between Fort Stockton and Ozona.

May 24th...not lounging around Lubbock

Hi. After not chasing a near-stationary HP tornadic supercell SE of Lubbock yesterday, our non-plans for today are to not hang around Lubbock with an eye on slow-moving cells around the area later on.

May 23rd...not heading west

Hello. After not chasing around N Texas yesterday, and not seeing some big tornadic supercells, today the plan is to not head west to between Lubbock and Midland.

May 22nd...not heading south

Today we’re not heading down towards Ardmore, Oklahoma, and points further south into N Texas.

May 21st...not heading north

Our not-chase around Lubbock yesterday gave some large hail. Today we’re not heading north to Liberal, KS, for a 5% tornado risk.

Not in Amarillo

We didn’t start the day in Amarillo on our non trip. With a weak front, moist upslope flow and a dry line out west our non trip will see us heading towards Lubbock and then a jog west to the dry line.

Not arrived

Hello. We’ve not arrived at our hotel in Weatherford, TX, and so didn’t have a good night’s sleep.

With the main risk over the next few days around eastern Wyoming tomorrow and then the Panhandles on Thursday, we’ll probably not worry about the storms in WY et al and just poodle up to Amarillo today and then see whether anything more local might fire tomorrow.

Not packed

Hello. Well, we should be packed and ready to get up at 0500 for the early flight to DFW but it’s not to be. The pattern looks quite for the opening few days but could get a bit more active later.

Not ramping up :(

Well, hello you.

Around this time of the year I usually write something about how we're gearing up for departure to the USA for our annual storm chasing trip, but this year, for rather obvious pandemic-related reasons, we're not.

I will likely still write some blog entries, though, over the next couple of weeks - to keep the spirit of the trip alive, and also where we might hypothetically have gone, at times.

This year would have marked by 20th time storm chasing in the states, and it will be the first time Helen and I have not been over since 2003 - every year from 2004 to 2019 inclusive was a chasing trip.

Regarding the outlook for next week, which I would normally be looking very closely at by now, and writing about - a large omega-block in the upper atmosphere will keep storm chances low for what would have been our first few days out there - perhaps one or two High Plains clusters developing in an upslope regime under the ridge. Late in the week and into the following weekend, some hints of a more SW'erly flow and at least some moisture return - so I would have been optimistic of getting some chasing in, especially later next week.