High Plains Drifter

Well, I have gone back south to the Barber-Pratt county line south of
Coats, KS. There is a really healthy towering cumulus field, with
some of the towers generating echoes on radar in the Protection area
to my southwest. Visually, there are three areas close to each other
with very tall towering cu with sharp edges. HOpefully something
emerges from this cluster… and if not, it’s only a little more than
an hour back home. Hoping for some sunset magic!

The towering cumulus west of me is not progressing to the next level
of development. I am between St John and Pratt on Hwy 281. There is,
however, what appears to be the makings of a legit Cb to my southwest
on the dryline near Buffalo, OK. This is about 90 miles to my
southwest…. or back toward my original target to the west of Barber
County. I may head back south soon toward western Barber County if a
storm forms down there and the cu up here does not progress in
development.

I’ve adjusted my target northward to Pratt-Great Bend. I’m concerned
about the northward advancement of drier air/shallower moisture in
Oklahoma. There is a decent Cu field developing along the dryline
now, and I’m watching some decent vertical attempts to my southwest
from about 8 NE Pratt along Hwy 61.

I am parked on the south side of Greensburg along the dryline. South
wind here about 25 mph. There is a significant southwest momentum
surge to the west-southwest of me with winds 35 to 50 mph. I think
this will add to convergence in this area by 21-24z. I still feel
optimistic that a storm will develop along the dryline down here.
There is a cumulus field extending along a north-south line just to
the east of me… in the mid 60s dewpoints. I feel that the better
convergence will actually develop a bit southwest of me over the next
couple of hours and should see towering cu field form… hopefully….
from Laverne OK to Ashland KS or so