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April 24, 2009

Chase Forecast 24 April 2009

Filed under: Chase Forecasts/Outlooks,Storm Chasing — Mike U @ 8:59 am

I will be chasing this Friday, as it will be my only opportunity to chase this upcoming pattern due to work.  It isn’t the best setup in the world, but I do envision at least some photogenic storms given the pristine skies out there.  A cold front is pushing south through central Nebraska this morning, but should slow down due to surface heating both sides of the front.  Storms should form in a quasi-linear fashion along the northeast-southwest oriented front.  There is a very small possibility of non-supercell type tornadoes if storm updrafts form in a southwestward propogating manner along the front in a "zipper" type fashion.  The cold front must stall out, though, for this to pan out.  It is not out of the question, though.  Will try to play the western edge of the 55-57F dewpoints where 1700-2200 J/kg CAPE may be realized.  Target:  Belleville KS-Hebron NE by 21z (4pm CDT)

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