Comments on: Storm Chase Day 6: Splitting supercell snatches victory from jaws of defeat http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/05/27/storm-chase-day-6-splitting-supercell-snatches-victory-from-jaws-of-defeat/ Kevin works the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, offering weather reporting training classes to reporters and advising the newsroom on upcoming weather stories. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kevin Myatt http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/05/27/storm-chase-day-6-splitting-supercell-snatches-victory-from-jaws-of-defeat/#comment-2858 Kevin Myatt Thu, 28 May 2009 03:25:00 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2370#comment-2858 First ... hi to all the Price's Fork second graders! It was great being in your class, you asked tremendous questions and showed so much enthusiasm for weather! Angela ... the doughnut hole may have been a "clear slot" caused by downdraft winds on the back side of a storm wrapping into a circulation ... or it may have just been a random placement of clouds leaving a hole ... hard to tell. I know some of you back home have been getting some heavy rainfall with flooding. The same tropical low in the Gulf that kept moisture from returning to the Plains as it usually does opened the floodgates (quite literally) on moisture in the East. Lingering moisture and some upslope wind flow may continue scattered heavy rainfall and thunderstorms through Friday. First ... hi to all the Price's Fork second graders! It was great being in your class, you asked tremendous questions and showed so much enthusiasm for weather!

Angela ... the doughnut hole may have been a "clear slot" caused by downdraft winds on the back side of a storm wrapping into a circulation ... or it may have just been a random placement of clouds leaving a hole ... hard to tell.

I know some of you back home have been getting some heavy rainfall with flooding. The same tropical low in the Gulf that kept moisture from returning to the Plains as it usually does opened the floodgates (quite literally) on moisture in the East. Lingering moisture and some upslope wind flow may continue scattered heavy rainfall and thunderstorms through Friday.

]]> By: jwells http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/05/27/storm-chase-day-6-splitting-supercell-snatches-victory-from-jaws-of-defeat/#comment-2857 jwells Thu, 28 May 2009 01:52:58 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2370#comment-2857 The Price's Fork Second Grade Weather Watchers Club send you this message: "Good chasing, Mr. Myatt! Be careful." Kevin, you created 30 weather nerds. Thanks. The Price's Fork Second Grade Weather Watchers Club send you this message: "Good chasing, Mr. Myatt! Be careful." Kevin, you created 30 weather nerds. Thanks.

]]> By: Angela http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/05/27/storm-chase-day-6-splitting-supercell-snatches-victory-from-jaws-of-defeat/#comment-2856 Angela Wed, 27 May 2009 15:33:30 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2370#comment-2856 Is the "doughnut hole" of any significance? It is certainly awesome to look at! Is the "doughnut hole" of any significance? It is certainly awesome to look at!

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