Day 2: The calm before the storm?Posted May12, 2008 at 09:41 PMSHAWNEE, Okla. -- Today was just a slow, relaxing drift west under blue skies as we set up for a possible severe weather outbreak on Tuesday. We slept in a little bit, got going pretty late, stopped a few times, threw the frisbee around some, and ended up in Shawnee, Okla. for the evening. We ate a big barbecue dinner at wonderful local restaurant called Van's Pig Stand, treated so graciously by everyone who worked there. A big part of these trips for me is the food and local hospitality.
Tuesday could produce another in a long line of violent weather situations for the southern Plains, or it could be something less than that. There is always a chance that expected storms won't go up at all, if a layer of warm air aloft called the cap holds firm. Either way, we just want to position ourselves in the best place to have the opportunity to observe a supercell thunderstorm safely. That is much easier speculated about than it can be performed. Follow the storm chase crew on this map. See previous audio report on May 12.
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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[May 13, 2008 8:52 AM]
Jessica : →http://www.myweatherlive.com/I hope the upcoming severe weather wouldn't bring much damage on residents and properties.. :( Thanks for the update...