Internet connection hard to find at motel last night

Hawaiian day was yesterday. The best men of the trip, Paul and T Love, were the only participants. If I have a moment this morning after the 915a meeting, I will upload a picture or two.

Due to limited connections and connectivity, I could not update last night. Yesterday was a bust. I was surprised that storms were as good as they were - which was still pathetic. We drove and chased in Northeast CO. I believe I heard paul over the radio mention that a mid level meso was detected on Level 3, but don’t take that to the bank. Paul called off the chase at 747p in which we then drove 2 hours to the motel in North Platte.

Van 1 did break down - kind of.  We were limited to about 57mph because of a hose. The drivers had this problem before on previous trips and corrected the problem in about 30 minutes once we were at the hotel. We arrived at the motel around 1045p. We had ordered pizzas to be delivered to the motel as this was our dinner.

Paul held a projector meeting/breifing at midnight which lasted a good 45 minutes. We went over the set up for Today, Wednesday, and for the rest of the chase trip. As of last night, the play appears to be North or South Central/eastern Nebraska, with a chance of South Dakota as well. Convective initiation is the key variable to this. Also playing a vital role is the cap, road network, and rivers. Paul was pretty excited about Wednesday saying violent tornadoes are possible and we should be scared. Wednesday is a risk/reward situation.  There is a chance that we can see great supercell and violent tornadoes, but we can also bust. 

The rest of the week appears to be eastern Kansas, Northern TExas, then maybe the panhandles? Time will tell. Off to huge ass buffet breakfast….and it’s complimentary!

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