I have decided to sit out any chasing today...
This comes after a lot of factors that weren't coming together to warrant any tornado potential. There were a lot of things that turned me off to the system, most notably was the unidrectional wind profile above 850mb. This thing was screaming at my face as a potential squall line. Also of note is the very relatively dry 700mb layer, with relative humidities at or around 10-30% for the extent of the frontal system. Surface moisture was there, but the mid layer moisture just wasn't around to help the storms sustain themselves.
Looks like nothing on the horizon for a while, severe weather wise, so it'll be back to playing GTA IV and Mario Kart.
# posted by VORTEXpursuit.com Storm Chasing @ 5/13/2008 05:40:00 PM
