Exponential Stormgasm

Those who know me have heard my reminiscing of "the good ol' days" when you could have an entire week of nearly perpetual red boxes....a significant chase each and every day. A true stormgasmic smorgasbord of incredible storm structure, CG barrages, gorilla hail, wall clouds and tornadoes.

After a very dismal start to the 2009 season, the sputtering and choking of the atmosphere is about to turn into a full, all-out convective melee of mayhem. The models are solid in establishing a large upper air trough setting up residence in the four corners area...for at least a week and perhaps longer. The orientation of it is about as perfect as you would ever dream of. Impulses and little shortwaves will continually eject out of the trough across the southern and central plains over a warm, juicy airmass. With various boundaries and surface lows shuffling around stirring up trouble, the situation is primed and volatile. I personally have not seen such a pattern establishing itself in many many years.

While this is a dream-come-true for stormchasers, residents throughout tornado alley are going to be in for a helluva ride...the unfortunate side of a severe weather cornucopia. Undoubtedly, people will be adversely affected somewhere. I certainly hope that it is very minimal. I strongly urge those who are reading this to ramp up precautions, purchase a weather radio if you haven't already (and if you have/do, get it programmed and tested, replace those batteries), and review your action plans for both at home, work and on the road. Please be weather savvy each and every day for at least the next week. Mother nature will be on the warpath I'm afraid.

With all of that, I will be VERY busy each and every day and of course streaming live video as well as documenting everything with standard video and photos. I will do my best to post at least a couple of photos each day I catch something. Emails and normal correspondence will be put on hold until I can catch my breath. Stay tuned!!!!