May 25 Chase

After a successful Day Zero TIG Chase, we had another good day in central Kansas. We targeted the area south of I-70 and west of I-135 due to the intersection of the dry line and cold front, moderate instability (MLCAPE ~2500 J kg-1), decent wind fields, and marginal 0-1 km SRH (100 m^s s^-2). It appeared that these parameters would promote supercell development and possibly low-level rotation, especially if they interacted with any boundaries.


We saw several wall clouds, great storm structure, and a brief spin-up tornado that was attached to the wall cloud despite its landspout appearance.



My early target for tomorrow looks to be south-central Kansas, possibly near Pratt. That will be highly dependent on residual outflow boundaries and the frontal position.