USA Weather 2020

[NZstorm]

More dramatic drone footage
https://vimeo.com/407281018

Incredable video. That tornado was rated EF3.
There was atleast 72 tornadoes in this outbreak across the south with a death toll of 30.

[spwill]

Incredible footage. Covid- 19 now this for these people.

[tornado]

yes and it had to be easter sunday too. it will be a active year other there this year looks like.

[tgsnoopy]

This COVID-19 thing is such a drag. Sure hope it's resolved for 2021...
https://thehill.com/changing-america/re ... tornadoes?

[tornado]

i see for the second straight sunday. more tornadoes has hit i see. a few deaths reported too.


one was rated ef4. the third ef4 in a week.

[NZstorm]

Great footage of a tornado in southern Oklahoma today by Pecos Hank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y73ZVT56Sz4

[tornado]

just saw that. love his way of chasing. third outbreak there this month. I am sure May will be interesting.

[Awhituobs]

Woza

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[NZstorm]

Next potential tornado set up looks around May 5th on GFS.

Radar shot from yesterday of 4 discrete supercells lined up over southern Oklahoma.

[Rogue]

All four of those storms had active tornado warnings around that time, and at least three of them produced

[NZstorm]

Check out the forecast sounding for eastern Oklahoma today. Gorilla hail!

Mid level moisture there too which will come down as microbursts.

[spwill]

The first 10 days of May not looking great. We were going to head over on the 17th, will be interesting to follow the season and see what we possibly missed on.

[tgsnoopy]

Agreed, it will de interesting for sure. I was suppost to be flying in to Chicago on Wed 13th, back in June. At this point I'm now hoping it's resolved so I can chase next year. In between of course I'll be balancing between a Darwin late Nov early Dec trip or a quick US one for the new stormchasing conference that replaces ChaserCon.

[NZstorm]

The first 10 days of May not looking great. We were going to head over on the 17th, will be interesting to follow the season and see what we possibly missed on.

I think we may be gutted. The season will unlesh last 2 weeks of May.

[tornado]

they had a few major tornado outbreaks this year already. the easter out break where 3 ef4s confirmed for example. im sure it will be a active may for tornadoes over there though.

[NZstorm]

I have only looked at the gfs but looks like an unfavourable Omega block there for the next 2 weeks. The block favours a ridge over tornado alley.
The 20th onward maybe a lot more favourable.

[03Stormchaser]

I can't see any of us going in 2021 sadly.

Working from home has had its perks, been streaming every potential chase day on the TV while working from the laptop.

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[spwill]

NZ will keep the border to USA closed until there is a vaccine so at this stage chasing next year looks highly unlikely.

[tgsnoopy]

I sure hope we get to chase next year. If it looks unlikely I'll definitely have a crack at Darwin again.

In the meantime enjoy this....

https://vimeo.com/413944212

[NZstorm]

NZ will keep the border to USA closed until there is a vaccine so at this stage chasing next year looks highly unlikely.

I think USA will have its people vaccinated before NZ does. WHO say a vaccine is 2 years away, Trump says the vaccine will be out by the end of 2020.

I will be looking at SE Queensland for a possible chase in November.

[spwill]

In the meantime enjoy this....

https://vimeo.com/413944212

There is no better scenery than the US high plains when the sky puts on a show.

[Awhituobs]

I will be looking at SE Queensland for a possible chase in November.

that is a good idea
I would like to join you if that is OK, I have always wanted to do that

[NZstorm]

I will be looking at SE Queensland for a possible chase in November.

that is a good idea
I would like to join you if that is OK, I have always wanted to do that

The idea would be to target a multi day set up over SE Queensland and Northern NSW. USA style supercells are quite common there in November.
Probably need to buy the ticket near the event to catch a good pattern.

[tgsnoopy]

I will be looking at SE Queensland for a possible chase in November.

that is a good idea
I would like to join you if that is OK, I have always wanted to do that

I'd definitely be keen if I could wrangle it. Leave at short notice is a little tricky, but I'll hopefully be able to alter maintenance in advance to open up at least a week. The Australian Supercells in SE Queensland & NE NSW is something I've yet to experience, hail aside, a lot safer than US Supercells albeit spinning the opposite way.

[spwill]

If the borders open with Australia then pick a week in November and hope it works but be ready to shift travel dates by up to a week to suit pattern.
I guessing November 1st to 20th would be high season for NE NSW/SE Queensland.