Despite the potential for strong tornadoes, Wednesday turned into an extremely frustrating day. The road network ... or lack thereof ... and seeding storms made it very difficult to see anything worthwhile. This reaffirms why I dislike chasing in Texas ... in particular, the Canadian River area in the Panhandle. It is truly amazing how this stupid river, which rarely has running water, has caused me so many headaches in the past 10 years. Anyway, lots of HP'ish storms with cool outflow (at least when we were on them). The best looking mesos tended to be in the middle of nowhere between Borger and Canadian, TX ... pull out an atlas and you will see the obvious problem. We traveled the road from northwest of Borger, to Pampa, to south of Perryton some three times!!! Back and forth ... and back! We eventually peeled ourselves away from the ugly situation and made the long drive to OKC. We drove back to DeKalb on Thursday.
Update
I've decided to blow off the minimal chase opportunities with the next trough moving across the northern tier. Instead, Sharon and I plan to head to Milwaukee to check out the town. Overall the medium and long-range pattern does not appear overly favorable for significant tornado opportunities ... but, as always, that can change. I'll update if/when the pattern changes.
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