Check out http://www.theweatherchaser.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; You can view archived radar from any site and day that you want. Definitely one for the bookmarks!flatcam wrote:Also, by some small chance, would anyone have pics of the radar signatures of these two supercells? Would be very interesting to see what hey looked like.
Hey Michael,MichaelKeene wrote:Fantastic structure there. I never pictured that sort of structure when I saw the radar( on the second day), however the shear was always favourable for supercells,and there more than enough moisture to ensure some ground scraping wall clouds. I just thought the cloudcover may've limited things, but John was saying there was a break in the cloud after 12:30pm and thats when things exploded. On closer inspection, there was a decent cell at the back end of some murk around Deniliquin and this lasted for quite some time. Whilst it never looked good on radar, you dont neccessaily need a black/red core for a supercell. Did the reasonably warm uppers restrict the storm height somewhat? Nice work there.
Hey Ryan, can always rely on you to pull out a classic saying....strawberry jam is a good outcome from violet right?schitzengiggles wrote:Yep, you've both made strawberry jam from violet there.
Would you have chased on these days if not for the SDS?
Yeah, that is some extreme structure! And you said that the wall clouds were rotating aswell!Hamlan wrote:Thanks for the comments guys. In my opinion, getting up close to these monsters is the ultimate Cam. The first day the lightning static on radio was non-stop well before we got a visual on the cell and there were a few visible CG's once we were on it whilst the second day I didnt notice as the structure was just too extreme Regarding radar, these storms are perfect case studies for why relying on radar to judge real storm dynamics can be a dodgy science. There have been many many supercell days this past year that John and I have captured that looked ordinary on radar. If you see radar, Thursdays supercell is on the northern end of the line which although early in the day and not the last storm it acted like a tail-end charlie.
Done. Next decent setup....pencil it in. We are putting name to face. I can't take fantasising about John any longer...Hamlan wrote:Hi Greg, yeah John was there and we sure have a good record up north of Echuca thats for sure. Thinking of buying property up at Deni hehehe. To be honest, we were quite confident of both days producing up there despite the weeks conditions and conjecture from others as to dew points being too high for successful chasing. I've experienced these conditions in the states and based on the soundings and progs for the target area, the otherwise messy skies south didnt worry us.
Next chase setup (you know what they look like well enough) up north, give one of us a call (PM me if you dont have either of our numbers, I cant recall) and see where we're at. Always good to have a chaser convergence.
Brad.