Storm Highway by Dan Robinson
Weather, photography and the open roadClick for an important message
Home | Blog Index | Blog Archives | Christianity & Faith Essays

                   Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Plains storm forecast update No. 6: for April 20

By DAN ROBINSON
Editor/Photographer
30 Years of Storm Photography
Important Message
Dan's RSS/XML feed
Dan's YouTube Video Channel

Long-range models (GFS and Euro) have been showing a dominant western troughing pattern and in-place deep surface moisture to finally emerge by this weekend. This pattern, if it materializes as shown, would mean the first Great Plains trip(s) of the season are likely in the coming weeks. As the larger trough sits out west, it will be poised to send occasional "shortwave" impulses across the Plains, each which has the potential to produce an outbreak-type scenario.


GFS model 500mb winds forecast for Wednesday, April 27

All in all, I am fairly optimistic that the first Plains trip will happen before the end of April.

The following table charts the probability of a Great Plains storm photography expedition happening during several indicated date ranges in the near future:

2016 Plains Storm Expeditions - Probabilities as of April 20
April 20-2415%
April 25-3060%
May 1-530%

30 Years of Storm Photography
Important Message
Dan's YouTube Video Channel
Dan's Twitter feed
Dan's RSS/XML feed

This web site is made possible by support from CIS Internet.
CIS Results-Oriented Internet Marketing

GO: Home | Storm Expeditions | Photography | Extreme Weather Library | Stock Footage | Blog

Featured Weather Library Article:

Ipods & lightning
Will wearing headphones attract lightning to you?
More Library Articles

All content © Dan Robinson. All usage requires a paid license - please contact Dan for inquiries.

Web Site Design and Internet Marketing by CIS Internet