{"id":7298,"date":"2012-05-16T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=7298"},"modified":"2012-09-09T12:23:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T20:23:09","slug":"may-14-16-2012-panhandling-during-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2012\/05\/16\/may-14-16-2012-panhandling-during-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"May 14-16, 2012 Panhandling During Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tour 3 came together in Oklahoma City on May 14th, and the weather pattern seemed to be mired in a never-ending BLAH mode.\u00a0 Actually, that is a generous characterization —- the weather pattern was horrid!\u00a0 Improving conditions were several days away, so we spent some time on the higher terrain.\u00a0 Here is my write-up from my May 17th update for this time frame:<\/p>\n

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Ten-day Tour 3, with guides Bob Smith and Chris Gullikson, began on Monday, May 14.\u00a0 The best air and severe-storm chances were well to the southwest, near and south of I-10 in southwest TX.\u00a0 This was too far to reach from OKC, so we headed west into the eastern TX Panhandle.\u00a0 Despite north flow aloft and marginal moisture, a storm with some low-level organization was observed a little south of Shamrock.\u00a0 This one didn\u2019t last too long, but another one went up to its west, and actually moved or propagated to the west a little!\u00a0 We stopped and watched it weaken.\u00a0 It was better than a sharp stick in the eye, but not by much.\u00a0 The new group was happy to see a few lightning bolts and to get the feel for a little chase.\u00a0 We found a motel in Canyon (south of Amarillo) after doing a little sight-seeing in Palo Duro Canyon south of Claude.<\/p>\n

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The next few days on the Plains were characterized by pathetic moisture and weak flow, and we went into sight-seeing mode for the most part.\u00a0 Tuesday, May 15, was sunny and dry in the Panhandles and for thousands of miles in all directions.\u00a0 We went into Palo Duro Canyon for an hour or so.\u00a0 The ground was still a bit muddy from the rainy Monday weather, so we hiked just a little bit and then went to the Big Texan in Amarillo for lunch.\u00a0 I checked the group into a motel in town mid-afternoon and watched the Kings defeat Phoenix 4-0 in the breakfast room.\u00a0 GREAT DAY!<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (May 16) there would be some very high-based storms along the Front Range in Colorado.\u00a0 This activity was not chaseworthy, and we scoffed at it.\u00a0 We headed to Clayton, NM, for lunch, and then took an unpaved road from the Black Mesa area in extreme northeast NM through Sheep Pen Canyon to Kim, CO.\u00a0 The scenery along this remote route is very nice, and we had the road to ourselves for about an hour!\u00a0 From Kim we continued north to La Junta, and then to Limon.\u00a0 Considerable cloudiness and virga were encountered upon reaching Lincoln County.\u00a0 Limon was our home for the night.<\/p>\n

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