Funny to see the pre-recorded teases on 7News in Lamar where I am sitting in the weather center at the same time I'm sitting on my bed in the Super 8 in Lamar. See, I can be two places at once! Which I wish were true for tomorrow cause I'd have one of me in Texas and the other of me in northeast Colorado.
Quick look at things has me shaking my head. Its becoming a year where you watch the models long enough to know what day to chase and just grab your balls and go. With that said, some forecasts are showing the best area for tornadoes clear down on I-20. A repeat of April 9 is shaping up. And that doesn't thrill me terribly much. Not only is that horribly far south, it puts me way out of position for Thursday, which doesn't look terribly great, but I'd rather not put all my eggs in one basket of tomorrow, especially since I am only a couple hours south of a secondary target here in Colorado.
So with that said, no committments to uphold from here til morning. I have a 7:15am wake-up call and will give things the once-over and decide what to do with myself. If the Texas target does indeed hold out to be I-20, the distance alone will turn me away from that assuming Thursday remains on the radar. If Thursday drops off, I'll marathon it down to I-20 and make the play. Otherwise, I back up north and aim for a Limon to Sterling line and see what takes off. For what its worth, the 7News Futurecast hammered out a good sized storm developing east of Greeley and moving through Sterling into southwest Nebraska from roughly 4pm on out. If that holds true, those few that hang around up here may get treated. And depending on what I see in the morning, I may be one of the few instead of the many.
Alex Lamers of Stormtrack summed it up pretty well by saying this in the forecast discussion thread...
"I'm glad I'm not able to chase...I'd be pulling my hair out right now."
While I haven't reached that point yet, one thing I am certain is I am glad I elected to stop here... Dalhart would've been painful. But I may have given up the Texas play by doing this, so we'll see. Either way, my Texas target needs to lie west of a Lubbock to Childress line, otherwise I backtrack north.
Goodnight from Lamar...
