Busy Week!

We had quite a busy past week for V2, chasing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, being on standby but not chasing Thursday, then chasing Friday and Saturday! So finally, just like the big weather-maker upstairs, on the seventh day we rested...and did laundry. Anyway, here's a bit of a recap of the last week in pictures. We did manage to intercept several supercells, a few tornadoes, and most importantly we collected some really good data!

On Tuesday we chased in western OK:



And met Chase the V2 weather Dawg



And of course we launched plenty of balloons (here's Bill showing how it's done):



Unfortunately the best storm didn't develop until it was almost dark.



We chased western OK again on Wednesday, and collected some good data on a supercell that produced a tornado near Clinton.



After our travel day on Thursday, we were back in action Friday in southwest TX. Another tornadic supercell...but this one rapidly evolved into more of a line while we continued to collect data.



Finally, on Saturday we made our way into southeast New Mexico....and caught yet another supercell. No tornado, but lots of big hail. The storm looked pretty as it began to dissipate in the fading light.



And we were rewarded with a pretty sunset:



And now, with clean clothes and a dinner at Olive Garden, we're ready to roll for what looks to be another busy week!