Forecasters: Sven (NWS) and Gilmore (NSSL/CIMMS)
Hot and dry weather expected over the STEPS domain today, with no significant convection expected.
Hot and dry conditions expected for Thursday as well, with little chance for significant convection.
A deep upper-level disturbance will be propagating eastward from the west coast over the next couple of days, producing cooling and moistening aloft on Friday, increasing the potential for significant convection within the STEPS domain on Friday. Increasing vertical wind shears will also increase the potential for supercellular convection.
| VARIABLE | Day 1: 1-4 pm | Day 1: 4-9 pm | Day 2 | Day 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convective Potential |
0.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Storm Type | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Triggering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Intuition | -0.5 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 7 |
| SYSTEM | STATUS |
|---|---|
| Ops Center | Operational. When needed both repeaters #1 and #2 will be devoted to mobile units, and the radars will use the regular telephones. |
| CHILL | Operational. |
| S-Pol | Operational. |
| LMA | Operational. |
| MGLASS | Operational. |
| T-28 | Operational. |
| Storm ballooning | The NSSL5 van is expected to return from Boulder by mid-to-late afternoon. NSSL5 data was successfully recovered from last Saturday's storm, and a UPS has been installed to avoid future problems. |
| Mobile mesonet | Five vehicles are operational. |
| Storm chase van | Operational. |
| YRFS | Operational. |
| NWS | Operational. |
No operations today; the day has been declared down. The mobile units will work the dryline, and they need no support from other STEPS facilities.
Roddy Rodgers (NSF) will be visiting STEPS for the next two days, and a brief summary of STEPS activities to date will be included with the 9:00 am briefing on Thursday (6/8), which will be held at the National Guard Armory in Goodland.
Down day. No operations were conducted.