Monday, May 9, 2011

Post date: May 9, 2011 2:04:27 PM

0900 CDT: Ahhhhhh... Finally a good night's sleep! I have now recovered from preps for the trip and the trip itself, so hopefully today's chase will be a big improvement as well. A quick look at the SPC reports (see below) don't exactly predict an outbreak today, but conditions look somewhat more promising than yesterday, so that's somewhat encouraging. Anyway, more info as I know more to report. Have a great Monday, everybody!

1230 CDT: We've left O'Neill, NE and are headed (at least initially) for Murdo, SD. There's only a 2% chance of tornadoes today, according to the SPC, but we've had great 2% chance days before!

1335 CDT: Some of the restaurants are starting to figure out how to deal with our crew...

We're not too far from the Nebraska / South Dakota state line now. It's likely that we will stop for a photo op.

1445 CDT: Welcome to South Dakota!

1820 CDT: Game over! Today was not meant to bring us storms --- at least not any during daylight hours --- so we just called it a day and are heading to Valentine, NE for the night. Tomorrow looks to be a travel day, too, to set up for possible storms in Kansas on Wednesday. For a small selection of shots from the day, click on THIS LINK.