AccuChase09: Day 5 - Interview With Sean Casey!
UPDATE (MONDAY 6/1): Photos updated below. AccuWeather.com Professional's Joe Bastardi [BIO] (PRO USERS READ NOW | 30-DAY FREE TRIAL) said in his blog this morning:
ORIGINAL POST: Here's the latest update from AccuChaser Shawn Smith. To see previous updates, click the AccuChase 09 Category at right.
Days 3-5: Finally today (Sunday), the storm outlook is looking up. Earlier today, Shawn and his team successfully launched a weather balloon from Omaha, Nebraska in support of VORTEX2 operations. As of this writing, they are still in the Omaha area, which is under a "Slight Risk" of severe storms today (that area will shift south on Monday). Track their location on the radar map and read their Twitter updates throughout the evening tonight.
On Friday, they had launched another balloon from Pioneer Park, Lincoln, NE. Later that day, they intercepted a thunderstorm in Custer County, NE that was not officially severe but had dime-sized hail and nice lightning (see videos at right).
But during their down time they toured the National Weather Center (see video at right) and interviewed the famous Sean Casey from Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers! Here he explains how the "armor" on his TIV2 (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) works, and how he plans to stay safe while inside a tornado.
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About AccuChaser Shawn Smith
Between May 23rd and June 5th 2009, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Shawn Smith will be storm chasing in the Plains with the Oswego University Storm Forecasting and Observation Program, to assist the NOAA VORTEX2 project with Oswego's mobile radiosonde unit. Shawn will be posting photos and videos here, as well as keeping us updated via his Twitter account.
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