After much consideration, I will be going back to school full-time in the spring to pursue my degree in Elementary Education. This has always been in the back of my head since earning my Meteorology degree, but money was the biggest issue. I feel like I am being called to teach, so this will be interesting to see where this goes. Before I can even apply to the program, though, I will need to take/pass 12 classes as well as pass the Basic Skills Exam (aka the TAP). If all goes according to plan, I will be starting my first Professional semester in Fall 2015, with my final semester being Spring 2017. Wish me luck!!
On another note, I wanted to share some more storm chasing pictures with everyone. These ones are from June 3, and they were taken near the TX/OK border in the Panhandle region. This day marked the start of my second trip with Tempest Tours, and we began our journey in Denver. After our group introduction/orientation/weather briefing, our initial target would be in Liberal, KS. Yes, that would mean a long drive, but our tour director, Dr. Bob Conzemius, kept confidence that we would make it in time to possibly see a storm. Initially, it appeared early convection was going to screw everything up, but that would not be the case. Upon arriving in Liberal, we continued to drift south towards Perryton, TX, when we were treated to this nifty display:
Notice the smoke in the picture. This is a great illustration of what a storm's inflow does. In laymen's terms, inflow is the air flowing into the storm. In this case, we were experiencing warm/moist air, which is one of the necessary ingredients for storm development. We had to keep moving to avoid getting sandblasted by the storm's outflow, which is air flowing OUT of the storm. As time progressed, we were fortunate enough to see some supercellular structure and a rainbow (last 3 pictures near the bottom. All in all, this was a great way to start my second week storm chasing, and I could not have been happier. We drove 458 miles on this day.
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