Season Update

Well I technically got my first tornado of the season on Wednesday. Caught the second storm that went through Lawton and got a brief view of a cone funnel followed by a few power flashes on the west side of the city. I have two chase logs to get up in the next week or two so be on the lookout.

Right now its looking like the season will remain quiet through much of the final week of April. The Euro and GFS have been throwing out possible strong return flow in the next week and a half, but I'm not setting much stock in that solution until I can see it three days out. Currently we're sitting at roughly 194 total tornado reports. Most of these are centered in Dixie Alley, with a total of 17 tornadoes in the traditional alley. Another startling stat is there were 84 tornadoes in January versus 43 currently in April. While this could be deceptive and may end up leading to a much later June season on the northern Plains and Midwest/Great Lakes region, it's still troublesome looking at how quiet of a year its a been. Very few people have scored photogenic, fully-condensed tornadoes. The best tornado as of yet has been the the surprise Caprock tornado on April 1st that a very select few chasers nabbed. Overall, not very encouraging in the greater scheme of things.