Storm chasers dream about large tornado outbreaks on the Great Plains. That’s what forecasters anticipate today — but this could be much closer to a nightmare for chasers and even storm spotters.
The storms will be moving incredibly fast for this time of year —- 65 miles an hour by some estimates.
“Storms are going to be moving so fast, and it’s going to be very hard to keep up with them,” said Kevin Darmofal, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wichita.
While supercell thunderstorms figure to be isolated early in the outbreak — meaning they’ll be easier to see and track — forecasters expect them to embed in lines of thunderstorms later in the evening.
“You could have tornadoes that would be very hard to see,” Darmofal said.
This weather pattern is not like the supercells that developed in the days leading up to and through Memorial Day weekend.
“They were definitely more discreet, and easier to chase,” Darmofal said. “Today it’s going to be a little bit different.”