SUBVORTEX STATUS MESSAGE 

DATE:   6/3/98
STATUS:  NO-GO

EQUIPMENT STATUS: 
  Mobile Mesonets: FC needs humidity sensor  
  DOWS: Ready
  UMASS Radar: down indefinitely
  Rockets:  No
  Turtles:  operational
  RALPH:  operational
  NOAA P-3:  Hard down

SYNOPSIS: 

Upper ridge continues.  More record heat expected today in the southern 
Plains.  The strong cold front is moving southward through the High 
Plains this morning, but should stall somewhere across OK into West Texas 
this afternoon.

DAY 1 FORECAST:

No targetable supercells.  Elevated supercells may form north of the 
front late this afternoon or evening over far SW MO, SE KS, and points 
east.  These will be untargetable due to terrain and should not produce 
tornadoes.

DAY 2 FORECAST:

A shortwave moving out of the southwest US will be approaching the 
southern and central Plains.  At this time, the associated evolution of 
surface features is not clear.  However, with good cooling aloft near 700 
mb, it seems that convection will be possible, perhaps even in the warm 
sector.  CAPE and shear may support targetable severe storms.  Status 
message at 10:30 AM.

DAY n FORECAST:

Cool air mass expected to reach to near the Gulf Coast on Friday.  Return 
flow should commence on Saturday as heights fall again across the W. US.  
By Sunday, the mid-trop short wave ridge passes, and dryline storms 
become possible in the High Plains of W TX.

MISCELLANEOUS:

1.  Erik Rasmussen will return to Boulder today, and will assume the role 
of nowcaster for the duration of the experiment.

2.  Paul Markowski will continue to issue the morning status messages at 
10:30 AM unless otherwise posted.

3.  The field teams will be reconstituted as follows:

PROBE1: Markowski (driver), Davies-Jones (leader), Jason Lynn
PROBE2: Straka (leader), Herndon (driver), assistant
PROBE3: Blanchard (leader), Miller (driver), assistant
CAM1: Smith/Stumpf (driver), Biddle (photographer), assistant

Assistants: Scharfenburg, Burke, volunteers

4.  In the field, Blanchard will be the final arbiter of disagreements 
regarding strategy, targets, etc.

5.  David Blanchard will be the NSSL spokesperson for media contacts and 
interviews.