Nature Saying "Go Away!"

Some storm chase trips are good, some are poor, and occasionally one is a complete bust.

I've always analogized that the creation of a severe storm (and tornadoes) is much like baking a cake. You need all of the proper ingredients, at the same time, at the same location. If you consider the plains as the big mixing bowl, you then need to add moisture, wind, sheer and some heat in the right ratios before you can even begin to get a severe storm.

Our 2009 baking season saw our milk being hijacked by a tropical depression in the gulf, with the mixer (wind) tickling the belly of Canada most of the time. We were basically sitting in Nebraska with a bunch of flour on our face.

Here are a couple of images which seem to indicate we should just pack it up and go home.