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| Written by Reed Timmer | |||
| Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:26 | |||
 Argentina has been active in terms of severe weather all spring, and November 19 is an example of what has been happening down there day in and day out -- supercells everywhere with reports of massive hail and tornadoes. The radar loop at right is from Santa Fe province, just northwest of Buenos Aires, and note the repeated storm splits with the supercells on the northwest side of the convective complex. The northern storm is similar to the "tail-end charlies" of the Northern Hemisphere, as those storms have unlimited access to the warm, humid air that streams down from the Amazon. Our plan is to storm chase down there during December 26-January 10, which is equivalent to our late May into early June. However, the baroclinicity and strong upper-level jet stream persist well through summer down there, given the incredible permanent temperature gradient between Antarctica and the Amazon Basin, so the dynamics will be just as good as early SH spring, but the moisture and instability will be even higher. The chances of severe weather and tornadoes on any day are also much higher and consistent later on in the season. We already got our plane tickets and the final preparations are almost completed! We'll also have our camera operators and producer Chris Whiteneck and Robert Seaman from Storm Chasers down there with us, as well as the infamous safety engineer "Bobo", so if we have any luck hopefully this whole adventure will also be on television! Argentina tornado expert Scott Currens will also be on this Southern Hemisphere chase team. We'll also be posting video blog and Youtube video updates throughout the experience. I've been waiting for this for 12 years, and it's finally happening!
          
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| Last Updated on Saturday, 21 November 2009 13:49 |
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Re:Argentina blowing up! TVN Southern Hemisphere chase plans finalized
Nov 24 2009 15:11:07 Have a safe and glorious chase my brother.
- Are you taking the 'Dominator' with you ?? 
- Be sure to enjoy yourself and maybe take some scenic pictures for us admirers |
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Re:Argentina blowing up! TVN Southern Hemisphere chase plans finalized
Nov 25 2009 11:51:20 I really can't wait to see videos from this chase! I know this is going to be an amazing experience! Plus, with everything moving opposite to what you are used to seeing, I'm sure it will be a new challenge for you guys! I can't wait to see the videos!
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Re:Argentina blowing up! TVN Southern Hemisphere chase plans finalized
Nov 25 2009 13:36:07 jcpalmer1976 wrote:
I really can't wait to see videos from this chase! I know this is going to be an amazing experience! Plus, with everything moving opposite to what you are used to seeing, I'm sure it will be a new challenge for you guys! I can't wait to see the videos! - That's right. I forgot they will be south of the equator. That's where the toilets flush in the opposite direction. Now there is something I would watch in amazement  |
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