Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

Quoting KEEPEROFTHEGATE:

Quoting Minnemike:
while i may not qualify as seasoned, i can tell you the one thing i religiously observe is the NOAA conus WV loop. it has not been a common occurrence in the last few years for any to be sustained for hours; more often appearing from a matured system that cycles a dry slot through and through, but almost immediately vanishes in appearance... not knowing the heights at which moisture appears in the loop, whence clouding up an eye, it's hard to say that an eye appearing signifies anything like what's seen in warm core systems. but to see hours of a sustained eye-like appearance i'm thinking signifies sustained, if not increased strengthening. i figured earlier when commenting that we just saw the maturity reached and an 'incidental' eye appeared. now i think it's a sign of the next cycling; particularly by the western Illinois line that fired.

edit: only applies to water vapor of course.. not in visible or infrared. it an eye appeared there, i'd be very impressed!

Quoting PcolaDan:
Cantore tweet

@JimCantore Jim Cantore
45,000 peope in tents and campers at@TalledegaSuperS for races. This is a serious situation !!

Quoting KEEPEROFTHEGATE:

Quoting hydrus:
Awesome Keep...Absolutely killer loop...You can actually see the upper level winds slamming into the super-cell thunderstorms ....Thank you for posting it..:)

Quoting Chicklit:
Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like tonight's race was cancelled; however, there are maybe thirty thousand people camping out at Talladega. Don't think they can outrun this storm.

LinktoArticle

"School systems all over central and west Alabama released students early as a precaution. East of Birmingham, promoters postponed an ARCA race at the Talladega Superspeedway, where thousands of people were camping in open fields and getting ready for three days of races.

"It is a dilemma when you have 35,000 people camping on your site," track chairman Grant Lynch told WBRC-TV. Track officials said the race would begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, after the storm system passed."

I don't think they thought about what would happen when the bad weather comes through and all those people are camped out there.

Quoting MrstormX:


I don't fully understand how this works, do people just set up tents outside the speedway? Like in the parking lot? Or are the people at nearby campgrounds?

Quoting MrstormX:


I don't fully understand how this works, do people just set up tents outside the speedway? Like in the parking lot? Or are the people at nearby campgrounds?

Quoting KEEPEROFTHEGATE:

Quoting aquak9:


there's plenty of grassy areas, around the speedway, and inside the loop of the racetrack itself, they let people camp. Also tons of asphalt for parking campers.

google it, you'll see some pics.

Quoting Chicklit:

If it's like the Daytona Speedway, then they're inside the track as well as outside the track in flat, wide open spaces. This is worst case scenario.

Quoting MrMixon:
I wonder why they are urging people to turn on the motor? Is that just to give them the option to quickly move the car if debris is making a collision course?

Quoting Patrap:


it is NASCAR,..maybe its for a Pace/caution Lap?