{"id":417,"date":"2009-05-10T15:05:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/?p=417"},"modified":"2014-09-03T10:03:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:03:04","slug":"v2-things-mobile-mesonets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/2009\/05\/v2-things-mobile-mesonets\/","title":{"rendered":"V2 Things: Mobile Mesonets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-417 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-004.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-450'>\n\t\t\t\tMaking the final adjustments on a mobile mesonet.  Credit:  NOAA\/NSSL\/J. Murnan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-010.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-451\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-451'>\n\t\t\t\tMobile mesonets measure temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind.  They transmit this information as well as the exact time and position to the Field Command vehicle.  Credit:  NOAA\/NSSL\/J. Murnan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-019.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-453\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-453'>\n\t\t\t\tA rack of weather instruments fixed to the top of a vehicle.  Credit:  NOAA\/NSSL\/J. Murnan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-011.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/NSSL-011-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-452\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-452'>\n\t\t\t\tInstalling a mobile mesonet.  Credit:  NOAA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/2009Apr22_Truck_Bay-014.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/2009Apr22_Truck_Bay-014-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-418\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-418'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: NOAA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/2009Apr22_Truck_Bay-020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/2009Apr22_Truck_Bay-020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-419\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-419'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: NOAA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/3504301267_3ed3033954.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/3504301267_3ed3033954-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-430\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-430'>\n\t\t\t\tEnvironment Canada Automated Mobile Meteorological Observing System (AMMOS) installed on Jeep for VORTEX2 &#8211; May 2009.  AMMOS was used to sample mesoscale boundaries of interest before storm initiation, and coordinated with the other 6 mobile mesonets to run transects through storms. Credit: David Sills\/Environment Canada\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/V2-vehicles.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/V2-vehicles-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-457\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-457'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit:  NSSL student Terra Thompson\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/P5080021.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/P5080021-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/P5080052.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/P5080052-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/P5080054.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/P5080054-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_1266-Copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_1266-Copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-444\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-444'>\n\t\t\t\tMay 8, 2009. Credit: NOAA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_1267.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_1267-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-445\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-445'>\n\t\t\t\tMay 8, 2009. Credit: NOAA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_1277.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_1277-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-446\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-446'>\n\t\t\t\tMay 8, 2009. Credit: NOAA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0026.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0028.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0028-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0027.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0027-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0030.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0032.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0032-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0036.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0036-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0701.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0701-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-443\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-443'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: NOAA\/NSSL\/S. Waugh\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0139.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0139-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-439\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-439'>\n\t\t\t\tRack of weather instruments attached to mobile mesonets. Credit: Susan Cobb\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0143.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0143-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0168.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0168-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/ltg_p2_vortex2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/ltg_p2_vortex2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0476.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_0476-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196511207_612436207_3068102_5750698_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196511207_612436207_3068102_5750698_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-420\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-420'>\n\t\t\t\tWaiting for convective initiation in Silverton, TX. Credit: David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196571207_612436207_3068112_5075587_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196571207_612436207_3068112_5075587_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-421\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-421'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Automated Mobile Meteorological Observation System (AMMOS) sampling on either side of a front of a line of cumulus clouds that later erupted into supercell storms&#8230;May 13, northern Oklahoma. Credit: David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196576207_612436207_3068113_4548918_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196576207_612436207_3068113_4548918_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-422\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-422'>\n\t\t\t\tMay 13 storms in N Oklahoma. When we first found this hailstone, it was 60 mm in diameter (a baseball is 70 mm) and had really nice spikes. We got around to getting a photo about a half hour later, so it melted a bit. Still impressive! Credit: David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196586207_612436207_3068115_4928295_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99196586207_612436207_3068115_4928295_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-423\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-423'>\n\t\t\t\tThe AMMOS and the N Oklahoma storms. Credit David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99648806207_612436207_3074371_4951234_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99648806207_612436207_3074371_4951234_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-424\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-424'>\n\t\t\t\tMamma and AMMOS. Credit David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99648811207_612436207_3074372_7777065_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4312_99648811207_612436207_3074372_7777065_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-425\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-425'>\n\t\t\t\tMore mamma. Credit David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4459_100978406207_612436207_3101570_2560631_n1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4459_100978406207_612436207_3101570_2560631_n1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-426\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-426'>\n\t\t\t\tA nearly &#8216;dry&#8217; thunderstorm producing dry microbursts that stir up the dust in the fields. Credit: David Sills\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4459_101363646207_612436207_3106936_7218776_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4459_101363646207_612436207_3106936_7218776_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-427\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-427'>\n\t\t\t\tStorm #1 and the AMMOS. Credit: David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4459_102002236207_612436207_3115627_801398_n1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/4459_102002236207_612436207_3115627_801398_n1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-428\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-428'>\n\t\t\t\tA quick stop along the way at Mt. Rushmore. Credit David Sills 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_2216.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_2216-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-447\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-447'>\n\t\t\t\tMobile mesonets sample conditions as they are driving. Credit Roger Wakimoto\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_2336.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/IMG_2336-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-448\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-448'>\n\t\t\t\tVORTEX2 researchers sample a supercell thunderstorm in the Texas Panhandle on May 18, 2010.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/DSC_0014_05172010_204508.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/DSC_0014_05172010_204508-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-431\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-431'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: Derek Stratman\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/DSC_0077_05232010_180834.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/DSC_0077_05232010_180834-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-432\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-432'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: Derek Stratman\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/34283_826339047857_9605751_44688857_3453084_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/09\/34283_826339047857_9605751_44688857_3453084_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-429\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-429'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: Amy Buchanan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-gallery","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/vortex2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}