Day 166: VORTEX 2 Officially Ends

Posted by pmarsh on 15 Jun 2010 | 2 comments

VORTEX 2 officially ended field campaign operations today. It’s kind of a bitter sweet moment as this project has consumed so much of my life for the past two years. I’ve had the fortune to work with some outstanding individuals in the research community as well as the operational community.

In honor of the last day of VORTEX 2, I thought I would post a map denoting all the towns the armada spent the night during the last two years. This map was created by VOC staff member Kevin Scharfenberg. The blue line outlines the approximate edge to the domain which VORTEX 2 ultimately operated within. The colors of the balloons indicate the number of times the armada stayed in a given town:

• Purple: 6 times
• Red: 5 times
• Yellow: 4 times
• Green: 3 times
• Blue: 2 times
• Cyan: 1 time

Amarillo, TX was the most often stayed town, with 6 visits. North Platte, NE and Hays, KS were in a close second with 5 stays.

Nebraska was the most often stayed in state with 22 nights. North Platte, NE; Ogallala, NE, and Kearney, NE combined for 13 nights, which is nearly the number of nights the armada spent in Texas!

You can view the google maps of this image here.