Spring Training 2022 - Day 74

 Remaining flexible, we decided to stay here another day due to weather.  There were still strong winds forecast along our next route to Oklahoma City from the south-southwest, 25-35 mph sustained with gusts to maybe 50 mph.  Also, as the cold front is passing there is the threat of severe weather.  We decided there was no need to push the journey since we are not on a deadline schedule.

So, we just relaxed in the RV today and I caught up on some paperwork that doesn't wait until we get home. 

The weather was as predicted, strong winds and some rain but the skies started to clear in the evening as the front passed through.  the wind remained fairly strong but should subside overnight. 

They have something in their weather forecasts here we don't have at home.  It is called the "dry line".  In the mid-west, mostly in the spring, they are very vulnerable to severe weather, especially strong winds, tornados, and damaging hail.  This weather usually occurs as cold fronts collide with warm air.  The boundry is not always the front but a line ahead of the front where the dew point significantly changes (dry cold air meets wet warm air).  The result is unstable and potentially severe weather along the "dry line".  They had some severe weather in western Kansas last night with a few tornados and semi-trucks being overturned on I-70, but thankfully, nothing here.

Hopefully we will get back on track tomorrow with a relatively short trip to Oklahoma City, then the southern route home.  ETA next Sunday.