Vittorio's Voyages

BREF Tilt 1 / Surface Observations / NWS Tornado Warnings

Friends interested in meteorology: It is often taught that meteorologists should first diagnose what is currently occurring in their foreca...

I apologize in advance for all of the acronyms in this post. Actually, no apologies neccessary since this is my own blog ;-) I've atta...

During Labor Day 2011, remants of Tropical Depression Lee spawned a preliminary count of 13 tornadoes across FL, GA, NC, SC, and VA. This ...

An elementary example of applying Bayes' theorem in meteorology can be found here . Enjoy!

Millions (50-60+?) of people are going to be impacted by Irene...

For me, formal storm chasing has ended for the season (20,000+ mi. since May 1!). Here are some category "miscellaneous" photos t...

After a sacrifice to the weather Gods, trip 5 managed to document a tornado near Bowdon, ND yesterday. This was certainly the highlight of ...

Friday marked the first day chasing with CoD’s trip 5 (last trip of the year for CoD; sort of a last moment decision for me as I have a lot ...

It took 25 years, but my first trip to the Smoky Mountains proved to be one for the memory bank. I had the opportunity to hike to the top o...

6/20 featured an interesting "cold core-ish" type set up in the central Great Plains with another SPC moderate risk for severe w...

6/19 marked the beginning of a mini chase trip to the Great Plains as a slow-moving late June high-amplitude west coast trough led to a mode...

Decaying convection ahead of a small, compact shortwave trough provided a rather unique (and admittedly unexpected) chance for night photogr...