Vittorio's Voyages

"Of course I couldn't possibly be talking about you ." I'm resurrecting a blog title from an old TCHE article in light ...

After awaking in Wichita, KS, we targeted northeast Colorado for a low probability of high-based supercells. The environment was character...

BLOG has been quiet as of late (usually a good sign for those who dislike severe storms), but our last CoD trip of the year had a pretty exc...

Walker and I targeted the area between Norfolk and Columbus, NE on this slight risk day. This region had strong surface convergence, moder...

Walker and I left DeKalb around 5 AM central with an initial target near Sterling, CO.  We weren't expecting supercells given the lack o...

Wednesday featured the first High Risk for severe storms across northern IL in nearly a decade.  It was nice to not be in a morning rush t...

Geesh!  Another day, another great structure show.  After sitting most of the day waiting for convective initiation in Arthur, NE, a few to...

Wow!  What a structure fest.  Saturday featured some fantastic supercell structure in a slow moving environment that allowed for easy chasin...

A strengthening lee-side surface low was the play on Friday, with strong (20kt+) ESE winds into ne CO.  We watched towering cumulus from a p...

A moderate risk was in place for severe thunderstorms on the morning of 5-19 along a N-S oriented dryline in the Central Plains.  We had b...

5-18 featured a dual dryline structure across portions of S central KS.  After sitting in Greensburg, KS for nearly an hour, we got suckere...

I need to catch up on sleep and process some pictures from 5-19 (it has been a long ten days on the road with Trip 2), but I wanted to clea...

COD's Trip 2 watched a nearly stationary storm for an hour in northwest NE on Friday afternoon.  This area is always a tough place to ch...

We intercepted a severe thunderstorm warned storm in northwest KS on Thursday afternoon.  We didn't stay to watch long, as we headed nor...

Wednesday featured a unique setup in northwesterly flow behind a closed upper-level low pressure system migrating eastward over Oklahoma.  I...