Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A Quiet Year for Severe Weather...So Far

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2015 is shattering severe weather inactivity records.  Fro m 1 January to 31 March, only eight severe weather watches have been issued nati...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

10/8/2014 Blood Moon

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Treated with a total lunar eclipse early this morning.  I was able to snap a few photos and enjoy the early fall crisp sky before my finge...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

6/23/2014 Cheyenne Ridge Supercell

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The Cheyenne Ridge provided initiation for convection on 6/23 in an environment with favorable directional shear and modest instability.  T...

6/21/2014 Mound City, SD Severe Convection

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6-21 featured a risk for severe weather along a weak convergence boundary in north central SD.  This was the first 'chase' day for ...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

6/16/2014 Stanton/Pilger/Pender Tornadoes

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A fairly inactive 2014 for tornadoes was thrown for a spin on 6-16.  Piechota and I left northern Illinois by 6:30 AM with a broad target o...
Monday, July 7, 2014

6/14/2014 Nocturnal Thunderstorms near Sutton, NE

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After a disappointing day of sub-par convection, a northward moving rotating storm emerged near Sutton, NE on the evening of the 14th.  The ...

6/13/2014 Crook County, WY Tornadic Supercell

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6-13-14 featured a strengthening surface low-pressure with marginal dewpoints on the northern high plains.  We (Laura, Walker and I) sat nea...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

6/10/2014 Wyoming Wildscape

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I spent my birthday roaming around WY/SD in search of convection in a beautiful part of our country.  Luckily, we were served storms near De...
Monday, June 9, 2014

6/8/2014 Roswell to Carlsbad, NM Supercell

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Walker and I targeted eastern NM again in hopes of a repeat of Saturday's structure feast.  Mid/low clouds associated with overnight con...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

6/7/2014 Roswell, NM UFO

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We successfully found a spaceship UFO north of Roswell, NM on Saturday!  2014 has been the year of structure (and few tornadoes), but this s...

6/6/2014 Colfax County, NM Tornado

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Friday featured more upslope storms, this time initiating off of the Raton Mesa and the Sangre de Cristo mountains.  We targeted Clayton, NM...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

5/27/2014 Norfolk, CO Rainbow

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One of my best pictures from the COD trip came during a travel day!  We ran into this gem near Norfolk, CO, and had to stop the van to take ...

5/26/2014 Garden City, TX Supercell

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Chasing with COD Trip 3, we left Hobbs, NM, with an initial target near the Fort Stockton, TX area.  We once again dealt with an HP supercel...