Saturday, July 18, 2015

7/15/2015 Red Cloud, NE Supercell

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Wednesday featured one of the most photogenic supercells of 2015.  We awaited convective initiation in Nelson, NE (while launching a weathe...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

7/10/2015 Stockville Stack 'O Plates

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I returned to the field on Friday leading our last thunderstorm laboratory group from College of DuPage (Trip 5).  We have a great group of...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Conclusion of ERTAF 2015

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In early March 2015, I attended a D.C. workshop focusing on subseasonal forecasting of severe convective storms.  For me, a main takeaway f...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

6/22/2015 Woodhaven Lakes EF2 Tornado

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Monday was what I would consider a climatological pattern for tornadoes across eastern IA, northern IL, and southern Michigan.  As is often...
Friday, June 26, 2015

6/21/2015 Lodgepole to Bison, SD Tornadoes

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6-21 was a great storm observation day in northwest South Dakota.  The morning observations/satellite imagery led me to paint this target:...

6/20/2015 WY/SD/NE Tri-State Supercell

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We tacked a long-lived supercell on 6-20 starting west of Newcastle, WY and ending near Chadron, NE.  This non-tornadic supercell (due to L...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

6/19/2015 Moorcroft, WY LP Supercell

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Friday featured anomalously high dewpoints for northeast WY and adjacent areas of southeast Montana for severe convection.  Awaking in Mil...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

6/17/2015 Broadus, MT to Gillette, WY Severe Storms

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MOTS ( M ore O f T he S ame) for our group on Wednesday.  A broad area of marginally favorable ingredients for severe storms were forecas...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

6/16/2015 I-25 Severe Storms

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Tuesday featured another slight risk along the Laramie Range and we decided to hug this play due to the rather marginal ingredients elsewh...