This was a long day, as I began in Storm Lake, IA, and had to meet Brian and the Tour 5 group in Lincoln, NE…. [Read More]
May 30, 2008 Southeast Kansas storms
Back to southeastern Kansas again! This was the final chase day for Tour 3, so it was nice that our target wasn’t too far from… [Read More]
May 25, 2008 Central Kansas Storms
The big play this day was in Iowa, where the Parkersburg monster tornado formed. We began the day in Salina and played central Kansas. We… [Read More]
May 6, 2008 Southern TX Panhandle storms
On this Tuesday we hit the road a little on the early side (from Dodge City), as we needed to be in the Lubbock, TX,… [Read More]
April 26, 2008 San Angelo, TX supercell
It is chase season again on the Great Plains! I abandoned Los Angeles on Friday, April 25th, and stayed in Las Cruces, NM, on Friday… [Read More]
July 4, 2007 Perryton, TX
The target on this day was southwest Kansas, but shear was blah and the chances for a supercell were slim. We lingered around “old town”… [Read More]
July 2, 2007 Brockton, MT, supercell
This was the first full day for Tour 7, and my driver was Brad Carter. Much like the first day of Tour 6 a week… [Read More]
June 14, 2007 NW North Dakota LPs and CGs
short version: Brian and I wandered north and west from Minot towards Kenmare and vicinity. Shear was great, CAPE was so-so, and a front was… [Read More]
May 19, 2007 Lame Deer, MT CB and CGs
Prospects for a nice storm were decent on this chase day. We took U.S. 212 west from Belle Fourche into Montana, and as far west… [Read More]
May 18, 2007 Belle Fourche, SD night lightning
Weak storms developed west of Sundance, WY and barely kept us from falling asleep. After getting our rooms around 10 p.m. in Belle Fourche, a… [Read More]
May 15, 2007 West Texas lightning
CGs east of Van Horn, TX. Not much happened on this day during daylight hours. The tour group dropped south through eastern New Mexico and… [Read More]
May 12, 2007 White Settlement, TX CB and CGs
There wasn’t much to get excited about on this day. There was decent instability, though, and we played with some semi-strong stuff west of Fort… [Read More]
May 10, 2007 Charlotte, TX Colorful CB
A short drive south after lunch in San Antonio put us in good position to watch storms develop. One, near sunset, dove south-southeast through the… [Read More]
August 18-21, 2006 Monsoon Chase
Charlie B. and I spent a few days this August driving back and forth on Interstate 10 in SE AZ and SW NM. …A faint,… [Read More]
June 25, 2006 Santa Rosa, NM CG
Activity on this day began near Santa Fe, NM, and dove southward. We managed some lightning photography during the daytime near Santa Rosa.