Start: Sidney, NE/lunch: Arbys and Subway in Limon/End: Lamar/568 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One 20Z Mesoscale Discussions. 4:45 p.m. CDT (no SPC MD for… [Read More]
June 26 and 27, 2024 Chases
June 26, 2024 Junky Storms near Chugwater, WY Start: Broken Bow, NE/lunch: Bridgeport Burger Werx/End: Hot Springs, SD/535 miles A day with a lot of… [Read More]
June 4, 2024 Southern Oklahoma supercells
Start: Shamrock, TX/lunch: Hasty’s in Shamrock/End: Lawton, OK/273 miles (June 5 and 6 entries at bottom) Storm Reports SPC Day One Once again SPC had… [Read More]
Chase Summaries, 2024 Tour Five, May 25-Jun 01
(finally getting around to these summaries for the 2024 chases out of Denver…posted in December of 2025) May 25, 2024/Tornadic Supercell near Hazleton, KS Start:… [Read More]
February 6, 2024 San Nicolas Island C-130 and Rainbow
A little convection was near the island as a Navy C-130 aircraft was being unloaded, right in front of the weather office.
July 19, 2023 A Vandenberg Space X Rocket Launch at Dusk
I work part-time at Vandenberg Space Force Base now (VBG). I prefer to call it Vandenberg AFB (Air Force Base). Elon Musk’s Space X project… [Read More]
June 27, 2023 Oklahoma Panhandle Supercell
Start: Sidney, NE Lunch: Eads, CO/Subway End: Hugoton, KS 520 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z Surface map for 5 p.m. CDT above. Note… [Read More]
May 6, 2023 Archer and Throck storms (and gaudy rainbow)
Begin: Killeen, TX Lunch: Billy’s/Cisco End: Wichita Falls, TX/359 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z Another chase day in Texas for Tour 2, and we… [Read More]
May 4, 2023 Crowell and Paducah Supercells
Begin: Woodward, OK Brunch: Pollyanna’s at Woodward End: Abilene (461 miles) Storm Reports SPC Day One 20Z Prospects today looked rather good, at least before… [Read More]
April 8, 2022 Airplanes at LAX, plus Fata Morgana!
Another routine day at the office at LAX, with great visibility and very warm temperatures (near 100F most places and 97F at LAX). By mid-afternoon… [Read More]
November 26, 2021 San Nicolas Island Fata Morgana
I walked from Nicktown to a cliff/overlook to the north on this afternoon, actually hoping to observe the “Fata Morgana” optical illusion. And, it… [Read More]
June 13, 2021 Strong Storms in the Nebraska Panhandle, Marsland to Alliance
Start: Chadron; Lunch: Country Kitchen in Chadron; End: Alliance; 238 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One Outlook md0952 md0962 md0963 Time lapse video… [Read More]
May 23, 2021 Eastern Colorado strong storms
Start: Santa Rosa, NM/Quick bite in Trinidad, CO/End: Oakley, KS/653 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 708 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 711… [Read More]
May 4 to May 7, 2021 Rather Slow Chase Period
Plains states chasers suffered through a very slow period from the 4th to the 7th of May. Upper flow wasn’t too bad, but low-level… [Read More]
December 18, 2020 Santa Barbara Island from LAX, with Fata Morgana!
Visibility in the Los Angeles area was unlimited in most directions by sunset this day. These images were taken from the observing platform of… [Read More]
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