Start: Sioux City, IA Lunch: No lunch Dinner: Las Flores Mexican Restaurant in Rockwell City, IA End: Carroll, IA/296 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/1630Z… [Read More]
April 22, 2023 Ballinger to Doole, TX supercell
This post is for the impressive storm near Ballinger on the 22nd. Tour 1 out of OKC started on April 20th, with Matt P. and… [Read More]
Death Valley Temperature Comparisons for Summer 2022
Daily temperature data (max and min, midnight to midnight) were meticulously compiled for the warm half of 2022 (the high-sun months of April through September)… [Read More]
September 22, 2022 Death Valley Too Hot Again
A recent blog entry by me which compared the official Death Valley temperature-measurement instrumentation with adjacent temporary equipment (installed by Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific)… [Read More]
Detailed Afternoon Temperature Comparisons at Furnace Creek in Death Valley in July 2021
Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific set up separate temperature-measuring instrumentation at the official Death Valley/Furnace Creek weather station in May, 2021. The purpose was, in… [Read More]
An Investigation of Death Valley’s 134°F (56.7°C) World Temperature Record (Reid/Burt WU article)
In 2016, climatologist Chris Burt asked me to write an article for his WU (Weather Underground) blog regarding my research on the record high temperatures… [Read More]
June 26 to July 1, 2022 chases
The stretch from June 26 to July 1 covered the Tour 8 timeframe. The weather pattern was not a good one for storm chasers, but… [Read More]
June 23, 2022 Russell County Kansas supercell and tornadoes
Start: Dodge City, KS Lunch: Wakeeney, KS/Tropical Mexican Cafe End: Salina, KS 259 miles Time lapse GoPro footage of the supercell by Chris Gullikson. Chris… [Read More]
June 14, 2022 Are We Going To Wisconsin?
Start: Rapid City Lunch: Subway at Winner End: Hays, KS (637 miles) Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z I-90 to I-70. The day started out as… [Read More]
June 8, 9 and 10, 2022 Slowish Chase Period
Let’s cram these three chase days into one SB entry, since they were rather short on excitement. June 8/Start La Junta/lunch Copper Kitchen at La… [Read More]
May 25-28, 2022 Very slow chase period
After two busy chase days (the big tornado near Morton, TX, on the 23rd and the severe storms all of the way to Sonora, TX… [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]
April 4, 2022 ACSLs Above Westlake Village!
After my visit to Ralphs on Monday afternoon, I was somewhat astounded to see some spectacular lenticular clouds not too far to my NNW. I… [Read More]
June 8, 2021 Fiery Sunset at Buelah!
I had to head back home to L.A. for some rest and recharging, and to work a shift or two at LAX (to retain… [Read More]
Death Valley’s 134F Record Temperature Study, Part One
Above: Greenland Ranch and its USWB weather station, looking to the north. Image by Tebbetts. Though the caption at the top shows 1916 for the… [Read More]