May 6 was a big tornado day for the central and southern Great Plains. The SPC log shows 59 tornados. Our Tempest Tours chase… [Read More]
Archives for May 2015
May 5, 2015 West Texas tornadoes
Severe weather prospects did not look too shabby on this chase day. In my morning briefing to the tour group in Fort Stockton,TX, I… [Read More]
May 4, 2015 Southwest Texas supercells
After several days of chasing generally junky High Plains storms due to poor moisture and instability, we finally had a fairly decent chase setup… [Read More]
May 3, 2015 Meade County, KS, storms
Our group began in Lamar and targeted areas just to the east, in far western Kansas. Again, instability and shear were not impressive, and SPC… [Read More]
May 2, 2015 East-central Colorado storm
Severe prospects continued to be rather poor (just a “marginal” risk), but at least we would have something to chase today, maybe somewhere from… [Read More]
May 1, 2015 Ho-hum convection around WY/NE/CO
There was only a “marginal” risk for severe weather today, and that was along the CO Front Range. Dew points were only in the low-mid… [Read More]