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Death Valley July 2021 Heatwave Analysis

January 5, 2022 update — adding more analysis and comparisons of additional stations in the region…about halfway done with that… Image above: The Death Valley… [Read More]

October 4, 2021 Lightning Show from San Nicolas Island!

A cutoff upper-level low pressure system was forecast to approach Southern California from the southwest on Monday. I was out on San Nicolas… [Read More]

September 24, 2021 Planes at LAX

It has been a while since I have posted some images from LAX. Friday afternoon was interesting in that thunderstorms developed southeast of LAX,… [Read More]

August 25, 2021 New Weather Station in Death Valley, at Badwater!

Stop the presses — the National Weather Service has installed a new online weather station at the hottest spot in Death Valley, which also… [Read More]

July 10, 2021 Hot Drive to Death Valley, and a high of 129.4F!

A very warm airmass was forecast to build over the Death Valley region beginning about July 8. Heights of 6000 meters at the 500… [Read More]

Record Hot Death Valley Heat Wave, July 9-12, 2021 (Data and Charts)

On the weekend of the 108th anniversary of the bogus 134F maximum temperature report in Death Valley, a very high-end heat wave… [Read More]

July 8, 2021 Death Valley Will Be Scorching This Weekend!

A hot upper high will smother the Death Valley region this weekend (July 9-12, 2021), with highs well into 120s expected at the official station… [Read More]

July 2, 2021 JayEm Supercell!

Start: La Junta, CO/lunch: Limon Arbys and Taco Bell/End: Torrington/411 miles This was the final day of 6-day Tour 8. We had to… [Read More]

July 1, 2021 Two Strong Storms! Hugoton and La Junta are General Thundered

Start: Perryton/lunch: Hugoton McDonalds/End: La Junta/433 miles Despite the bottom-of-the-barrel weather pattern, today we managed to observe a couple of reasonably good storms…. [Read More]

June 27-30, 2021 Sad Pattern Sad Storms Sad Face

June 27/T8 Start: Denver/lunch: Jean’s Family Kitchen in Hugo/End: Dumas/408 miles June 28/Start: Dumas/lunch: Big Texan in Amarillo/End: Wichita Falls/404 miles June 29/Start: Wichita… [Read More]

June 25, 2021 Southwest Corner of Kansas Supercell

Start: Salina, KS/brunch at Perkins in Salina/End: Hugoton, KS/365 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1090 md1093 md1094 md1095 md1098 md1099 md1100 md1102… [Read More]

June 24, 2021 Marysville, KS, Supercell

Start: Broken Bow/lunch: Runza and Subway in Minden/End: Salina, KS/about 425 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1076 md1081 md1082 md1084 md1085 md1086… [Read More]

June 23, 2021 North-central Nebraska Lightning Extravaganza!

Start: Hastings, NE/lunch: Cozy Inn Cafe in Holdredge/End: Broken Bow, NE/about 450 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z md1067 md1070 md1071 md1072 md1073 … [Read More]

June 22, 2021 Eastern Nebraska Supercells

Begin: Columbus, NE/lunch: Wolf Den in Stanton/End: Hastings/383 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1063 md1066 md1065 22Z surface map above, “S”… [Read More]

June 19-21, 2021 Continued Ho-Hum Chases, and the Capitol at Lincoln

Tour 7 began on the 19th out of Denver, and our group stayed with some barely-organized storms along U.S. 36 from Last Chance to… [Read More]