William Reid – Page 11

April 26, 2023 Clyde and Goldthwaite severe. Or, sagging outflow boundary ruins tornado prospects.

Our group had a good supercell chase near Ballinger on April 22, but a cold front swept southward into far South Texas early on the… [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]

Westlake Village Climate Data

DAILY DATA/MAX AND MIN TEMPS AND 24-HOUR PRECIP (midnight to midnight) Westlake Village/Hidden Canyon station from 1999 to 2012: Westlake Village/Northgate station from 2013 to… [Read More]

March 22, 2023 A tornado in Montebello

A potent storm swept through Southern California on Tue, March 21. On the next day, energetic cyclonic WSW flow continued over Los Angeles County above… [Read More]

January 12, 2023 LAX Visibility Markers

At Los Angeles Airport (LAX), weather observers are tasked with determining the “prevailing visibility” for each observation. As a weather observer, I figured that it… [Read More]

2022 Chase Season Summary

It is late January, 2023, and I finally finished up my chase accounts for 2022. The chase season for me was again rather mediocre. I… [Read More]

Last Chance Tornado Supplemental Info and Correspondence

Link to my chase account and video for the Last Chance, Colorado tornado This current entry was produced to share additional information and correspondence with… [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]

November 21, 2022 Airplane Photos from LAX

It was a crystal clear day in L.A…a good day to be asked to cover an afternoon shift at my LAX airport job!

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]

August 1, 2022 Stovepipe Wells 1SW Weather Station Images

A “USCRN” weather station was established near Stovepipe Wells, California, in Death Valley in May, 2004. USCRN stands for “United States Climate Reference Network,” and… [Read More]

August 5, 2022 Big Wet and Muddy Mess in Death Valley

(Youtube video with some video and pics of rain and flooding in DV on Aug 5) The 2022 summer monsoon season has been quite active… [Read More]

July 15, 2022 What? Planes at LAX Again?

Yes.

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]