I try to get out to the desert a couple of times every winter for some photography, especially when westerly flow at mid-levels of the… [Read More]
January 7, 2017 Thunderstorm on the Oxnard Plain
By late afternoon today, radar and satellite showed a good-sized thunderstorm well to the WSW of Pt. Conception and moving to the east. … [Read More]
2016 Storm Chase Season Summary
My chase season for 2016 as the tour director for Tempest Tours was quite satisfying. First and foremost, our company guides drove safely, they… [Read More]
November 18, 2016 Death Valley Temperature Record Blog on WU
If you have looked through my web site, then you have probably come across my write-ups on the world’s record high temperature of 134F… [Read More]
November 5, 2016 San Nicolas Island Corral Harbor
On the north coast of San Nicolas Island is Corral Harbor. There is a narrow entrance from the ocean on the north side, and… [Read More]
November 5, 2016 San Nicolas Island Sea Lions — no, wait — they are Elephant Seals!
On this day on San Nicolas Island, I rode my bike from Nicktown to the north coast, a little northwest of the “town.” There… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record — Part 5 Supplemental Data Tables
The data tables below were prepared for the WeatherUnderground writeup of October, 2016. Incorporated in Table A are the average daily maximums for Death Valley… [Read More]
October 10, 2016 San Nicolas Island photography
I had my tripod with me out on the island on this visit, so I was able to get some decent long-exposure shots of… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record — Part 4 Historic Heat Waves
PART FOUR — HISTORIC HEAT WAVES IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION This part was becoming large and unwieldy, so I have broken it up into… [Read More]
August 20, 2016 Westlake Village sunset
A large wildfire was in progress on this afternoon, well to my west, in Santa Barbara County. Even though it was more than 70… [Read More]
August 11, 2016 Perseids from Chuchupate
The Perseid meteor shower was likely to be a lot better this year — so said the folks who presumably know these things. The… [Read More]
July 1, 2016 Acoma, NM Rain Blob
June 30 was my final chase day of the season with Tempest Tours. Chris Gullikson took over the tour directing duties, and I headed… [Read More]
June 30, 2016 Lycan, Colorado Supercell
Start/Holyoke, CO End/Elkhart, KS SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1100 Severe weather parameters were just so-so today, with marginal wind shear and pretty good… [Read More]
June 29, 2016 Strong Storms in Northeast Colorado
Start/Ogallala, NE End/Holyoke, CO Lunch at Dix, NE D&B Diner SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1091 SPC Storm Reports With moderate northwest flow… [Read More]
June 28, 2016 Hyannis Supercell
Start/Yuma, CO End/Ogallala, NE 471 miles Lunch at the Runza in Sidney, NE SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1072 E WY/W NE 2… [Read More]
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