Beautiful Van Nuys Airport before sun-up. The San Gabriel Mountains are on the horizon to the northeast.
December 18, 2006 Lenticulars over L.A.
Standing Lenticular Altocumulus clouds can be quite spectacular. These were photographed on a chilly and windy day in Southern California, from the hills of Calabasas… [Read More]
December 4, 2006 Colorful Flowers
Some flowers said “take my picture” when I rode by on my bike near home. I returned quickly with my camera so they would not… [Read More]
December 4, 2006 LAX at night, LAX at dawn
These were taken from the weather observation platform of the control tower at Los Angeles International Airport. These 14 obelisks on the east side of… [Read More]
November 22, 2006 LAX at dawn
Overnight and at dawn at LAX, looking east from the 16th floor platform on the control tower.
August 18-21, 2006 Monsoon Chase
Charlie B. and I spent a few days this August driving back and forth on Interstate 10 in SE AZ and SW NM. …A faint,… [Read More]
June 30, 2006 Sitka townhouse
The last tour of the year was over, and I was driving from Oklahoma City to Avon, CO. As sunset approached I was careening at… [Read More]
June 29, 2006 Monument Rocks, KS
A neat rock formation rises from the flats of southern Gove County, KS. We were there at mid-afternoon while waiting for storm initiation, and the… [Read More]
June 28, 2006 The Middle of Nebraska
We were not expecting much in the way of storms, nor were we expecting storms. And, the only thing that we saw that was in… [Read More]
June 27, 2006 Beatrice, NE Hailstorm and rainbow
June 26, 2006 Dodge City radar dome
During the lecture tour with Charles Doswell, we occasionally get the star treatment at the NWS offices on the Plains. On this day we chased… [Read More]
June 25, 2006 Santa Rosa, NM CG
Activity on this day began near Santa Fe, NM, and dove southward. We managed some lightning photography during the daytime near Santa Rosa.
June 24, 2006 El Paso County, CO storm at sunset
Something finally worth looking at on this day, a bit east of Colorado Springs. I caught one decent lightning strike and thought I had a… [Read More]
June 23, 2006 Agate, NE supercell and mammatus
Wow, a beautiful supercell near Harrison, NE (in the extreme northwest corner of the Nebraska Panhandle) was photographed from the south, near Agate along Hwy… [Read More]
June 22, 2006 N TX Panhandle squall
Shear was weak on this day. We began tour 6 out of OKC and headed for the northeastern TX Panhandle, near Borger. The late-afternoon cells… [Read More]