I have been home from my storm chase/tour directing stint for one month, and it is time to get back to work on the Bruiser! … [Read More]
July 11, 2011 Chase Update
Hey—not too bad! It has only been a month since I last said “boo” around here. As usual, during the last month of my chase… [Read More]
July 5, 2011 southern Campbell County, WY, supercells
This was a great way to wrap up the final tour of the year! We observed three significant supercells in northeastern Wyoming. The first one… [Read More]
July 4, 2011 eastern Dewey County, SD supercell
The forecast for Corson County, SD, and vicinity worked out marginally well on this day. We began in Belfield, ND, and worked our way east… [Read More]
July 2, 2011 Black Hills region supercells
After yesterday’s chase in sw MN, we overnighted in Plankinton (west of Mitchell, SD) and headed west for some upslope severe weather. Here is the… [Read More]
July 1, 2011 Noctilucent clouds
After our chase into southwestern MN today, we headed back west on I-90 to our motel in Plankinton, SD. Near Mitchell, SD, Marcia pointed out… [Read More]
July 1, 2011 Siouxland Supercell
A beast of a severe storm left a swath of wind and hail damage from Flandreau in se SD all of the way northeast to… [Read More]
June 29, 2011 Nebraska Panhandle storms
This was the arrival day for the Tour 9 group, with guides Marcia Perez and Jenna Blum. We headed north from Denver to the Nebraska… [Read More]
June 27, 2011 Palmer Divide Supercell Machine
Today was the final chase day for the Tour 8/Doswell group. The previous day featured the murk and messy nonsense in central and eastern NE,… [Read More]
June 26, 2011 Nebraska murky mess
Like me, you are probably undecided as to which town in Nebraska would be best for your summer home. Chances are that you have narrowed… [Read More]
June 25, 2011 Badlands junk
We began this chase day in Valentine, and remained in town for lunch as it appeared that the northern Sand Hills area was a decent… [Read More]
June 24, 2011 Highway 20 storms, Lusk to Hay Springs
On the 24th we moseyed southward from Sundance to Lusk and had lunch. My target was the Lusk area, and storms began to develop by… [Read More]
June 23, 2011 Sheridan, WY strong storm
The prospects for a good severe storm were rather slim on the High Plains as low-level moisture was marginal and upper-level flow was so-so. We… [Read More]
June 22, 2011 Ardmore and Devils Tower
Our tour group had time to kill on the High Plains as we waited for the atmosphere to reload, in the wake of the nice… [Read More]
June 12, 2011 Just me myself and I, OKC to DEN
After dropping the Tour 5 guests off in OKC midday on the 12th, I threw all of my earthly possessions into my Xterra and made… [Read More]