June 20, 2012 Northwest Iowa shelf cloud
Today’s starting point was Redwood Falls, MN, with a slight risk for severe through central Iowa along an advancing cold front. We drove east… [Read More]
June 19, 2012 sw MN junk
Our group had relatively high hopes for something big and bad in the troposphere today, near the SD/MN border. The atmosphere dashed those hopes. My… [Read More]
June 18, 2012 eastern SD late evening storms
Little to nothing was expected storm-wise today until after dark (i.e., after light), around the east-central SD region. We began in Sioux Falls and… [Read More]
June 15, 2012 Southwest SD storms
This day held some promise, with a slight risk pasted up and down most of the High Plains. I favored the area on the… [Read More]
June 14, 2012 Outflow Bonanza along U.S. 36 in NW KS
Today was marginally interesting, as we watched strong storms develop in NW KS. These became severe-warned and started propagating southeastward across U.S. 36 in… [Read More]
June 13, 2012 Hanging Out at Model
We pinned our hopes today on something strong emerging from the foothills near Raton, NM. Afternoon turned into evening, and junky cells refused to budge… [Read More]
June 12, 2012 Melrose, NM supercell
Video here! Lot’s to catch up on, but no time, as usual. The Kings won the Stanley Cup, so all is well and good,… [Read More]
June 11, 2012 Bowie, TX electrical storm
This rather unremarkable chase day wound up being a day of emotional extremes for me. It began in Manhattan, KS, and we had another… [Read More]
June 10, 2012 Green, KS strong thunderstorm
Tour 6 was ready to go out of Denver by late morning, and we hit the road. Unfortunately, the closest risk for severe weather… [Read More]
June 5, 2012 L.A. KINGS: ONE MORE WIN FOR YOUR FAITHFUL FANS
I was 9 or 10 years old when I started following the Kings during their first season. I loved the Dodgers and the Rams and… [Read More]
June 4 Adrian Update
GO KINGS!!! ONE MORE WIN TO GO!! Very busy as usual during the past week with Tour 4 —- too bust even for proper and… [Read More]
June 1, 2012 NW TX PH supercell
I almost put a question mark after “supercell” up there in the title, as the storm that we viewed fell a bit short in… [Read More]
May 31, 2012 Marfa, TX supercell
We had a fantastic chase in central Oklahoma on the 29th, and on the 30th my target area of northwest OK did not work… [Read More]
May 29, 2012 Piedmont OK tornadic supercell
youtube video of Peidmont supercell We began this chase day in Breckenridge, TX (following a fun outflow fest the day before from Crowell… [Read More]