Begin: Gettysburg, SD Lunch: Mitchell, SD End: Fort Dodge, IA 507 miles SPC Day One 20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 367 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 368… [Read More]
May 7, 2018 western South Dakota Outflow Fest
Start: Kimball, NE Lunch: Chadron/Taco Johns and Subway End: Gettysburg, SD 544 miles SPC Day One 20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 365 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 366 … [Read More]
May 6, 2018 High-Based Junky Storms Nebraska Panhandle
Start: Eads, CO Lunch: Brush/Wendys End: Kimball (dinner at “Beer and Loathing” Bar) SPC Day One/20Z Tour 2 began out of OKC on… [Read More]
May 2, 2018 Southwest Oklahoma Supercell
Start: Wichita, KS End: Pauls Valley, OK SPC Day One (20Z) SPC Mesoscale Discussion 313 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 315 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 317 SPC… [Read More]
May 1, 2018 Central Kansas pre-tornadic supercell!
Begin: End: SPC Day One (20Z) SPC Mesoscale Discussion 304 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 307 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 309 Mesoscale Discussion 311 Yes, this… [Read More]
April 30, 2018 Canadian, Texas supercell
Begin: Garden City, Kansas End: SPC Day One (20Z) Moisture was a little better today, with dew points into the mid-50s into the… [Read More]
April 29, 2018 Ulysses, Kansas LP Little LP Supercell
Begin: Burlington, CO Lunch: Burlington, CO (The Post) End: Garden City, KS SPC Day One (20Z) Expectations on the High Plains today were rather… [Read More]
April 27 and 28, 2018 Endee and Kenton
The 2018 storm chase season began very slowly for me. I joined the tour group along Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico on April… [Read More]
April 15, 2018 Skidoo, Panamint Range and Death Valley
This fine spring day in Southern California found myself and my friend, Jennifer, exploring a handful of areas in the Death Valley region. First… [Read More]
April 15, 2018 Telephone Canyon and Natural Arch, Death Valley
After poking around the remains of the mill near Skidoo, Jennifer and I headed up Lower Telephone Canyon. This canyon is accessed from Wildrose… [Read More]
April 15, 2018 Mosaic Canyon and Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley
During the mid and late afternoon on April 15, Jennifer and I hiked up into Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley. This canyon is easily… [Read More]
April 11, 2018 Owens Valley Lenticular Clouds
The weather pattern was showing a great setup for the “Sierra Wave.” Fast westerly flow aloft in advance of an upper-level trough would develop… [Read More]
March 1, 2018 Trona Moonrise and Lenticulars
This afternoon looked good for a 3-4 hour drive into the northern Mojave Desert, as some mountain wave clouds (lenticulars) appeared likely. The lenticulars… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 4A — 1931 to 1960 Heat Events
PART 4A— HISTORIC HEAT WAVES IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION 1931 to 1960 Part 4 became quite large, quite unwieldy. So, I decided to break… [Read More]
February 18, 2018 Palm Desert Lenticular Clouds
Late on this evening some interesting ACSL (altocumulus standing lenticular) clouds materialized above the Coachella Valley. They were nearly overhead here in Palm Desert…. [Read More]