2022

2022 Chase Season Summary

It is late January, 2023, and I finally finished up my chase accounts for 2022. The chase season for me was again rather mediocre. I… [Read More]

Last Chance Tornado Supplemental Info and Correspondence

Link to my chase account and video for the Last Chance, Colorado tornado This current entry was produced to share additional information and correspondence with… [Read More]

November 21, 2022 Airplane Photos from LAX

It was a crystal clear day in L.A…a good day to be asked to cover an afternoon shift at my LAX airport job!

September 22, 2022 Death Valley Too Hot Again

A recent blog entry by me which compared the official Death Valley temperature-measurement instrumentation with adjacent temporary equipment (installed by Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific)… [Read More]

Detailed Afternoon Temperature Comparisons at Furnace Creek in Death Valley in July 2021

Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific set up separate temperature-measuring instrumentation at the official Death Valley/Furnace Creek weather station in May, 2021. The purpose was, in… [Read More]

August 1, 2022 Stovepipe Wells 1SW Weather Station Images

A “USCRN” weather station was established near Stovepipe Wells, California, in Death Valley in May, 2004. USCRN stands for “United States Climate Reference Network,” and… [Read More]

August 5, 2022 Big Wet and Muddy Mess in Death Valley

(Youtube video with some video and pics of rain and flooding in DV on Aug 5) The 2022 summer monsoon season has been quite active… [Read More]

July 15, 2022 What? Planes at LAX Again?

Yes.

An Investigation of Death Valley’s 134°F (56.7°C) World Temperature Record (Reid/Burt WU article)

In 2016, climatologist Chris Burt asked me to write an article for his WU (Weather Underground) blog regarding my research on the record high temperatures… [Read More]

June 26 to July 1, 2022 chases

The stretch from June 26 to July 1 covered the Tour 8 timeframe. The weather pattern was not a good one for storm chasers, but… [Read More]

June 24, 2022 Strong Storms Eastern Colorado

Lesleyanne’s account with the TT group I was going to try to take the final two days off from Tour 7, the 23rd and 24th,… [Read More]

June 23, 2022 Russell County Kansas supercell and tornadoes

Start: Dodge City, KS Lunch: Wakeeney, KS/Tropical Mexican Cafe End: Salina, KS 259 miles Time lapse GoPro footage of the supercell by Chris Gullikson. Chris… [Read More]

June 22, 2022 Not Entirely Uninteresting Convection in Kansas

Start: Salina, Kansas Lunch: Pueblo Nuevo Mexican at Saint John, Kansas End: Dodge City, KS/320 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20z Chase account by… [Read More]

June 21, 2022 North-central KS severe

Start: Ainsworth, NE Lunch: Tumbleweed Cafe in Broken Bow, NE End: Salina, KS/510 miles Timelapse van-top video by Chris, who was leading a Tempest photo… [Read More]

June 20, 2022 Belvidere, SD Squall

Start: Lemmon, SD Lunch: Alaska Cafe in Lemmon End: Ainsworth, NE/500 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20z Not all of these mesoscale discussions were… [Read More]