Landscapes – Page 11

June 19 and 20, 2016 Searching for ID in Montana

June 19, Williston to Glasgow, down day, 260 miles June 20, Glasgow to Baker, reposition day, 245 miles On June 18, our tour group… [Read More]

June 18, 2016 Montana’s Sleeping Buffalo Storm a Beauty

Start/Chadron, NE End/Williston, ND 860 miles Lunch at a Belfield, ND, convenience store SPC Day One Outlook (20Z) spc-mesoscale-discussion-980 spc-mesoscale-discussion-981 spc-mesoscale-discussion-982 spc-mesoscale-discussion-983 SPC… [Read More]

June 14, 2016 Newell, SD supercell

Start/Denver, CO End/Belle Fourche, SD 468 miles Lunch at Wellington, CO (Taco Johns, for me at least) SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-916 SPC Storm… [Read More]

May 31, 2016 Alpine and Marfa storms

Start/Alpine, TX End/Alpine, TX 227 miles Lunch at Reata in Alpine SPC Day One 20Z Our tour group began the chase day… [Read More]

May 24, 2016 In Dodge City with Auntie Crepuscular and Uncle Mammatus

Immediately following our approximately two-hour tornado chase from Fowler and Minneola, Kansas, to the Dodge City area, we found ourselves on the west side… [Read More]

May 18, 2016 Ruidosa, TX storms

Start, Ozona, TX; end, Van Horn, TX; 442 miles; lunch in Alpine at the La Trattoria Restaurant SPC Day One Outlook 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-649 spc-mesoscale-discussion-650… [Read More]

May 17, 2016 Rankin, TX supercell

Start, Plainview, TX; end, Ozona, TX; 350 miles; lunch at Midland (Johnnys BBQ) SPC 1630Z Day One Outlook spc-mesoscale-discussion-641 spc-mesoscale-discussion-643 We had to get… [Read More]

May 16, 2016 Another Charming Channing Supercell

Start, Oklahoma City; end Plainview, TX; 593 miles; fast-food lunch in Woodward and dinner in Amarillo (Applebees) Tour 3 began out of OKC on May… [Read More]

May 6, 2016 Chugwater WY Supercell

Start Holyoke, CO; end Kimball, NE; 387 miles; lunch Pine Bluffs, WY at the A&W Early May is usually not the time… [Read More]

May 2 to May 5, 2016 Whereabouts Roundup

There was no thunderstorm activity to document during these four days, at least for myself. We had to get the Tour 1 guests back… [Read More]

April 22, 2016 Junky Convection in Southeastern CO

April 21, reposition day; start Lubbock, end Clayton, NM, 304 miles; lunch at the Big Texan April 22, start Clayton, end Ulysses, KS, 295… [Read More]

April 14, 2016 Dust and Desolation in the Desert

A desert day trip turned sour when the Xterra died just east of Ballarat, in Panamint Valley. That story is here. There were some… [Read More]

March 31, 2016 Spring Wildflowers on the Carrizo Plain

My friends Tom and Rook hopped into the Xterra and we were off on a day trip to check out the wildflower display in… [Read More]

March 31, 2016 Carrizo Dust Devils

Rook and Tom and I were minding our own business, wandering around the Carrizo Plain and looking for wildflowers to photograph, when we came… [Read More]

March 28, 2016 Whitewater Wind and Dust Storm

I had planned on leaving mom’s place in Palm Desert for home on the day prior, but a storm system coming into California… [Read More]