Sunsets and Storms

January 8, 2016 El Matador Beach Sunset

On this Friday I had just completed a few errands when I arrived home around 4:15 p.m. I didn’t have anything planned except for a… [Read More]

October 30, 2015 San Nicolas Island AP sunrise

My shift at the airport on San Nicolas Island begins before sunrise. There were no clouds around this morning, and I had the camera… [Read More]

June 25, 2015 western Nebraska storms

A long drive from western Iowa was staring us in the face this morning, as the risk for severe weather was well to our… [Read More]

June 24, 2015 western Iowa supercell

Supercell and tornado prospects were not too shabby this day over southern Iowa, so we got out of Mobridge a little earlier than normal… [Read More]

June 21, 2015 Northwest South Dakota tornadic supercell

Tour 7 for Tempest Tours began on the previous day and we chased an impressive (but fast-moving) supercell through the empty grasslands from Edgemont,… [Read More]

June 18, 2015 SE Wyoming junk

SPC showed a slight risk for southeastern WY on the earlier outlooks, but downgraded later. If I recall correctly, we came up on an isolated… [Read More]

June 17, 2015 Black Hills and Badlands supercells

SPC showed a tornado risk of 5 percent from about Gillette, WY, to Sidney, NE, today. A slight risk with a hatched hail area… [Read More]

June 2, 2015 Nebraska Panhandle supercells

Our group was in pretty good shape position-wise as we gathered for the morning briefing at the motel in Chadron. We had some time… [Read More]

May 31, 2015 Kanorado supercell

Quick — is Kanorado in Kansas or Colorado? That’s right, it’s in Kansas. The supercell that we intercepted on this chase day was in… [Read More]

May 29, 2015 Dora, NM, tornadic supercell

This chase day had it all: supercells, a tornado, unreal sunset colors, and old, abandoned vehicles in a ghost town! What more could a… [Read More]

May 26, 2015 Watonga OK storms

Our starting point today was Wichita, Kansas. My target area was western OK, somewhere from about Woodward to Watonga, I figured. After lunch in… [Read More]

May 5, 2015 West Texas tornadoes

Severe weather prospects did not look too shabby on this chase day. In my morning briefing to the tour group in Fort Stockton,TX, I… [Read More]

May 2, 2015 East-central Colorado storm

Severe prospects continued to be rather poor (just a “marginal” risk), but at least we would have something to chase today, maybe somewhere from… [Read More]

May 1, 2015 Ho-hum convection around WY/NE/CO

There was only a “marginal” risk for severe weather today, and that was along the CO Front Range. Dew points were only in the low-mid… [Read More]

March 1, 2015 Conejo Valley Thunderstorm

The first day of March had some fun weather possibilities…right here in my backyard. I wasn’t thinking tornadoes or severe weather, but with a… [Read More]