Sunsets and Storms

April 22, 2022 Moscow, Kansas, Supercells

Start: Dodge City Lunch: Oakley Subway End: Dodge City 561 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z This chase day had very high potential, as a… [Read More]

April 21, 2022 Kinsley, Kansas, storms

Start for tour group: OKC End: Dodge City Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z My drive to the Plains for chase season 2022 began on April… [Read More]

April 6, 2022 February Images From LAX

My lenses had a fun month at LAX in February, 2022. From February 12: From February 13: From February 14: From February 18: From February… [Read More]

October 4, 2021 Lightning Show from San Nicolas Island!

A cutoff upper-level low pressure system was forecast to approach Southern California from the southwest on Monday. I was out on San Nicolas… [Read More]

July 2, 2021 JayEm Supercell!

Start: La Junta, CO/lunch: Limon Arbys and Taco Bell/End: Torrington/411 miles This was the final day of 6-day Tour 8. We had to… [Read More]

July 1, 2021 Two Strong Storms! Hugoton and La Junta are General Thundered

Start: Perryton/lunch: Hugoton McDonalds/End: La Junta/433 miles Despite the bottom-of-the-barrel weather pattern, today we managed to observe a couple of reasonably good storms…. [Read More]

June 27-30, 2021 Sad Pattern Sad Storms Sad Face

June 27/T8 Start: Denver/lunch: Jean’s Family Kitchen in Hugo/End: Dumas/408 miles June 28/Start: Dumas/lunch: Big Texan in Amarillo/End: Wichita Falls/404 miles June 29/Start: Wichita… [Read More]

June 24, 2021 Marysville, KS, Supercell

Start: Broken Bow/lunch: Runza and Subway in Minden/End: Salina, KS/about 425 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1076 md1081 md1082 md1084 md1085 md1086… [Read More]

June 23, 2021 North-central Nebraska Lightning Extravaganza!

Start: Hastings, NE/lunch: Cozy Inn Cafe in Holdredge/End: Broken Bow, NE/about 450 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z md1067 md1070 md1071 md1072 md1073 … [Read More]

June 22, 2021 Eastern Nebraska Supercells

Begin: Columbus, NE/lunch: Wolf Den in Stanton/End: Hastings/383 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md1063 md1066 md1065 22Z surface map above, “S”… [Read More]

June 16 and 17, 2021 Low-end High Plains Chases

The weather pattern continued to be mediocre at best for storm chasers on the High Plains for the last few days of Tour 6…. [Read More]

June 14, 2021 Mintle, Nebraska, Sunset Supercell

Start: Alliance, NE/lunch: Longhorn Saloon in Harrison, NE/End: Torrington/368 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z md0967 md0971 Time lapse video of the chase… [Read More]

June 13, 2021 Strong Storms in the Nebraska Panhandle, Marsland to Alliance

Start: Chadron; Lunch: Country Kitchen in Chadron; End: Alliance; 238 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One Outlook md0952 md0962 md0963 Time lapse video… [Read More]

June 8, 2021 Fiery Sunset at Buelah!

I had to head back home to L.A. for some rest and recharging, and to work a shift or two at LAX (to retain… [Read More]

June 2, 2021 Clovis, NM, Dusty Vacuum Cleaner Storm

Start: Carlsbad, NM/Lunch: La Sierra BBQ in Roswell/End: Hereford, TX/393 miles Storm Reports SPC 20Z Day One SPC Mesoscale Discussion 837 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 841… [Read More]