Uncertainty reigned for a time on this chase day, as we waited for much of the afternoon in and around Pecos, TX, near an… [Read More]
May 24, 2014 Carlsbad, NM supercell
The Tour 4 guests received a quick orientation late morning on the 24th, and we were quickly out of Oklahoma City and headed towards… [Read More]
May 22, 2014 Etter, TX Dusty Funnel
This was the final chase day for Tempest Tours’ Tour 3. It began in Stratton, CO, and the severe risk ran through the High… [Read More]
May 21, 2014 Aurora, CO, tornado
Aurora, CO, “tornado” video by William Reid and by Bob Smith Our chase hopes were on the high side today as shear and… [Read More]
May 20, 2014 Byers to Burlington, CO supercell
Tempest Tours enjoyed a spectacular and long-lived supercell on Tuesday. I led the group from Ogallala to Sidney, NE, where we had lunch. Most… [Read More]
May 19, 2014 southern Nebraska Panhandle supercell
On this Monday Tempest Tours managed to catch a pretty supercell that was trekking eastbound along I-80 in the southern Nebraska Panhandle. During the… [Read More]
May 18, 2014 Nebraska Panhandle storms
Finally — conditions were becoming more favorable for severe weather on the Plains as low-level flow from the south and southeast developed again in… [Read More]
May 10, 2014 Southeast KS supercells
On Saturday, May 10, we targeted the Emporia, KS, area. Shear and instability looked great for supercells, but surface winds would likely not be… [Read More]
May 7, 2014 Tornadoes near Akron, CO
May 7 was looking like an upper-end chase day as an upper-level disturbance moved out of the Desert Southwest and onto the Plains. SPC… [Read More]
May 6, 2014 Pine Bluffs, WY supercell
With moisture still in short supply on the High Plains, the prospects for a good storm seemed rather slim on May 6. But, there… [Read More]
August 9, 2013 Cuervo, Willard and Vaughn (in that order)
Our chase day on 8/9/13 began in Vega, TX, and my target area was to the west in NM, somewhere around Vaughn. My motto… [Read More]
August 8, 2013 OK-NM-TX Storms
Our Tempest chase group had quite a variety of storms to sample on Thursday, from Boise City to Logan, NM; and from San Jon,… [Read More]
August 7, 2013 Cimarron County, OK supercells
Our chase on August 7 began in Albuquerque, with a target in a SPC slight risk area in the western OK Panhandle. The forecast… [Read More]
June 30, 2013 Northeast NM supercells
The target area for today was the Raton Mesa, or somewhere along the NM/CO border east of Trinidad. Moisture was adequate, and upper flow… [Read More]
June 29, 2013 Haswell, CO supercells
SPC painted a slight risk along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies today. We started off in Castle Rock, and we moseyed on… [Read More]
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