A potent storm swept through Southern California on Tue, March 21. On the next day, energetic cyclonic WSW flow continued over Los Angeles County above… [Read More]
January 12, 2023 LAX Visibility Markers
At Los Angeles Airport (LAX), weather observers are tasked with determining the “prevailing visibility” for each observation. As a weather observer, I figured that it… [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!
February 28, 2022 Downtown Los Angeles
On the last day of February I visited the Los Angeles weather station site at USC, and then headed to the downtown area, near Staples… [Read More]
February 23, 2022 Los Angeles Wintry Skyline
A cold weather system dumped a bunch of snow on the San Gabriel Mountains on this date. Skies were clearing after noon. I headed to… [Read More]
November 12, 2021 LAX pics
Yes, there is a huge backlog of good LAX stuff just waiting to get on Stormbruiser. In the meantime, here are some shots during… [Read More]
June 19-21, 2021 Continued Ho-Hum Chases, and the Capitol at Lincoln
Tour 7 began on the 19th out of Denver, and our group stayed with some barely-organized storms along U.S. 36 from Last Chance to… [Read More]
December 24, 2020 Fabulous Sunset Light at LAX
These images were primarily from December 24, when fabulous light around sunset allowed for some fun photography from the Los Angeles International Airport control… [Read More]
August 14, 2020 Sunrise at LAX and Pyrocumulus from Calabasas
A pretty and smoky sunrise and a morning shift at LAX resulted in some adequate photos. On the way home, a fire north of… [Read More]
February 14, 2020 Jets at LAX
How about some more airplane pictures? From the LAX control tower on Friday afternoon, Feb 14.
January 5, 2020 Lots of Airplanes at LAX
The weather on my Sunday shift at LAX was dry and nice, with good visibilities. I was able to spend a bunch of… [Read More]
December 1, 2019 Sunset Los Angeles and Jet Photos from LAX
The air was clean and the views were spectacular on this afternoon from the control tower at LAX. A storm had just dumped a bunch… [Read More]
January 6, 2019 Hollywood and El Matador Beach
Marcia was interested in seeing the Hollywood sign, so we circled through the Hollywood Hills looking for a decent place to stop to photograph… [Read More]
April 30, 2016 Attention: People of EARTH
Start, Wichita Falls, TX; end Lubbock, TX; 459 miles; lunch: maybe in Dickens…who knows? I forget exactly why we were killing time in Earth, Texas…. [Read More]
April 15, 2016 Identified Flying Objects in Los Angeles
Jennifer and I had this day free to roam the greater Los Angeles area with our camera gear. First stop was Del Taco, then… [Read More]