Start: Rapid City Lunch: Subway at Winner End: Hays, KS (637 miles) Storm Reports SPC Day One/20Z I-90 to I-70. The day started out as… [Read More]
June 8, 9 and 10, 2022 Slowish Chase Period
Let’s cram these three chase days into one SB entry, since they were rather short on excitement. June 8/Start La Junta/lunch Copper Kitchen at La… [Read More]
May 25-28, 2022 Very slow chase period
After two busy chase days (the big tornado near Morton, TX, on the 23rd and the severe storms all of the way to Sonora, TX… [Read More]
April 8, 2022 Airplanes at LAX, plus Fata Morgana!
Another routine day at the office at LAX, with great visibility and very warm temperatures (near 100F most places and 97F at LAX). By mid-afternoon… [Read More]
April 4, 2022 ACSLs Above Westlake Village!
After my visit to Ralphs on Monday afternoon, I was somewhat astounded to see some spectacular lenticular clouds not too far to my NNW. I… [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]
Death Valley’s 134F Record Temperature Study, Part One
UNRAVELING DEATH VALLEY’S RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE (easy as 1-3-4) by William T. Reid Update, November, 2020 — This research study is definitely a “work-in-progress.” The… [Read More]
Death Valley’s Improbable Record Temperature of 134F
Hello Death Valley temperature record research fans! I have presented a lot of background and history and data on the early temperature record at Greenland… [Read More]
October 13, 2020 A Drive to Western Nevada Mining Towns
MOUNT MONTGOMERY, NEVADA (site) This leisurely drive to visit some new (for me) areas of western Nevada began in Bishop, California. … [Read More]
August 15, 2020 Hot Local Chase
Temperatures soared in the local valleys today as onshore flow to the deserts was weak, the marine inversion was very shallow, and a hot upper… [Read More]
July 14, 2020 Comet Neowise from Moorpark, California
Comet Neowise started to put on a show for viewers from Earth in the pre-dawn hours starting around July 5. But, the moon was… [Read More]
June 13, 2020 Glasgow to Opheim Storm (in Montana!)
Start: Glendive, MT Lunch: Circle/Wooden Nickel Cafe End: Plentywood, MT 363 miles Storm Reports SPC Day One Outlook/20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 911 SPC Mesoscale… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Record, Part 2 Early Greenland Ranch Data Reliability
PART ONE is here PART THREE is here PART FOUR is here PART FIVE is here PART SIX is here August 2016 update —-… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 4B 1961 to 2017 Heat Events
Welcome to Part 4B. Here, we investigate the hottest Death Valley heat events from 1961 to 2017. The Cow Creek and Greenland Ranch stations closed… [Read More]
December 5, 2017 Smoky Sunrise from SNI
On this morning, smoke from the Thomas Fire (near Ventura and Ojai) was spreading southward over the ocean. Low-level smoke to the east of… [Read More]