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]
May 30, 2017 Southeastern Colorado Mushballs
Start: Garden City, KS Lunch: Lamar (Sonic and McDonalds) End: La Junta, CO 425 miles SPC Day One Outlook/20Z There were no mesoscale discussions… [Read More]
November 13, 2015 Local minimum temperature study
The offshore wind pattern of the past few days has spread very dry air over SoCal and has resulted in a very wide range of… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134 Temperature Record, Part 3 Hot Temperature Comparisons
UPDATE, August, 2016 This part remains incomplete — sorry about that. I have been working on Part 4, which will help me with the remaining… [Read More]
June 14, 2014 Smith County, KS supercell
SPC was rather gung-ho about severe prospects today, with a large moderate risk, hatched hail and wind areas, and 10 percent tornado graphics splattered… [Read More]
November 17, 2013 Lost iphone tale
This write-up was posted originally on my Facebook page on November 7, 2013: I think I will share my “lost iphone” true story. Three days… [Read More]
May 27, 2013 Smith County, Kansas, HP tornadic supercell
Another day, another moderate risk in May…and a 10-percent-hatched tornado risk in north-central KS, too! We abandoned Cozad, NE, and went south to Phillipsburg,… [Read More]
August 21, 2012 Local Airport and Valley images
I am still behind in getting my spring 2012 chase images up on SB. I found some images taken a little prior to my storm… [Read More]
March 7, 2011 Night skies from Saline Valley Road
After sunset this day I found a lonely spot north of Darwin, California, along Saline Valley Road. This was near Route 190, between Keeler and… [Read More]
December 15 and 16, 2009 Owens Valley and vicinity
I elected to do a two-day road trip from L.A. to the Owens Valley region in mid-December. Anytime is a good time to visit the… [Read More]
November 17, 2009 Web Site Update
I haven’t done much photography lately, but I have been hard at work posting chase accounts and award-winning images from spring 2009 for web surfers… [Read More]
August 8, 2009 Death Valley summary for July 2009
A record hot July in Death Valley — click the link below for details! https://stormbruiser.com/chase/death-valley-july-2009/
July 5, 2009 Rainbows and Reflections on the Caprock
This was “return the big white van to Arlington” day. I elected to head south on I-25 out of Denver, as storms were expected on… [Read More]