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]
June 18, 2009 Nebraska Panhandle lightning
This was the final chase day for the lucky Tour 5 folks. They had observed supercells on eight out of eight of their chase days… [Read More]
April 15, 2009 Thousand Oaks, CA, Tea Party
Anti-big government folks converged in Thousand Oaks on Tax Day to protest increased taxes, big spending, big pork, big stimulus bills, and, of course, an… [Read More]
February Update
It is early February, and time to get back to business with The Bruiser. Stay tuned for some new stuff! In the meantime, look at… [Read More]