Start, Ozona, TX; end, Van Horn, TX; 442 miles; lunch in Alpine at the La Trattoria Restaurant SPC Day One Outlook 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-649 spc-mesoscale-discussion-650… [Read More]
March 31, 2016 Spring Wildflowers on the Carrizo Plain
My friends Tom and Rook hopped into the Xterra and we were off on a day trip to check out the wildflower display in… [Read More]
February 18, 2016 Death Valley Flower Bonanza
Following my little morning supercell chase from Beatty to Lida Junction, I made my way into Death Valley to check out the “superbloom.” The… [Read More]
February 20, 2014 Leaves, trees and life in WLV
Presented here is a smattering of images from home here in Westlake Village during the past month or two. How cool is it… [Read More]
November, 2013 Trees and No Birds
Above and below, a tree near Chatsworth Reservoir in the western San Fernando Valley. Below are some shots of the night sky at a… [Read More]
April 29, 2013 Fredericksburg, TX colorful stormy sunset
(posted on May 6, 2013) Today was the final chase day for the Tour 1 group. Again, the pattern was not that favorable for… [Read More]
April 4, 2013 Catching up…desert palms in the moonlight (29 Jan 2013)
These stills were taken at a golf course in Palm Desert in January, 2013, as a full moon rose. Camera — Canon 5D… [Read More]
December 28, 2012 Winter Time at the Tree of Doom…and Fallstreak Holes
We had a brief respite from wet weather on Friday, December 28, and the afternoon air was crystal clear with some very nice altocumulus… [Read More]
May 14-16, 2012 Panhandling During Downtime
Tour 3 came together in Oklahoma City on May 14th, and the weather pattern seemed to be mired in a never-ending BLAH mode. Actually,… [Read More]
May 8 and 9, 2012 Big Bend scenery
A cold front cleared most of TX and we found ourselves with cool and overcast conditions at Fort Stockton on the 8th. There was… [Read More]
March 13, 2010 Alabama Hills and Eastern Sierra Nevada
Shortly after our quasi up-close and personal shots of the eastern face of the Sierra, we headed back down Whitney Portal Road and turned left… [Read More]
March 13, 2010 Saline Valley
The best thing about Saline Valley is its nothingness. Well, that’s not really true—this basin has everything a large desert basin should have. It has… [Read More]
November 30, 2009 Trees Trees Trees Yeah
Tomorrow is the first of December, and that means it’s Happy Tree Color Time! A nearby line of deciduous trees turns a healthy yellow this… [Read More]
October 27, 2009 Neenach, CA Wind Chase
A rare full day off from work + windstorm forecast = local chase to the desert. A strong NW jet stream was moving over SoCal… [Read More]
June 9, 2009 To Kansas, Too Late
Doug Raflik and I met the Tour 5 guests in Denver, and blasted east post haste. Our 2 p.m. departure was too late to catch… [Read More]