Marcia and I headed north to the Owens Valley to get away from it all, and to explore and photograph. We stopped along the… [Read More]
June 19, 2018 (Part 2 of 2) Agate and Limon supercell and Kanorado severe storm
See June 19/Part One for the weather details and the chase account for the Prospect Valley tornado. Following the spectacular tornado intercept, we headed… [Read More]
May 15, 2018 Western Texas Panhandle Supercells
Start: Woodward Lunch: Dumas/Hoggs BBQ End: Plainview 506 miles SPC Day One 20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 428 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 429 SPC Mesoscale Discussion… [Read More]
January 18, 2018 Owens Lake and Olancha Dunes
I headed up to the southern Owens Valley on January 18th, hoping to photograph some awesome lenticular clouds in the lee of the Eastern… [Read More]
June 27, 2017 Western Nebraska Severe Storms
Begin: Burlington, CO Lunch: Holyoke, CO Subway End: North Platte, NE about 300 miles SPC Day One Outlook (20Z) SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1163 SPC… [Read More]
June 13, 2017 Severe Storms and Stupendous Sunset in Southeastern Nebraska
Begin: Denver, CO Lunch: North Platte Taco Johns (et al) Finish: York, NE 517 miles Day One for Tour 6 and Mini A… [Read More]
June 9, 2017 Central North Dakota Supercell
On the day prior to this (June 8), we held out some hope for a storm near the western NE/SD border. We started at… [Read More]
May 25, 2017 Northwest Kansas supercell
Start: Ulysses, KS End: Hoisington, KS SPC Day One/20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 840 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 841 SPC Mesoscale Discussion 842 SPC Storm Reports… [Read More]
May 10, 2017 Red River Supercells
Begin: Lubbock, TX Lunch: Dickens/Ponderosa BBQ End: Comanche Red River Hotel, OK (near Burkburnett, TX) 420 miles SPC Day One/20Z SPC Mesoscale Discussion 684… [Read More]
January 10, 2017 Eastern Sierra Nevada Lenticular Clouds
I try to get out to the desert a couple of times every winter for some photography, especially when westerly flow at mid-levels of the… [Read More]
May 29, 2016 Lingo Storm and Morton Salt (of the Earth)
Start/Lamar, CO End/Lubbock, TX 567 miles Lunch in Dalhart (Toxic Hell and Pizza The Hut) SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-777 e NM and TX… [Read More]
April 14, 2016 Dust and Desolation in the Desert
A desert day trip turned sour when the Xterra died just east of Ballarat, in Panamint Valley. That story is here. There were some… [Read More]
March 31, 2016 Carrizo Dust Devils
Rook and Tom and I were minding our own business, wandering around the Carrizo Plain and looking for wildflowers to photograph, when we came… [Read More]
March 28, 2016 Whitewater Wind and Dust Storm
I had planned on leaving mom’s place in Palm Desert for home on the day prior, but a storm system coming into California… [Read More]
March 21, 2016 Owens Valley Lenticular Clouds
A large trough of low pressure was approaching California from the west on Monday, March 21. The strong flow at mid-levels from the west-southwest… [Read More]