Stormbruiser.com – Page 34

January 7, 2017 Thunderstorm on the Oxnard Plain

By late afternoon today, radar and satellite showed a good-sized thunderstorm well to the WSW of Pt. Conception and moving to the east. … [Read More]

2016 Storm Chase Season Summary

My chase season for 2016 as the tour director for Tempest Tours was quite satisfying. First and foremost, our company guides drove safely, they… [Read More]

November 18, 2016 Death Valley Temperature Record Blog on WU

If you have looked through my web site, then you have probably come across my write-ups on the world’s record high temperature of 134F… [Read More]

November 5, 2016 San Nicolas Island Corral Harbor

On the north coast of San Nicolas Island is Corral Harbor. There is a narrow entrance from the ocean on the north side, and… [Read More]

November 5, 2016 San Nicolas Island Sea Lions — no, wait — they are Elephant Seals!

On this day on San Nicolas Island, I rode my bike from Nicktown to the north coast, a little northwest of the “town.” There… [Read More]

Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record — Part 5 Supplemental Data Tables

The data tables below were prepared for the WeatherUnderground writeup of October, 2016. Incorporated in Table A are the average daily maximums for Death Valley… [Read More]

October 10, 2016 San Nicolas Island photography

I had my tripod with me out on the island on this visit, so I was able to get some decent long-exposure shots of… [Read More]

Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record — Part 4 Historic Heat Waves

PART FOUR — HISTORIC HEAT WAVES IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION This part was becoming large and unwieldy, so I have broken it up into… [Read More]

August 20, 2016 Westlake Village sunset

A large wildfire was in progress on this afternoon, well to my west, in Santa Barbara County. Even though it was more than 70… [Read More]

August 11, 2016 Perseids from Chuchupate

The Perseid meteor shower was likely to be a lot better this year — so said the folks who presumably know these things. The… [Read More]

July 1, 2016 Acoma, NM Rain Blob

June 30 was my final chase day of the season with Tempest Tours. Chris Gullikson took over the tour directing duties, and I headed… [Read More]

June 30, 2016 Lycan, Colorado Supercell

Start/Holyoke, CO End/Elkhart, KS SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1100 Severe weather parameters were just so-so today, with marginal wind shear and pretty good… [Read More]

June 29, 2016 Strong Storms in Northeast Colorado

Start/Ogallala, NE End/Holyoke, CO Lunch at Dix, NE D&B Diner SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1091 SPC Storm Reports With moderate northwest flow… [Read More]

June 28, 2016 Hyannis Supercell

Start/Yuma, CO End/Ogallala, NE 471 miles Lunch at the Runza in Sidney, NE SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1072 E WY/W NE 2… [Read More]

June 27, 2016 Ovid Supercell

Start/North Platte, NE End/Yuma, CO 346 miles Lunch at Valentinos in Ogallala SPC Day One 20Z spc-mesoscale-discussion-1064 spc-mesoscale-discussion-1065 spc-mesoscale-discussion-1066 spc-mesoscale-discussion-1067 Storm Reports Our… [Read More]