Summary: Blue Sky Busted in Nebraska, but spent the day hanging with lots of friends from the chase community. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: 0.00″ Wind: <58mph Chasers encountered: > 60-70 Detailed Account: Saturday May 5th held some potential. I had been watching the setup evolve over the weak. Everything looked [...]
On the 5 year anniversary of my first tornado, a chase setup along the NE/SD border will present itself. The setup holds some tornado potential, but it is not the best there can be. Directional shear looks great, but speed shear and upper support are lacking. In addition to this, some model runs have been [...]
Meso-analysis is showing the negatives of a decaying MCS cluster moving through in the early afternoon. Here you can see what it does to CAPE values noting that most of Northern Illinois is nowhere near as stable as surrounding areas. The are will need to clear out in order for destabilization to occur. This is [...]
Spring has finally sprung here in Northern Illinois. There is a threat for thunderstorms, some possibly severe for the next several days. Currently tomorrow [Wednesday] and Thursday look to hold the best chance for severe weather. I will probably head out for a chase at some point, but am currently torn. Despite the chance for [...]
Summary: Intercepted several storms on Moderate Risk day that fell way below expectations. Witnessed some mediocre structure and experience storm gust out overhead. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 Hail: .25″ (pea) Wind: est 55-60mph Detailed Account: On the one year anniversary of the super outbreak, a chase setup presented itself in Kansas. It [...]
Sitting south of emporia Kansas waiting for storm initiation. Skies are grey and it is cool but we are just north of the warm frontal boundary. This boundary should be the focal point for tornadic supercells later. Stay tuned! Live stream will be up once we move.
Summary: Detoured on the way home for low confidence, moderate risk setup near the MN/IA border. Watched numerous storms go up in highly sheared environment with little cape noting nothing more than a couple small rain cores and no real severe weather. Called chase early and headed for home. Stats: Tornadoes: 0 [...]
Those in tune with the world of storm chasing know that since last weeks high risk in Kansas/Oklahoma there has been more talk about drama than the actual tornadoes. A sad state of reality indeed. This all stemmed from a county official complaining there were too many chasers in the road. Since then it has [...]
Summary: Waited for struggling storms to get going before bailing on initial target for supercell heading for Norman. Got stuck in traffic during core punch during attempt to get ahead of storm while it was producing a torando in Norman. Got hung up in damage, and more traffic after deciding to blast west for new [...]
Summary: A frustrating daytime chase gives redemption at dusk. Intercepted multiple tornadic supercells nothing same scenario for everyone. Storms with rapid rotation producing brief touchdowns and having trouble fully planting. Finally stuck with one storm that went on to produce a couple good tornadoes at dusk and after dark, giving way to the best night [...]
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