For 13 days, storms fired early, persisting through the magic hour and after sunset. It then took me on average a couple hours to dump the footage, hit the sack, and then hit repeat.
2021-08-17 22:23:55 +0000 UTC
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Yep, Cheesy title. :D
Since I arrived here in new Mexico 6 days ago, every single day has yielded a boatload of portfolio worthy material. This is by far my most successful monsoon in over 20 years.
Each day has begun around 3PM and zaps well after sunset. There's barely ...
2021-08-08 17:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Having fun out here. Lots of pretty CGs and rattlesnakes. The next few days look kinda dead for decent storms, but it only takes that one pretty bolt to induce sweet dreams.
Seve...
2021-08-04 20:29:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Potential lightning storms in West Texas today. Looks like I'll be heading West instead of East to Florida. The deciding factors were... 1. The Monsoons are NOW, and Florida has thunderstorm potential year round. 2. Super secret job mission that I'm under contract to keep ...
2021-08-01 17:06:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Everyone.
Every other year or so I go to Arizona chasing monsoonal thunderstorms and crazy reptiles. This August I'm considering turning my sites toward Florida. 2010 was the last time I chased there mainly due to the speeding ticket I never paid. Curren...
2021-07-29 19:28:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Storm chaser Blake Brown and I are gonna chat it up tonight at 9pm CT on instagram live on his account. I didn’t even know of such I thing. Maybe I’ll see you guys over there. Here’s the link…
2021-07-20 21:18:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-07-16 18:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m currently in Tulsa replacing the Wind Breaker’s front tires. Last night’s storms over KS, NE, MO, and IL were big time spriters. Paul Smith and I sat on a gravel road together for 3 hours marveling the high frequency of the sprites. At times, one every 10 seconds. Paul exclaimed he’s ...
2021-07-10 18:34:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like an active weekend for lightning and TLEs at the very least. I'll likely head up tomorrow to see something in Kansas or Missouri.
FRIDAY NIGHT 1am...
and here's the GFS'...
2021-07-08 18:57:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Today’s storms have all the promise of hotel coffee in a styrofoam cup with powdered creamer. But that’s better than no coffee at all.
Despite the ugly diurnal storms yesterday, the nocturnal page provided some good horizontally extensive positive Cloud-to-ground lightning and in turn...
2021-06-26 16:15:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday’s 70s dew points and meager shear proved to be a great car wash. Daniel Shaw and I were on the first supercell of the day
But it quickly turned into an outflow dominant HP s...
2021-06-25 16:35:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Had more time than usual to analyze the models and I’m feeling confident this target (black blob) will hold through the day. Storm initiation perhaps 5pm to 7pm and likely HP in nature. Outflow boundaries might be the magic ingredient for any terror. Let’s see what Mother Nature is cooking up...
2021-06-24 15:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Leaving Houston this afternoon for Kansas, Nebraska, or maybe Iowa. Looks like a few optimistic days of meager tornado potential and mega lightning potential.
SONG of THE MONTH
Let's call this one "Solar Storm." You might recognize it in the recent blooper video and...
2021-06-23 16:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the raw cut to the team's first assembly in 2021. All sorts of fun stuff with this one.
ALSO, be sure and check out fellow Patron Felix Wheatfield's first tornado capture in Indiana on June 18th...
2021-06-20 17:56:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Good luck making sense of my scribbles… Shoulda coulda woulda made the drive to Montana last week. I’m being picky and it’s costing me a deficit of storms. Sitting out Iowa tomorrow. Perhaps something in South Dakota or better yet, Kansas on Saturday and if the GFS verifies (I’m very skep...
2021-06-16 23:37:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the Low Precipitation supercell / perfect storm that occurred on May 16th, 2021 near Sudan Texas. After dropping the ball on the first 25 minutes of this event, Mother Nature had mercy on me and kept the storm going another couple hours... Ample time for redemption.
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Hello Patrons,
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See you in... 11
What's going on Patrons? I'm way behind on everything including answering messages, but slowly getting caught up in what looks like a break from forecastable tornadoes until next week. Let's chat about another weirdly slow May, the goods, the bads and the uglies.
See you i...
2021-06-01 18:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The tornado sirens and wind you're hearing are from the May 17, 2019 McCook Nebraska tornadoes. A couple days later I recorded "Ecstasy of Gold" (The Good, The Bad & the Ugly) with my travel guitar in a hotel in Woodward Oklahoma and uploaded "Classic Tornado Highlights - McCook Nebrask...
2021-05-29 20:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Heads or tails? Gonna try to have the early show in Oklahoma within range for consideration by 12-2pm, if we miss it, I’ll try to reign the group down near midland TX for the later show. Looks like a good lightning set-up today. Gotta run!!!
It appears forecasting by committee blew up in ...
2021-05-27 15:25:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m late. Gotta run! Good luck chasers!
2021-05-26 16:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post
No clear target today, but He’s pointing to Dodge City vicinity. This Is day 9 or 10 straight of chasing and I haven’t had a chance to respond to your messages here, but I look forward to on my first down day. Some of you guys are kicking ass and posting amazing captures in the community sect...
2021-05-25 17:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Just kidding. Man I could sit and talk to chaser friends for hours on end but I’d never get this job done. Brief hangs with Chuck, Karen, Jonathan, TJ, Reed, Brett, Mezuel, Pigeon and the list goes on, have all been too brief. Good luck today everyone!
2021-05-24 16:51:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a terrible track record in Colorado. Hoping to change that again today. It's currently looking like an all-dayer / late nighter for lightning. I'll try to post updates here. Gotta run! Good luck chasers.
2021-05-23 15:53:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Rather than doing in-depth forecasting I’ve been BS’n with chasers this morning. But my current plan is to monitor this target area and dial it in with later observations. If I could I’d teleport to New Mexico. Good luck today chasers!
2021-05-22 16:40:11 +0000 UTC
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Nice little target carved out today. Teammate Skip Talbot has his eye on the Cold front to the North and I'm doing my best to muddy the waters of his decision. We'll see who is the most convincing.
MY DRONE FOOTAGE $ucK$ (mavic 2 pro)
2021-05-21 15:56:17 +0000 UTC
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There’s our target area. Less than 2% of a burrito today. Let’s see if there are any bonus fries. Will post em if I can 🌪
2021-05-20 21:14:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Woke up and had to run. Will post goodies and updates when I can.
2021-05-18 21:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday had it all. Tornadoes, supercell structure with crazy sunset colors, lightning and sprites. Just finished four hours of footage. I'm well rested and ready to meet up with Anton, Tracie, Jennifer and Skip to begin our field data collecting campaign. Heads up, it's diffi...
2021-05-17 17:31:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Gonna go play in the low tornado probabilities today. Optimistic for some unforecastable surprise of beauty of some sort. I’ll post here if I get anything. Good luck other chasers!
2021-05-16 15:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post