Plan “A” today is to watch the southern end of storm clusters and see if anything can organize.
Yesterday I was late for the first tornado in Texas, but got the slushy second one in thick coils of rain. (Thanks to my security cameras). At one dumb point I was escaping the tornado in a construction zone. Slaloming ...
2024-04-28 16:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Good Morning Patrons,
Lots of swinging emotions to process. I hope everyone is safe and we didn't lose any loved ones. Things are firing up early today and I'm out of range a bit in Central Kansas. I'm going to blast south into Oklahoma and then do some misanalysis if time allows, however I'm anticipating jumping on th...
2024-04-27 14:14:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Place your bets. A, B or C?
If I was more reckless I'd try a 2'fer starting with target A and blasting down to B. As of now I'm aiming at B.
Yesterday was a silly scramble through cold goobliglosh. There were some nice bolts and a 2" hail stone was kind enough to crack my window to the lower right and not impai...
2024-04-26 16:07:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning Chasers,
I’m currently targeting the warm front in NW Kansas. The warm front can be a double edged sword at times and I usually opt for the dryline, however conditional capping on the dry line and high confidence initiation on the warm front… you get the idea. Shaw and I are departing Dumbass Texas heading...
2024-04-25 15:10:29 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that time. Like many of you I've been preparing for weeks of burrito bonanza chasing and I think I'm well prepared physically, technically and mentally. Today I'll be heading to the 2% in west Texas. the latest runs initiate storms well after dark...
Here's the HRRR at midnight followed by the NAM at 1AM.
I was not expecting this. Got a 10 minute time lapse of the Houghton - New London Iowa tornado on Tuesday.
Not the prettiest tornad...
2024-04-19 02:52:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday was a dud. Daniel and I were on the Texas cells at initiation. Lotta lightning activity for a few minutes and then plolplplp…
TODAY LOOKS AMAZING if you love driving for no reason and atrophy in your buttocks. I’m currently targeting SE Iowa. If I leave now I’ll likely arrive late for cells moving 60 mp...
2024-04-16 13:08:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been torn between the southern 5% target in Texas and the 10% SigTor target in Kansas all morning. As of now I’m choosing Texas / Abilene vicinity. I may make a mad dash north last second if the CAMS start to resolve daylight storms there.
I’ll try to post worthy updates.
Good luck gamblers!
2024-04-15 17:40:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Gang,
In the attachments below is an mp3 of my new single "Soul Chaser." I suspect we'll hear this quite a bit in future videos. (EXPIRED)
If you haven't seen the storm footage I've choreographed with it, check out that video on my music channel...
I hope everyone had a good time yesterday. My cousin Spencer got clouded in in the Texas Hill Country but was amazed by the falling darkness and animal behavior. We raced clouds from 4:30 AM until 1:30PM finding clear blue skies in Arkansas just before totality. Looking forward to the next one.
TODAY is complicated...
2024-04-09 14:41:33 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the big celestial event. In the ensemble map above we can infer there will be a lot of cloud foiling and a lot of lucky sungazers. It is currently not looking good for most of Texas or New York. You Mainiacs are looking great. Arkansas through Indiana appears to be pretty good, but not a guarantee...
Hey Gang,
Here's a new MV for "Soul Chaser." This hasn't been officially released yet but I want you guys to be the first to see it. I've been using bits of this song for years but finally got around to assembling them properly. Each movement (section) reminds me of something. First and obviously the violent tornado, th...
2024-04-07 00:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Above is an ensemble of CAMS reflectivity forecasts. I think there's solid enough agreement to put the current target near Vernon TX to Lawton OK. This is well south of the SPC 10% Sig Tor outlook attm.
I'm currently not ...
2024-04-01 14:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Above is the fatty fun cloud from Sunday's Oklahoma storm chase. Pretty weak instability, but an abundance of SRH had the storms spinning pretty good. It could have been more neato if it wasn't so lazy.
I should be able to have...
2024-03-27 01:44:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning Chasers,
I’m currently targeting Woodward Ok keeping S KS and the rest of OK in play. HRRR currently suggesting to me most of KS is botched with poor dews, however SPC is still keeping it in play. Will get north and asses if time allows.
2024-03-24 14:38:51 +0000 UTC
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Evening Patrons,
I'm debuting the poster art for my next single "Soul Chaser" here now. This was heavily inspired by "The Endless Summer" movie poster and old 60's n 70's Blues posters with the wonky colors. In the attachments below is your high res printable version.
2024-03-22 01:11:26 +0000 UTC
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Good morning Patrons of the arts and sky. Today I'll be chasing a complicated stormy scene around the Red River. My morning forecast / location bias has me targeting North Texas (B), however the SPC isn't in agreement with that target attm (at the moment)...
2024-03-14 14:25:32 +0000 UTC
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See you in a couple minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/live/R7NuiVQ00d4?si=rk1fMRT0S7qgAOgv
2024-03-13 00:58:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Everyone,
I hope you're feeling the Spring fever too. Let's have a live chat tomorrow evening and let loose some of the excitement for the big up and coming storm season.
I just dropped a bitter $9100 on new camera gear however the excitement and possibilities of it all are a healin'....
2024-03-12 01:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
To mess with our heads, the SPC snuck in a late 5% today at 11:20AM. Running the numbers prior, I slated today as a waste of gas. Could this be our first regret of the year? :D
The NAM seemed to resolve the last 2 or 3 events better than the HRRR. Here are those CAMS cheat sheets for today starting with the ...
2024-03-07 20:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like storms should pop in the Midwest in a few hours. SPC has issued a 10% Sig Tor around the Ohio River Valley. The NAM resolved supercells around Chicago. Could be a close to or after dark event. Stay safe those in the risk area. Stay extra safe those chasing.
2024-02-28 06:17:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey Gang,
I chased the storms into Louisiana yesterday. My morning forecast suggested garbage however an AM tornado warning an hour away got me out the door quickly... To see garbage. Total dud event. Nobody down here is complaining.
2024-02-12 20:01:12 +0000 UTC
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Good evening Patrons. Let’s figure out what we’re gonna do this weekend. Tomorrow the atmosphere may take a swing at some supercells. I’ll have a closer look in the morning, but the brown circle above is my current target at a glance.
The HRRR is hinting at sunset supercells riding a boundary across the hill coun...
2024-02-10 03:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Everyone.
The South America trip footage is boiled down to just under 3 hours. After another many thousand little decisions, perhaps I can whittle it down to 20 minutes. Fun stuff!
2024 CHA...
2024-01-29 02:57:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Warm greetings Patrons,
Attached below is a high res download of the one supercell Scott Currens and I documented in Argentina last month. At this moment the tornado threat had diminished and storm outflow blew away its lowering.
WINTER WEATHER
Like many of you, we are preparing the yard for freezing wea...
2024-01-14 23:58:05 +0000 UTC View Post
SPC is going bold with a 10% Sig-Tor in LA and beyond tomorrow. To chase, I’ll need to see surface temperatures warming more than what the models are currently projecting… something the SPC suggested is plausible.
2024-01-07 23:46:40 +0000 UTC
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Wishing you guys a joyful holiday season. I can’t express how blessed I feel to have your support. Let’s spend as much time as we can with our blood and loved ones in person or digitally and regroup in 2024. Storm season is coming fast (especially for us Sourherners).
Sharing a few magical moments from Argentina…...
2023-12-24 01:35:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The first scientific journal studying green ghosts has been published and the conclusions are interstellar! A research team in Spain was able to capture a ghost with a spectroscopic instrument. According to their analysis, green ghosts are excited molecular oxygen as Paul Smith first hypothesized, however the oxyg...
2023-12-21 00:15:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Top of the 9th and we finally scored a supercell! Muchos props to Scott for forecasting this event while I stared out a window. For a moment it looked like it could tornado, however the crescendo was a much needed lightning show.
DEPARTING THOUGHTS
Our Argentina experience was exotic landscapes and wildlife, good...
2023-12-13 16:01:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve been blazing a trail all over the Northern half of this country. Two days ago we scored a distant lightning storm but tall trees and very limited roads prevented fantastic captures. We should be able to shoe-horn in 2 more chases before departing Wednesday (if we pull an all-nighter-driver). Very optimistic about fant...
2023-12-11 13:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
