Yesterday’s dismay at seeing a Moderate Risk posted in Texas as well as several reports of tornadoes there has morphed into today’s philosophical mindset. I realized several months ago that the odds were against us when this year’s Plains chase trip h…
Go figure…I’m back home and this happens! If this had been forecast a bit better I might have changed my flight back home until tomorrow! How many ways can you say disgusted……?!!
Despite multiple model depictions of convection in central/southern OK and despite two mesoscale discussions and a severe TS watch, we busted big time today. We had an “opportunity” to chase a couple of hailers in eastern OK along interstate 40 but I …
The radar depictions above shows the splitting storm and then the left and right-hand storms that came from the split. The top radar view is a couple of minutes after the hail core of the left-hand cell passed over us. The right-hand storm was tornad…
Well, that’s the line my brother shouted out when my wife called at 8:30 (CDT) this evening while we were in the midst of a chase. We started out this morning planning to chase southeastern Kansas and indeed spent a couple of hours in the early aftern…
From Wichita NWS Forecast Office (1200 CDT HWO):”THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON…HOWEVER IF THEY DO…SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL TOQUARTER SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.”Now do you see why we’re having difficulty with th…
Things are looking up! After a pleasant stay in Wichita and enjoying the revitalized area (plenty of upscale restaurants, shops, and an awesome coffee shop just across from our hotel) we’re ready to do some serious chasing today and tomorrow. At the …
Currently sitting in a hotel in Moore OK after flying into Dallas yesterday for my Plains mini-chase. With my western chasing (bad) luck intact I have arrived during a lull in the action and am hoping that things will look better tomorrow than they ap…
I flew out of Richmond this morning after leaving home at oh-dark-thirty (on a Saturday?? What am I thinking??!! Oh yeah, this is a chase trip…), met my brother – who picked me up at DFW – and headed up to this hotel in Moore in hopes of scaring up…
