I'm currently holding off, but MIGHT get suckered out later. This event currently appears to me to be predominately a squall line over poor chase terrain in Eastern OK / Western AR. Supercells seem probable initially in SE KS, but it appears they will quickly congeal into a line. The thread cover image is the SPC's 8AM ou...
2020-04-28 15:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like an easy forecast in tough terrain. Gonna head out after I do a quick live chat on the news in Davenport Iowa. I’m currently slated to go on air at 8:30am. You can listen live if you’re bored here... https://97x.com/2dorks/
I’ll try to update with iPhone pics ...
2020-04-24 13:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Wild ride! Thanks guys.
2020-04-23 06:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Currently targeting Gainesville TX and maybe battling the Red River valley poor chase terrain. I’ll post cruddy iPhone pics and radar grabs when I can in this thread. YeeeHaw!
2020-04-22 14:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I've been passing by New Orleans a lot these days, here's one that translates to "Curse of the Chicken Dance." There's a certain scene with a chicken and Lisa Bonet in the 1987 film "Angel Heart" that inspired me to write this song. bok bok.
FREE DOWNLOAD IN ATTACHMENTS
Looks like another decent chance for tor...
2020-04-21 16:42:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This was some scribble from 7am. Might nudge the target North a bit. Expecting messy mixed-mode storms. Maybe I’ll sift a supercell out of it all. Will try to post updates in this thread.
2020-04-19 17:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's what I could muster up Easter Sunday. Wish I would have recorded the fireman. It would have been uplifting for people to see the brave heroics and caring... But we had other things on our mind. Thanks Patrons for sending me out there.
2020-04-15 02:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Got a solid 8 hours in the wind breaker last night at a Texas rest stop East of Dallas. Did a quick forecast, but immediate challenge is getting on the other side of this line.
Looks like runnin’ n gunnin’ all day. Will try to post ...
2020-04-12 13:23:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hoping to be in the black circle by 3pm. Hoping I don’t regret leaving the red (?) circle right by my house. Hoping for lots of things today.
I’ll update here in this thread with cruddy smartphone pics when I can.
2020-04-11 15:32:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are clips of Paul Smith and I totally nerding out. Paul documented sprite activity over a storm complex while I documented the parent cloud-to-ground lightning activity under the storm complex in June of 2019. In real time, you'll miss some of the CGs, but they're there (if you watch frame by frame).
My next video wi...
2020-04-10 19:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
These are the blank maps I made and use every year to scribble spaghetti on. In the attachments below you'll see all the different sectors that you can download and print.
Thanks Patrons. Won't be long before crazy(ier) time.
2020-04-04 15:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I will not be chasing the big event Saturday. A little too out of my range to invest 40 hours of driving (there-chase and back) for storms forecast to cruise 50+ mph.
So, I thought it would be fun to chat about the event as it unfolds here.
In the 4PM CT NAM run above, you can see reflectivity (precipitation) laid...
2020-03-27 16:10:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This new video is my attempt of simplifying lightning physics without putting the average person to sleep 2 minutes in. I might have to leave for Oklahoma tomorrow night (after it's uploaded). Will let you know if I chase Friday and or Saturday.
Anyway, keep a look out for it. Hope you guys are staying Covid f...
2020-03-26 02:52:28 +0000 UTC View Post
This terrible beauty earned an EF4 rating after destroying someone's home and wiping the foundation clean while a husband and wife sheltered in the basement. They sustained minor bruises and scratches as debris from their home slammed into them. It got bad, but they survived.
Download the high res file in the attachments...
2020-03-23 23:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostLast minute decision to chase possible supercells in north TX this evening. Gas pump is done. Gotta roll! Will chime in here in this thread when I can.
Here's one of mine from a decade ago. It's about the obvious clues and my failure to see the clear signs... Something's awry! And then it goes in to a long rant of TMI.
I use some of the tracks from this song for a spacey vibe in several storm videos, but it might be to little to recognize. But, you can clearly rec...
2020-03-15 21:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This pandemic is looking to effect all of us, if not directly, indirectly. I think this is an important and informative video. There's a lot more to this interview you can see on Rogan's youtube channel for more information.
Will the coronavirus interrupt storm chasing?
How about a little thought experiment a...
2020-03-11 23:53:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I was hoping for some pretty storms Tuesday-Wednesday, but it's currently looking like messy runny stuff. Regardless, it's time to dust off the gear and break some wind. (Reflectivity screen grab: 12AM Wednesday)
NEXT VIDEO...
I'm still working to simplify the physics and current scientific understanding of red sprites and other TLEs...
2020-03-01 17:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Click on the link above to participate in tonights live chat. Be sure to view it through youtube so you can ask and see the questions. Let me put on some make up and we'll get started.
2020-02-20 01:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's hang out tomorrow night and chat about whirling wind and water vapor and what not. Any questions you have about weather will help keep my from rambling on about snakes, so bring em. Chat mañana!
2020-02-19 00:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m not chasing today... Nasty supercell near Jackson could be producing a tornado. That other cell near Gulfport also is worthy of extra attention.
When I started Patreon in 2018, my goal was to just keep being able to do what I’ve always done. My second goal was to be able to travel the world documenting other storms, Auroras, volca...
2020-02-05 20:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Several of you recognized the theme song in my "Tornadoes of 2019" documentary. It's my homage to a movie that has heavily influenced my YouTube channel. In this cover of "Theme from the Endless Summer" I recorded 3 tracks with my iPhone... Acoustic guitar, bass and lead guitar and mixed them in Adobe Premiere. Generally I like...
2020-02-04 22:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
After 2 straight weeks of ignoring all other responsibilities, I think this bad boy will be ready for uploading tomorrow assuming I don't have the same YouTube upload issues I had last year.
In mad scientist mode, I've blown off my family, my sleep, my hunger and even you guys trying to get 'er done. If I spent another 1...
2020-01-31 22:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Any Metal heads out there?
As many of you know, Jo Bird is my musical parter in crime. She's terribly shy, beautifully dark, and intimidatingly talented. With Todd and I, she's a shredding gypsy jazz virtuoso, but she also fronts her own metal band called "Fiddle Witch." She was kind enough to give you guys a...
2020-01-19 19:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Still going through ALL my footage from last year for "Tornadoes of 2019." Most of this video will be omitted so I thought I'd share the nastiness with ya first.
I should have all the quality cuts from 2019 on a sequence by tonight. Right now that's about 1 hour and 20 minutes of material that I'm hoping to trim down to ...
2020-01-15 22:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post
There's already a tornado warning in NE Oklahoma (as of 11:45am). By 3pm mixed storm modes appear to be ongoing in the DFW vicinity according to the NAM and HRRR. Storms will congeal into a line and track east. By 12am the tail and of the line appears to be reaching Houston. My current thinking is that none of this is lik...
2020-01-10 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Severe weather and possible tornadoes Friday and Saturday might usher in the first chase of 2020. Generally these warm winter setups down here are messy gray goobliglosh, but a weak cap might hold off the mess a bit for some discrete cells if current optimism verifies.
For decades I've chased these east Texas jungle winter setu...
2020-01-07 01:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy New year Patrons! Here are some fireworks over Ord Nebraska. Download the high res version in the attachments if you wanna print it, or use it as your screen saver, etc.
This was an extremely active lightning storm back in 2018. Here is a perspective underneath the trailing anvil cloud with anvil crawlers and mammat...
2020-01-02 17:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
HELLO Ho Ho Patrons!
Below in the attachments are your two 2020 poster calendar file options... an 11x17 and a 16x24. Download and print one or two or three of these suckers and give em away to your storm loving family and friends for Christmas, and then print the big one for yourself. I print the 11x17s at the local prin...
2019-12-19 22:26:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m not able to make the Really dangerous situation today in the Louisiana / Mississippi vicinity. Hoping for the best.
2019-12-16 18:02:44 +0000 UTC View Post