Hello Patrons of the arts & science.
MUSIC UPDATE
The last couple weeks have been very productive initiated by a deep creative zone writing and recording. 4 songs are close to completion with another 5 half finished and another 5 chomping at the bit to get started. I'm having a blast with...
2022-11-20 16:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Sneak Peek on how to best wear your anti-burrito spray during 15% hatched tornado risks.
2022-11-05 21:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a good tornado threat tomorrow in the ArkLaTex (Arkansas - Louisiana - Texas vicinity). My current target is starting near i20 east of Dallas perhaps around Canton. Expecting a messy, rainy atmosphere in extremely difficult chasing terrain (TREES!!! AHHH!!!). This is my turf and I've fared well here in the past, however...&nb...
2022-11-03 22:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Patrons,
Chiming in to update you on the avalanche of progress you're supporting here. The continuing lack of photogenic storms in my stomping grounds has resulted in a deep rhythm of creativity and productivity, however this could be disturbed this week...
THURSDAY
2022-11-01 19:26:36 +0000 UTC
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Low tornado probabilities currently appear Sunday and Monday…
SUNDAY late afternoon and evening, temperatures may come close to 90F in Southern Nebraska. A sharp dryline should develop with dews in the upper 50s.
* High temperatures and low dew points are not favorable for tornadoes. We call this the TD spread (T ...
2022-10-22 21:59:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
Below in the attachments is a photo download. This was a spectacular August evening in southeast Arizona this last monsoon.
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SPAMMER ALERT - HEADS UP!!!
Some major league @$$hole is impersonating me in the comment section of YouTube and luring people to message him / her (but I'd bet a ...
2022-10-15 18:12:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots of comedy in this next one and perhaps some tears of joy for the most hardcore animal lovers. My hopes for this cut is that it awakens two or three of the compassion impaired. Again, It’s very unlikely I could produce this content without your patronage.
MORE RAMBLING THOUGHTS - if you’re bored…
NATURE & TRAVEL VIDEO...
2022-10-06 21:33:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Those starved for storms will have a few shots at some multicells and perhaps supercells before things get squally the next few days. Above is Tonight's NAM NEST forecast for 6PM CDT. Below is Friday evening...
and Below is...
2022-09-15 18:26:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Damnit, I'm in love with whales. Everyday we observed humpback whales from the shore. On one extremely special occasion I was able to fly the drone over a loving mother and playful calf while they rested for roughly 20 minutes before diving. The footage is some of my best.
Moorea is a small island 30 miles or so fr...
2022-09-10 21:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Summer’s almost gone unless you live in the southwest US. Hope you guys there can weather out the heat dome.
Yesterday we observed humpback whales from our hillside air B&B and today we are roughing it in one of these bungalows.
On the flight over it was fascinating crossing the ITCZ (InterTropical Convergence Zone). There we...
2022-09-02 18:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
I'm in hour 57 of this new mess I'm working on. 40 windshield wipers removed in photoshop frame by frame, A million little decisions completed and only 250 big ones to go. Scoring the music will likely take a day and fine tuning another. Hoping to publish this bad boy Saturday.
In the atta...
2022-08-25 19:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy Gang!
I think I can have the next video uploaded by next Thursday or Friday. In the grab above I'm discussing a blunder that almost cost me my life. In the craziness of approaching a large rain wrapped tornado in a view impairing ridge, my tablet road maps got skewed to the right. Can you see how this could be a sli...
2022-08-19 00:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
This year in the desert my objective was to capture more real time, lightning storm video rather than stills and time lapses. It was a very active Monsoon while I was there with surreal colors, but I feel I didn't capitalize the best I could have.
2022-08-10 21:39:57 +0000 UTC
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Hey gang,
I continue to have slight covid symptoms reminiscent of a wine mixed with tequila Southern Backtones gig hang over. The most inconvenient symptom is a lack of enthusiasm to work hard evident in the photo above :D. The last 2 nights I've been pent up in a Holiday Inn watching HBO left overs. It's actually not bad...
2022-08-04 21:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post
After flying home from Phoenix yesterday Nat tested positive for Covid. She had minor symptoms and tested negative thrice, but 4th time's a'Larm. :D Yesterday I was slightly feverish and quarantined in a hotel all day but feeling 95% today... Armed with 3 jabs, my leucocytes are likely kicking some serious Covid butt.
2022-08-02 19:04:37 +0000 UTC
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Yesterday the HRRR guidance was spot on. We scored lots of daytime bolts from a slow moving / back building cell...
TODAY: Nat and I will likely head back to the Tohono O'Odham Nation stomping grounds west of Tucson.
Good luck S...
2022-07-31 18:11:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The North American Monsoon provides opportunities to capture highly branched lightning with beautiful colors and incredibly dreamy landscapes. Forecasting can be frustrating and you never really know what's around the next mountain, but the HRRR model can help point you in A direction. My morning forecasts are often abandoned by afte...
2022-07-30 16:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't do a lot of self portraits, however this one has a moral. Attempting to milk every lightning drop from this surging storm in Montana, I had two cameras on tripods snapping away and a drone up. 45 seconds prior to the severe outflow winds I landed the drone, packed up the first camera and tripod and almost made it to the secon...
2022-07-25 22:04:31 +0000 UTC View Post
There were no decent storms in Florida so we got to goof off instead.
Great to see fellow Patrons Celton & Jungle Jay and treat them to $6 cans of water at the Yeti Film Fest. Be sure and follow the link to Youtube.
2022-07-18 02:29:47 +0000 UTC View Post
We just got back from the Florida Keys, and the Yeti Film Festival in Florida. Highlights were meeting up with fellow Patrons Celton and Jungle Jay, Manatees, Cuban food and frozen chocolate covered Key lime pie on a stick.
The "Yeti Presents" film "Ballad of Pecos Hank" will eventually be on their YouTube page now that their f...
2022-07-15 22:30:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey gang, be sure and follow the link to YouTube if you wanna participate in the chat.
So Much fun guys. Here are the links we spoke of in the chat.
1. The Patreon Discord. Please keep this to Pat...
2022-07-07 00:55:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots to chat about... 2022 tornado season, Yeti Films in Florida, the Monsoon & Tahiti all in the next 8 weeks. I'll send another reminder prior. Let's do this!
2022-07-06 15:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Gang,
I'm popping in to let you know I'll likely be uploading a new video sometime in the next 72 hours. Fifteen minutes of neato storms and interesting information dove-tailed with horror... YouTube will almost certainly limit monetization on this one.
I generally have multiple cameras running du...
2022-06-28 03:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I’m expecting a bunch of rain to just race by me in Wisconsin. (Black oval is my current target) With this sleeper tornado season in its last inning, I might as well wait for the final out in the off off off chance Morher Nature delivers a photogenic grand slam. Let’s hope she swings and misses.
Heads up everyone in the vicinity...
2022-06-15 14:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ll be hitting the low percentage tornado target again today near Rapid City South Dakota. Long term forecast after that not looking promising, so I might take a break after.
Several chasers I’ve been in contact with have tested positive for Covid. Though it’s been 3-4 days since, I’m symptomless but taking extra precautions to n...
2022-06-13 18:21:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm currently rolling with the SPC's 5% outlook. Will dive deeper into the forecast at a Restuarant after I get kicked out of this repulsive Motel6 in Rapid City. Excited for another round of pretty storms over dreamy scenery. Below are a couple stills from yesterday's super-squall-cell.
2022-06-12 16:30:30 +0000 UTC
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Heads or Tails guys?
Tails is the higher percentage tornado play with potential for discrete southeast moving supercells among mixed modes. Noting I've never seen a significant tornado producing supercell moving southeast at over 20 knots. (Jarrel TX F5 was zippering southwest and I've yet to see anything else like that since.)...
2022-06-11 17:46:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Today Skip & I are in agreement for a northwest Kansas target. We’ll be keeping an eye on SW Nebraska as well, dialing in commitment with future observations.
Yesterday’s 9 day GFS forecast was looking grim for tornado loving freaks. Models have not been in agreement so perhaps a flop is in the cards. Usually you have to say out l...
2022-06-09 15:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Place your bets… A, B, C, or None of the Above?
My choice is hedging B & C until the last minute favoring C for a pretty structure light show. A is a good bet for structure with a higher tornado percentage, but could be squall, outflow dominant & surging fast. The red Circle / none of the above is Anton & Skip’s Target. I...
2022-06-07 16:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post