May 9th 2013 Snyder, OK Supercell

Waited a long time this afternoon for good storms to fire, it had a hard time trying to get going. So we messed around, petted some horses, got lunch, and finally late evening we found something worth while.

This storm popped up on radar and looked like it was organized. 

Then we saw the striations in this cell, and a wall cloud that was rotating. 

As it was getting pretty dark it re organized and created this really big bell meso, and we tried to capture some lightning with it for a while. This cell didnt move very fast and spent most of its time near Snyder, OK. 

May 9th 2013 Night Chase 1am CDT Leedey, OK

Went out on a late night chase to catch some lightning, these backside crawlers made a great show and some even better pictures. 

Getting excited about a possible chase in northern Colorado on the 7th and a possible even better chase on the 8th in Northern KS.

[Grab from Twisterdata Dewpoint GFS at 0000z May9th (May 8th 6pm) ]

With the impending snow I can only think about when our next storm chase is going to be. It has been very quiet with these crappy patterns we have had lately. I am scheduled to be driving on Roger Hill's tours this year at the times circled below. Around that I will chase good setups on my own. 

With a new chase computer, will be trying to live stream with the gopro this first week, if it doesnt look great the rest of the season I will stream with the DV Cam. 

Looking forward to doing some more timelapses on the DSLR

Silver Lining Tours Day 5

Its been a long week and a lot of driving but so far we have had one late evening in particular that was an amazing chase. I am a guide driver for Roger Hill on his Tour Company Silver Lining Tours, and Tuesday night we were in NM. We were really pushing all day for cumulus to push off of the higher terrain and get east into really favorable environment. We watched little cu fields turn into a massive cell later. At sunset it was a huge mothership, and it actually back lit the structure with amazing color. Something I have rarely seen is outer bands around this Meso with space between them, so it made like rings of Saturn around this storm LOL. The past few days its really been difficult to get storms going any early in the day at all, its tested a lot of our patience and boredom lol. Tuesday made this week of lots of driving a lot less painful with its amazing structure. Roger Hill was excited like he always is, just stunned at what the cell turned into. I have video of him saying wow probably 50 times. After dark this cell intensified even more, tiled even more, and structured even more. There were probably 6 Plates Tilted up to the Anvil on this storm and the lightning was insane. We drove through a town close by the hail core and found that up to Baseball fell on this little town in NM. This is my first time working with a tour company but I kinda like it, the people on the tour are smarter than one would think about weather, a lot of them have been chasing a few times on tours, and they are all enthusiastic and none of them are crazy this week lol. I am also producing a short film of this week, although not one of Roger's best weeks it may still be interesting. Its difficult to run multiple cameras, audio gear, and also drive all day. Possible chase today in Kansas, upper level flow sucks, blehhh. And one more chase tomorrow before I return home and then go back out for a few days for another secret project I have goin on.

Next week looks possibly interesting in CO for a few days with a trough coming in if it continues to show that.

April 14th 2012

Its the beginning of a long day



High Risk today for tornadoes, first of all everyone be safe out there.

I am currently hanging out in the North Platte area waiting to pick a target for today. Its foggy out here, so there is a lot of moisture to tap into. I got to admit I am a little nervous today. Especially since I am chasing alone.

3-18-12 Update

Got to Sublette, KS and waiting under a nice cu field, I am now streaming on severe studios. Just waiting for storms to fire.

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