Thursday, May 27, 2010

CO Hail May 26th

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Backyard Chasing May 26

Chasing in our backyard today, looks like we have a chance for large hail and isolated tornadoes in our area. Will be out chasing today on the northeast of our plains.. Hard play today, just got to keep an eye on breaks in the clouds and watch radar, for the areas of the best cape and shear. I still like the Cheyenne Ridge today.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Target area today

Targeting Oakley, KS area for initiation today, and surrounding area for best Helicity and Cape. The RUC Composite shows development starting at 6pm CDT around Oakley. Waiting for this cu field to move westward in Wakeeney right now while checking models, then break cap in a couple hours.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

May 22 2010


Chasing in Becca's favorite territory today! Except for the area near NE/SD border which is horrible territory. Which happens to look the best on the models.. It also seems that a nice cell in the Texas panhandle may occur today.. :)

Friday, May 21, 2010

May 21 2010


(Just before the tornado west of wheatland, wy)

(Reported as a Tornado, near Wheatland, WY)



(Near Jay Em, WY found at 6:30pm)


(South of Lusk, WY 6:45pm)

(Near Crawford, at 7:30 pm)

After the sun went down, and some beers with TIV crew, we went back out around Chadron, NE watching a very incredible lightning storm, and a very very low meso on what seemed to be a nicely structured storm. Staying the night in Chadron, NE tonight to position ourselves for South Dakota.


Chasing with Becca, briefing with Chris Yates at 12:30pm today... Going to be a fun chase around the Cheyenne Ridge area...

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 18th 2010

(Where my chase started out over south Denver, lots of tight circulation)


(Neat Striations and CG's out of this cell west of Fort Morgan, CO)


Moderate Risk and 10% tornado in Colorado today!

Monday, May 17, 2010

May 16th 2010

What a great day, was some of the best daytime cc and cg lightning i have seen in a while, got to see a bell shaped meso, and a rotating wall cloud in front of a sunset. On the way home I saw a meteor break through a good portion of the atmosphere too! Chased from Wiggins to Fort Morgan area.


May 15th 2010



This cell (top 2 pics) west of Cheyenne produced a Tornado Early Afternoon, crazy low topped cells with lots of convergence and boundary action

Lots of hail north of Kersey, CO


Nice CG northwest of Sterling, CO after watching a funnel and nice storm structure on this cell

May 13th 2010

May 12th 2010

May 11th 2010

May 10th 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010

High Risk 30 percent torn

Getting some rest in Elk City, OK tonight, then going out for what looks like a chaotic day. Havent chased a high risk with 30 percent tornado in quite a while. Hopefully noone gets hurt tomorrow, everyone stay safe and goodluck! Will be streaming tomorrow on TVN, Check blog map

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Saturday, May 1, 2010

May 1st 2010


Recent PDS 8pm - 4am CDT
Brandon Ivey and Byron Turk Today




PDS Earlier Today

Governor Declared A State of Emergency


Looks like a very intense day for Arkansas. There are very violent tornadoes today.. With 90 over 70 earlier, and the very intense vertical wind shear, high supply of moisture, theres a chance of long track tornadoes into the night. I saw a posting on facebook by Mike Umscheid of spotter locations according to the radar and thought its ridiculous. There are a lot of "storm chasers" out there now, and yet they continue to risk their lives.



As much as I like to watch the weather channel, maybe now or tomorrow would be a good time to watch it or cnbc, or something to see what happened to the people in this state. These were very strong tornadoes. And there still is a dangerous situation unfolding tonight.

You can see storm reports at www.spc.noaa.gov