Revisiting May 19, 2011 – The Wilson Lake, KS Tornado…
It’s inevitable that while being an active storm chaser, you’ll eventually find yourself in a few sticky situations. Either the road you’re on will suddenly stop even though your GPS says it doesn’t, or perhaps the storm comes at you quicker than you thought it would. It can happen to anyone and it’s a risk we all as chasers accept. I’ve always been content with being the chaser that likes to get close to the action, but not “Mtn. Dew …
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December 29, 2011 – Akron, CO Winter Photo’s
I finally had to get the hell outta Dodge yesterday and wanted to head out to photograph something. Anything. My voyage out for this trip was motivated by 2 factors. First, I wanted to head out east somewhere to capture some B&W’s that would visualize and capture the feeling of Winter on the high plains. The second motivation was simply a desire to be out of the city for a few hours to rescue what little sanity I had left. …
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10/6 Forecast…
As is usual with Fall setups, the forecast for tomorrow is a bit tricky and ever changing. I thought for certain that the dry line setting up in western KS with it’s great shear would be the play but now I’m having second guesses. No models break out any storms in that area until well after dark. The moisture will be better further south and the CAPE doesn’t drop off as bad down there either. So to me that would …
September 17, 2011 – Nice Colors At Sunset
I finally had a 2o minute window to step out tonight at work to grab some dinner and I walked out right before sunset to what looked like a freaking painting. The sky was gorgeous and I happened to have my camera with me which I should just bring with me everywhere I go…Anyway, a few good shots I got:
September 2, 2011 – Comcast Media Center Light Show
I knew storms were forecasted to happen later this evening BUT I was hoping they would’ve held off until after 11PM when my shift ended at work. I decided to throw my camera in my car and take it with me to work so that I could head out to shoot some lightning after my shift was over if everything worked out. Storms fired earlier but fortunately, they were pretty close to my work in Littleton, CO. I went outside …
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August 25, 2011 – Denver Surprise Lightning Shots
I decided this morning that I was grounding myself to my house to do some much needed cleaning and laundry and would not go out to play. I stuck to the plan for as long as I could before I got bored. It was about 7:45pm and I figured I could head out and maybe catch some decent sunset photo’s from my DU light rail parking garage lightning perch. The sky was pretty overcast with clouds but I was hoping …
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August 17, 2011 – Flagler, CO Severe Warned Storm (C20/11)
A typical Colorado Summer time setup was on tap for today. We had a good amount of instability, upslope flow, moisture was decent with dews in the upper 50′s and a nice boundary that set up on Highway 36. A repeat of last August 16th was what we were hoping for. It didn’t quite pan out like that though. I met Kendell LaRoche out at the secret rendezvous point at 1:30 and we set off down I-70 toward Byers. From …
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August 9, 2011 – Sidney, NE Tornado Warned Supercell (C19/11)
I knew the Nebraska panhandle would be the battle zone for the day where storms would have the best potential but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to get up there. I figured cells would fire in Wyoming first and then move southeast into the panhandle, so I threw the I-76 route out the window and went north to Cheyenne instead. My initial target was Sidney, NE and as I exchanged I-25 for I-80 in WY, cells started to pop …
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Quickie Forecast 8/9/11
Alright, time for a chase! Tomorrow presents great potential up on the I-80 corridor in the Nebraska Panhandle. As usual, there’s a bunch of good parameters and as always, a few potential fly’s in the ointment. It’s Summer, so I can’t complain too much. Upslope flow will be in place along the Laramie mountains where storms should eventually move off onto the plains. As storms move further southeast, they will move into a fairly unstable environment with CAPE at or …
A 2011 Chase Season Recap and Awards
I suppose it’s just about that time of the year. Soon, the gear in the car will be torn down and it’ll resemble an ordinary automobile again and I’ll go in to my Winter long depression waiting for storm season to come around again. 2011 sucked. It was good for some, okay for others, and flat out terrible for people like me. My general domain of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, western Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle, Wyoming, and parts of South Dakota were …
