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Weather Video of the Week: #24, 6/14/20
This week’s video is on a severe hailstorm that stuck Alberta. Note: I do not own this video. I posted this video as folks don’t realize: 1. The destructive power of hail 2. That Canada has an active storm chasing … Continue reading
Weather Video of the Week: #21, 5/24/20
This has been the week of hail. Large hail was falling through the roofs of houses in Texas. However, I thought this was interesting as well: Note: I do not own this video. We often think of hailstorms as something … Continue reading
Weather Video of the Week: #3, 1/19/20
Once again, Australia is the focus of the Weather Video of the week. This time, instead of wildfires, it’s destructive hail. Golf-ball hail is nothing to mess around with, and judging by some of the cars, some of it was … Continue reading
Posted in Severe Weather, Weather Video
Tagged Australia, hail, meteorology, weather
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Weather Video of the Week: 2019 #41
This video shows the 2004 Socorro Hail Storm. Yesterday marked the 15 year anniversary of the Socorro Hail Storm. Large hail fell for nearly several minutes, destroying cars, skylights and tile rooftops across the New Mexico Tech campus. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Weather Video
Tagged #nmwx, hail, meteorology, New Mexico Tech, NMT, Socorro, Socorro Hail Storm, weather
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5/19/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
Today was simply a travel day. We drifted south out of Aurora, CO, towards the major threat for 5/20/19. We ended the day at the Baymont Suites in Amarillo, TX. The route is shown below: Thank you for reading my … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Practicing Concepts
Tagged #kswx, #New MexicoTrue, #newx, Culbertson, hail, High Plains Tours, HPT, Kansas, McCook, nebraska, Oberlin, storm, storm chase, tornado
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HPT Storm Chase: Day #6 Follow-Up
Yesterday was a fantastic chase day. We started out by heading northeast on I-76 towards the Nebraska/Colorado border. We stopped briefly in Sterling to pick up a part for a phone, where it was cool and dry. We needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up, Photography, Practicing Concepts, Severe Weather
Tagged #kswx, #New MexicoTrue, #newx, Culbertson, hail, High Plains Tours, HPT, Kansas, McCook, nebraska, Oberlin, storm, storm chase, tornado
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Magdalena Storm Chase: Day #1 Follow Up
On our first day, we left Magdalena, NM, sometime around 9:30 am. We picked up our last chaser in Socorro and headed north and east. Originally, I targeted Tucumcari, NM, so we took I-25 to I-40 and continued east. We … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Photography, Possible Chase Opportunity, Practicing Concepts, Severe Weather
Tagged #txwx, Amarillo Inn and Suites, Clovis, hail, Lizard Lounge, Magdalena Storm Chase, meteorology, Muleshoe, New Mexico, nmwx, photography, severe thunderstorm warning, storm, storm chasing, Texas, Tucumcari, weather
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Storm Chase: 6/25/17
Yesterday started with a few messages from my friend and fellow storm chaser, Dan Nelson, WX4ICE. He asked if I was going to chase the Enhanced Risk in New Mexico. After breakfast, I evaluated the threat myself. The Storm Prediction … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Severe Weather
Tagged #nmwx, 2% tornado threat ring, Enhanced Risk, hail, Las Vegas, meteorology, New Mexico, severe thunderstorm, storm chase, weather
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Storm Chase Day 11
Today, we started out in Guymon, OK, and headed north and then west for the threat in Colorado. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had issued a Slight Risk and a less than 2% Tornado Threat for this area. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged #cowx, #kswx, colorado, hail, Kansas, Less than 2% Tornado Threat, meteorology, photography, shelf cloud, slight risk, storm chase, tornado, wall cloud, weather
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Another Day at the NWS
Today was an active severe weather day at the NWS, so things were quite busy. I set up a balloon launch, but an approaching thunderstorm delayed the launch. It was neat seeing the different tools available to the NWS for … Continue reading →