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Storm Chase Day #6: Holyoke, CO, to Hays, KS
Yesterday, we started out the day in Holyoke, CO, at the Burge Hotel, and headed southeast. I had underestimated the travel distance to my original target, Sharon Springs, KS, and storms were already firing as we crossed the very southwestern … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Chase Crew
Tagged #kswx, Colby, funnel, Kansas, meteorology, Seldon, storm chasing, storms, supercell, tornado, wall cloud, weather
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Storm Chase Day #5: Holyoke, CO, to Holyoke, CO
Yesterday, we started out the day in Holyoke, CO, at the Burge Hotel. I will do a separate write up about this place, as it is probably my favorite hotel on earth. It is currently for sale, and believe me, … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Chase Crew
Tagged #cowx, akron, colorado, Holyoke, mammatus, meteorology, Otis, squall line, storm chasing, storms, supercell, weather, Wray, yuma
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Satellite Image of the Week 2020 #7
This week’s image was taken this evening over South America. This enhanced infrared image shows multiple supercells firing over Argentina, and even another one over Colombia. While the United States has the lion’s share of supercells and tornadoes, they are … Continue reading
Posted in Satellite Imagery
Tagged #meteorlogy, Argentina, Columbia, satellite, South America, supercell, weather
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Satellite Image of the Week 2020 #2
This week’s image was taken yesterday over the Great Plains You can see a few of the embedded supercells firing over northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. They have a little bit different shape, forming thick plumes with an anvil that … Continue reading
Posted in Satellite Imagery
Tagged #meteorlogy, satellite, squall line, supercell, weather
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Storm Chase: Day #22
I started my chase yesterday in Clinton, OK, and took it easy in the morning. I was at the edge of the threat area, so this gave me a little time to work on other projects. I did laundry, ate … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Radar Imagery
Tagged #okwx, #txwx, 2% tornado threat ring, Enhanced Risk, meteorology, oklahoma, storm chasing, supercell, Texas, weather
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Storm Chase: Day #21
I have been really bad about updating this thing. The days will probably not be in order, but I’ll arrange it all in the end. I also just received notice that I will have to find a new way to … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Chase Crew
Tagged #okwx, 5% Tornado Threat Ring, Enhanced Risk, Kansas, meteorology, oklahoma, storm chasing, supercell, weather
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Storm Chase: Day #10
We had a large Slight Risk area yesterday, though the game was to stay to the northern and western parts of the risk area. We also had a 2% tornado threat ring that accompanied this Slight Risk. We left Guymon, … Continue reading
Storm Chase: Day #9
We had a large Slight Risk area yesterday, so we took off for the place we thought had the biggest threat. We saw the 2% Tornado Threat Ring in the northeastern corner of Colorado, but decided that threat was not … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, #kswx, #okwx, colorado, Kansas, meteorology, oklahoma, severe thunderstorm warning, storm chase, storm chasing, supercell, weather
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Storm Chase: Day #6
Yesterday ended up being an average chase day. We started out the day by leaving Boulder in the late morning and heading east on I-70 after a severe weather threat over eastern Colorado. We actually had to dodge the developing … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, Arriba, colorado, Limon, meteorology, severe thunderstorm warning, Siebert, storm chase, storm chasing, supercell, weather
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Storm Chase: Day #5
Yesterday ended up being our best chase day so far, and we were certainly glad that we hadn’t given up on chasing this year. We started out the day by lounging around Boulder, as the target area for our chase … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Severe Weather
Tagged #cowx, colorado, Last Chance, meteorology, severe thunderstorm warning, storm chase, storm chasing, supercell, weather
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