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High Plains Tours Storm Chase Day #4: Follow Up
We chased a weaker threat yesterday, but had a good time anyhow. As it turns out, the bigger threat only produced a few tornadoes: We started the day in Amarillo, having breakfast at Youngblood’s Cafe, which was pretty good. Based … Continue reading
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Tagged #kswx, Marginal Risk, meteorology, storm chase, storm chasing, thunderstorm, weather
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High Plains Tours Storm Chase Day #3: Follow Up
There were no tornadoes near us at all yesterday. There were a few hail reports and wind reports. The Storm Reports graphic from the Storm Prediction Center is shown below. We started the day in Andrews, TX, and headed to … Continue reading
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Tagged #nmwx, #txwx, meteorology, New Mexico, storm chase, Texas, thunderstorm, weather
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Central New Mexico Weather: 3/27/18
Yesterday turned into a cloudy day. It rained in Socorro, Belen, Albuquerque and Rio Rancho off and on. This morning has been mostly cloudy, cool and still. I saw my first lightning of the year west of Albuquerque. The NWS … Continue reading
Posted in Local WX, Practicing Concepts, Predictions, Satellite Imagery
Tagged albuquerque, Belen, forecast, Los Lunas, magdalena, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, rio rancho, Socorro, thunderstorm, weather
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New Mexico Weather: 7/5/17
Yesterday was a sunny and hot in Rio Rancho. I did some grilling in the morning and afternoon, and then went to an Isotopes baseball game in the evening. The game was hot until the sun set, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Local WX, Photography, Practicing Concepts, Predictions, Satellite Imagery
Tagged albuquerque, Belen, clouds, Los Lunas, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, photography, rio rancho, Socorro, thunderstorm, weather
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New Mexico Weather: 7/4/17
Yesterday was a sunny and hot in Rio Rancho. I was planning on grilling, but I got caught up in another project, so I will grill this morning instead. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had one reported tornado in … Continue reading
Posted in Local WX, Photography, Practicing Concepts, Predictions, Satellite Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged albuquerque, Belen, clouds, Los Lunas, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, photography, rio rancho, Socorro, sunrise, thunderstorm, weather
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New Mexico Weather: 7/3/17
Yesterday was a sunny and hot in Rio Rancho. By the afternoon, some cumulus clouds covered most of the sky, though no rain or storms were in sight. The evening was quite pleasant; mild and with a slight breeze. This … Continue reading
New Mexico Weather: 7/2/17
Yesterday was a sunny and hot in Socorro. By the afternoon, there were scattered thunderstorms over much of the state. I left Ruidoso in pursuit of one storm, where I saw pea-sized hail. The storm soon fell apart and I … Continue reading
New Mexico Weather: 7/1/17
Yesterday was a sunny and hot in Socorro. By the afternoon, there were quite a few cumulus clouds, though most of them mixed out by the evening. Elsewhere in the state, there were some high wind and large hail storm … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Weather, Local WX, Photography, Practicing Concepts, Predictions, Satellite Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged 2% tornado threat ring, albuquerque, back door cold front, Belen, clouds, Los Lunas, Marginal Risk, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, photography, rio rancho, Socorro, sunrise, thunderstorm, weather
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New Mexico Weather: 6/30/17
Yesterday was a sunny, hot, cloudless day, with some breeze in the afternoon. This morning has been still, sunny, and mild. It is cloudless again today, but there is some smoke on the horizon: National Weather Service (NWS) in Albuquerque … Continue reading
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Tagged albuquerque, back door cold front, Belen, clouds, heat advisory, heatwave, Los Lunas, Marginal Risk, meteorology, New Mexico, nmwx, photography, rio rancho, Socorro, sunrise, thunderstorm, weather
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High Plains Chasing 
2006 Storm Chase Update
I am cleaning up boxes and file cabinets of old papers in my house. I ran across some storm chase notes from previous chases. I didn’t quite want to throw them away without telling their story. The 2006 Storm Chase … Continue reading →