First Chase of 2019
It’s February and it’s Oklahoma. Although I had never chased this early in the year in this area, stranger things have happened. When I saw an opportunity for storms only a couple of hours...
Author: Quincy
Five Years of Chasing, a Retrospective
I just finished my fifth year of storm chasing in 2018. Sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s been that long, while at other times it feels like it’s been much longer. Although I did...
2018 Travels, Stats
This was my fifth full year storm chasing and while it did not feature a lot of tornadoes, there were plenty memorable storms and other experiences. The year 2018 started in a unique way,...
Florence: Clues from the Past
Tropical Storm Florence is tracking west toward the United States, but its westward movement alone is not the most interesting aspect of this storm. In fact, most tropical systems move from east to west...
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Colorado Supercells: June 19, 2018
It took a while, but one of the best storm chases of the year took place in eastern Colorado on June 19th. The early part of this season was very slow in terms of...
International Border
Storm chasing prospects today are north, near or possibly north of the international border with Canada, as a climatologically significant setup targets the area. As upper level energy pivots east from southwestern Canada, a...
Southeastern Nebraska: June 11, 2018
I started the day focused on southeastern Nebraska with the potential for a few tornadic supercells. By mid-afternoon, storms in northeastern Nebraska started to rotate fairly quickly, but I wanted to hold off for...
Montana Mammatus: June 8, 2018
This chase day was all over the map. I started in central South Dakota, as I was leaning toward targeting a warm front somewhere in the vicinity of southwestern Minnesota, but kept options farther...
Drifting Back to Oklahoma
Today’s severe weather setup drifts back toward Oklahoma. The surface setup features an area of low pressure over the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles, which will be moving slowly eastward through the day. South of the low...
Uncertain Prospects
Usually by early afternoon on a storm chase, I have a fairly good idea about where I’m going. It’s not always a slam dunk, but usually there’s a target in mind and reasonable confidence...
Modifying Outflow
An outflow boundary is draped from near the Red River in southern Oklahoma, northwestward into the eastern portion of the Texas panhandle this morning. Ongoing convection in central to eastern Oklahoma will tend to...
Transient Supercells: May 23, 2018
Another panhandle chase, this time in the Nebraska panhandle, featured transient supercells, passing from northeastern Colorado into western/central Nebraska. Multiple isolated storms developed in northeastern Colorado during the afternoon, but it took some time...
Texas Panhandle Storms: May 18, 2018
The day started in Dodge City to keep multiple chase targets in range, but it became clear fairly quickly that I was going to favor the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles. The moist axis verified well and...
Similar Setup
The setup is similar to yesterday, with the only noteworthy differences being a slight eastward shift of a surface low and somewhat stronger mid and upper level forcing. The surface low should be positioned...
Wandering the High Plains
Today’s storm prospects are focusing in on eastern Colorado into southwestern Kansas, as an area of low pressure spins over the Front Range. Climatology says that northeastern Colorado is the tornado hotspot of this...