A tornado threat is still being closely monitored for Tuesday, as computer model forecasts and trends have been fairly consistent with the potential for severe weather on February 2nd for quite some time. There really are...
The threat for severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes, continues for Tuesday. The area of focus is the lower Mississippi Valley into portions of the Tennessee Valley and lower Ohio Valley. Nothing significant has changed from...
A notable threat of severe thunderstorm activity in early February has been showing up in the models for several days now. As the event gets closer, confidence is increasing that a setup favorable for...
Snow reached southern Connecticut during the predawn hours on January 23rd. The snow gradually moved inland, dropping the most persistent bands of moderate to heavy snow on an axis from Fairfield County, northeastward into...
For the fourth year in a row, overall severe thunderstorm activity, including tornadoes, finished below average across the Lower 48. This graphic shows the severe thunderstorm watch departure from the 13-year average. The vast...
Here is a countdown of my top 10 storm chases in 2015. Storm chases were ranked by a number of factors, including photo opportunities, storm structure, excitement, etc. Let me know what you think!...
Simply put, is storm chasing expensive? Perhaps a better question is: Does storm chasing have to be expensive? To that, my answer is a resounding no. Some chasers will spend tens of thousands of...
#12 New Mexico – Supercell with inflow, eastern New Mexico plains, June 13th, 2015: #11 Nebraska – An explosive thunderstorm over north-central Nebraska, June 6th, 2015: #10 Wyoming – A pair of funnel clouds...
Another vigorous through is forecast to sweep through the south-central states over the next few days, bringing a threat of thunderstorms to the region. Although this threat looks substantially less impressive than the event...
This year has been very rewarding, because I have had the ability to chase more than 50 thunderstorm events, while covering all of this land by car. That’s nearly 70,000 miles in just about...
“What’s the biggest challenge you face with storm chasing, besides the forecast and storm itself?” I would have to say that the single hardest thing comes down to road navigation. While road networks are...
People often ask how long I have been storm chasing. Aside from running out into thunderstorms as a kid, I didn’t really start trying to storm chase until college. It was sometime around 2006...
In perhaps one of the last storm chases of the year, a tornado outbreak struck the High Plains from the Texas panhandle to western Kansas. It was a setup you would expect to see...
A marginal severe setup worked out great, on a quiet day in the Texas panhandle with very few storm chasers out. A discrete supercell fired near McLean, TX in the afternoon and moved slowly...
This is an experimental forecast graphic for the probability of a tornado. The probability of a tornado within the teal shaded area is 10% on Friday, while the probability of a tornado within the...
A low-end threat for severe thunderstorms exists on Friday across the Middle Atlantic region and Central Appalachians, perhaps extending as far north as southeastern New York and southern New England. As we move through October,...
