Spring’s First Chase
It took until the final day of April, but there’s finally a worthwhile chase setup in the Plains. This week has been on my radar for a while, but as I’ve learned to do...
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Oklahoma Wildfires, April 12, 2018
Historic wildfires have burned well over 200,000 acres of land across western Oklahoma since April 12th. On that day, ongoing drought conditions combined with hot, dry and very windy weather promoted the rapid ignition...
Tennessee Valley
On the heels of chasing in the Midwest two days ago, I headed south into the Tennessee Valley yesterday. There was a marginal tornado threat, particularly from far southern Kentucky, down into Tennessee. The...
High Plains Getaway
I’ve been spending a few days in the central High Plains before I eventually move northeast for more storm chasing opportunities. Today was a relatively low-end day in terms of severe threats, but even...
Saturday Summary
Saturday was quite a day, as I started my trip by leaving Connecticut at 7:45 p.m. Friday and arrived in Nebraska by about 4 p.m. A Tornado Watch was issued a couple of hours...
Focusing on Saturday
It looks like the day with the biggest severe thunderstorm potential coming up is Saturday. I was originally planning on making Saturday a travel day, but after reviewing data over the past few days,...
Watching Early Next Week
The focus right now is on early next week for yet another potential road trip out west. It’s actually looking likely at this point, as a potentially active severe weather pattern is expected between...
Next Chase Trip Coming Up
Aside from some severe weather across the Plains over the past two days, this severe weather season continues to be moving along at a slow pace overall. I’ve taken the downtime to catch up...
Back and Working on Video Footage
I’m back in Connecticut, where I will be staying for the next two weeks or so. While I have no trips planned back west until at least the second half of May, I...
Lessons/Advice from Storm Trip
I learned a lot from my first legitimate chase trip out west. There were some things I did well and other things I can do differently in the future. I was in the midst...
3-Day Severe Weather Outbreak
On Sunday, a significant severe weather outbreak that will likely last at least three days will get underway. I will be storm chasing each day Sunday through Tuesday as I work back east. Should...
Saturday Storms and Beyond
Click here for an update from Saturday afternoon. A multi-day severe weather outbreak is likely over the next several days from the Plains eventually eastward into the Southeast. For late Saturday afternoon and Saturday...
Upcoming Severe Weather Threats
The severe weather season out in the Plains is starting to gear up, at least for the next week or so. Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast for Wednesday afternoon/evening from north Texas up into...
No-Go For Weekend Storm Trip
Although some stormy weather is expected out west this weekend, I’m calling off any possibility of traveling out there. I was very much on the fence about the whole prospect anyway. A very marginal...
Leaving News 8
I will be leaving News 8 early in April to pursue other opportunities, including storm chasing around the country this spring. My last day will be Friday, April 4th. This is the start of...
Is Al Gore Making Things Up?
AP Photo / Al Gore has been very outspoken with his views on climate change, but last summer he made a few comments that I found to be curious and even inaccurate. In an article...