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New Project – U.S. Tornadoes
A little over a month ago, my friend Ian Livingston (@islivingston) started a new project that focuses on the past, present and future of tornadoes in the United States. He has brought me on board as the tornado threat forecaster for the site (www.ustornadoes.com), where I will be posting 1-7 day tornado forecasts every Monday [...]
Meteorology 101 – Sounding basics
I drew up a basic primer on how to read a Skew-T sounding. Click here or on the image to expand the image. There is so much that you can use a sounding for, and all of that information can be derived from the three basic plots: Temperature, dewpoint and wind. A great amount of [...]
A dry cold front is pushing through the region
Winds are starting to gust again today as another cold front makes its way through the region. A lack of moisture out ahead of the front means nothing but an isolated shower or two is possible along the front as is slides eastward. Despite being a cold front, it won’t do much to bring [...]
Storm chasing in 2012
Now that we have turned the corner into 2012, it is time to start getting plans ready for my 2012 Chasecation. This year will be a lot different, as I have a more flexible looking calendar from mid May to mid June to spend two weeks out in the Great Plains. I really wish I [...]
New page – Weather Links
I decided to spend some time collecting my favorite weather links on one page so that other can see what I use and maybe use it themselves. I just put on my main ones that I use just about every day on there, and I plan on adding more in the future as I dig [...]
New Twitter Feed!
After some playing around with Twitter’s widget options, I got something that I’m reasonably satisfied with on the top of the sidebar where the old What To Watch Fore(cast) highlights went. Since I update that more often, I figured it would be good to 1) finally put the feed on the page, and 2) get [...]
Work today, pictures tomorrow
Been wiped out with all of the chasing (both Plains and at home) to be motivated enough to keep the pictures coming… I have work this afternoon/evening, but tomorrow I should be able to get a bunch of stills up from the last couple of chases. I also need to go back and get some [...]
