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A More Successful Storm Chase
I promise anyone that is reading this that this blog is going to have a good deal of variety. I have a good deal of travel plans starting next week, in which I will be traveling almost non-stop the...
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A Storm Chase Without Feedlots
Just when I was concerned that the entire Northeastern section of Colorado had turned into one giant feedlot, yesterday I was able to go on a storm chase, completely (albeit barely) confined to the...
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Funnel Clouds and UFOs
Chugwater, Wyoming is not known for tornadoes, nor is it known for UFOs. When people think of major tornadoes, they typically think of places like Oklahoma and the rest of the Great Plains. Most...
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Lessons Learned?
Some events in life are clear. They can be clearly labeled a success or a failure. The reason for the success or failure is clear, and there is a clear lesson to be learned from it. One comes out...
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Storms With Abnormal Structure
One of the things that makes this world so amazing is the fact that we never cease to encounter surprises. No matter how well we get to know a subject, any subject, we will encounter, and observe,...
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May 10, 2017: Funnel Cloud in Southeast Colorado
May 10th was kind of a strange storm chasing day for me. It was the kind of day that calls into questions a whole bunch of things for me. What assumptions I make. How I go about making decisions....
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A Tornado Outbreak in Wyoming
Wyoming is not exactly “tornado alley”. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, the entire state averages only 12 tornadoes per year. Kansas, by comparison, receives eight times...
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Memorial Day Tornados in Eastern Colorado
2018 has not been an active year for tornados. With May, the most active month for tornados nearly complete, only 416 tornados have been reported. This is, by any scientific measure, over 35% lower...
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A Day Observing Natural Phenomenon
It was never the most ideal setup for a storm chase. The convective environment was not too strong and the storms were poorly organized. It ended up being a fairly major day for severe thunderstorms...
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Making the Right Decisions
On any storm chase, there is kind of an unspoken goal to see a tornado. However, the vast majority of all chase days do not result in a tornado sighting. Even those who run paid storm chasing tours...
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