It’s been eight years since I got bored while waiting for storms to produce and shot a quick homage to one of my favorite scenes. I ended up seeing – literally – nothing that say…
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Category: Storm Chasing
Wx Info: Why does the sky turn green before it hails?
I’ve heard this question a few times over the years and just got it again yesterday, so I figured it is probably time to answer it on the blog! The short answer: Physics! The long…
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Some of the severe weather pictures/videos on Twitter from 4/12/22
Mr. Tornado – an American Experience film
PBS presented a fantastic documentary on Tetsuya Fujita – the man behind the Fujita scale. For those who are curious, “Ted” Fujita moved to the United States from Japan. And used his background in engineering…
Video: Storm chaser Mike Olbinski shares a TON of amazing storm footage
Vorticity 3 (4K) from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo. The video really needs zero introduction. However, some background. Mike is a fantastic photographer and videographer. Sure, he is a great storm chaser, too. But man, oh…
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Learn about Tornado Forecasting with Rich Thompson from the SPC
Rich Thompson is a fantastic meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center. I’ve had a chance to chat with him twice. Both times were fantastic. He is a great dude and really humble and down to…
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Inside Hurricane Dorian’s eye
From Jim Edds: From Global News:
RECAP: Looking back at the two-week long severe weather onslaught with maps, explainers and chaser video
After two weeks of every-day-there-is-a-tornado-somewhere weather, the big subtropical ridge in the southeast is shifting to the west. This will shove the jet stream further north and re-position a lot of the moving pieces needed…
Video: Getting the first visuals of damage from Michael
Here is a 4 minute look at during the storm & after the storm…. Another longer video during the hurricane… The Category 4 Hurricane is gone, but what is left is heartbreaking… Water tower that…
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Lightning show from mid-air
On the way back from the National Weather Association Annual meeting, the plane I was in flew by a few thunderstorms. I got lucky enough to take a video of the storm as we cruised…
