Minnesota Storm Chasing Convention 2013
I realize I’m almost a month behind in posting about the Minnesota Storm Chasing Convention but to be fair, I was getting ready for Chasercon. Yep, getting ready every single day for the past month. Now, moving beyond my completely transparent excuse: Chris McBee (@centralokstorms on Twitter) and I headed north for the weekend on…
In which I fix my iPhone
It was sunny today. Then it began snowing in less than an hour. Ahh the joys of Colorado! As all of this lovely weather mess was occurring, I might have gone stir-crazy and decided to fix my broken iPhone. How did it break, you ask? Well, that’s a story for a time that isn’t right…
News
Here’s the good news: I’m not dead. The bad news? This storm season pretty much is. You may have heard about all the fires in Colorado lately. I’ll post more about that this weekend. Mostly I just wanted to say hello, and promise more eventful posting soon. Also, my neck still hurts.
OZ goes West
Caught my first western storm this evening. It was my first real chase with someone who knew what they were doing, which helped a ton! We also drove to an area I had decided on if I had been chasing by myself. The storm went tornado-warned, and I got to hear sirens for the first…
Weekenders, beware!
Guess where I’m going this weekend? If you guessed crazy, you’re WRONG! I’m already there. This weekend I’ll be making the long drive to Oklahoma (where the wind comes yada yada yada….) to catch my first twister! But looking at this week’s upcoming weather pattern, I have an incredibly decent chance of catching a tornado…
Batter Up
And with that, it’s baseball season. You can take the girl away from Philly, but you can never take the Philly out of the girl. GO, PHILS! (Sorry, Rockies)
Thundersnow? Probably a no.
Well, it’s April. And it’s freezing out. But I refuse to turn the heat on, as tomorrow it’ll be close to 60° and the weekend will be back to downright perfect. Still no storms, though. But today TX got their weather’s worth. Semis tossed like toys. Tornadoes springing up across the radar. Almost 3,500 lightning…
We’re not in Kansas (but we might be)
Tomorrow morning, I take one long look at the SPC outlook and decide…am I brave enough to venture into Kansas? If I do, this will be my first, real midwestern chase…. I hope it happens.
Burned by Lack of Apps
You know what would be great? A free WordPress app for Mac. ..Anyone? …Bueller? In the meantime, it’s back to learning how to forecast. Because this time of year, people’s Facebook statuses make less sense than a conversation about skiing. As for the Lower North Fork Fire well outside of Denver… it still has…
Chase Case: Confirmed
Twice now, I’ve almost just called into work and run out the door squeeing towards certain doom (or busts). But thanks to the help of a few forecast-savvy friends, I stayed put. It can pay to listen. Today the forecast was severe weather late in the day up in the Dakotas. I would have driven…
