Today was the second day in a row I got to enjoy a shelf cloud and strong storm (today’s was severe) as it swept through the Space Coast. Even better, we got a lot of rain. My parched plants, after several rainless, extremely hot days, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief – except for …
I haven’t done much in the way of storm chasing this summer, at least not yet. I’ve caught shelf clouds moving through our neighborhood. One even approached as I caught the bat flight out of our neighborhood bat box, which has become two boxes. The new one is supposed to lure the bats out …
Minor weather, or no weather, forces storm chasers to be creative when we don’t have a quick commute home. But sometimes those quiet days yield magical moments. On May 24, Alethea and I followed a sun halo to Liberal, Kansas. Sun halos seem to follow us around – or perhaps we’re just extra sensitive …
The morning of May 23 had Alethea Kontis and I switching from one Best Western to another in Amarillo because of the total disregard of a lobby clerk who wanted to charge us more than the online rate for staying another night – even if I volunteered to make the reservation online. She clearly …
On May 22, we started a fun Texas Panhandle chase by picking up Allsup’s burritos in Dalhart. Bill Hark joined Alethea Kontis and me for this delicious snack, while Jack Beven somehow missed our stop. Maybe he was avoiding the burritos. Regardless, we all caught up and proceeded to the Littlefield area north of …
On May 21, Alethea Kontis and I met up with chaser friends in Limon, Colorado, including Jason Persoff, Bill Hark and Jack Beven. This is Jason’s backyard, and he was optimistic that we’d get some “Colorado magic” while sharing his knowledge of the ways of the DCVZ. That’s the Denver Convergence Voriticity Zone that …
