Weather Photography
Weather Photography
4/29/2010 Preliminary report
Apr 30th
Just a quick update here.
Had a late start to this chase due so I some fellow ATMO majors at KU could join. Storms were forecasted to initial by or after 00Z, however, the first convection began at 21Z north of Salina, Kansas. Storms quickly moving off to the northeast along a cold front orientated from SW to NE. More details of the setup and what evolved later will be posted in a few days, however, we ended up having a success chase despite the late start.
We planned to head northward from Topeka and eventual west along highway 16. We soon realized that it would be difficult to catch these storms but somehow we did it. We finally arrived near the Maryville, Kansas area where we could finally start seeing some storm strucutre. At this point we noticed lowering in the distance and it soon became apparent that this was a well defined wall cloud. We finally caught up to other chases who were all witnessing a pretty well organized mesocyclone. Unfortunately the entire system became disorganized once we got into good viewing distance. However, considering the time we left Lawrence and the unexpected result of storms initialing earlier than expected, More >
A few pictures from last year posted
Apr 19th
Greetings, I’ve posted some of my shots from last year’s storm season. The majority of these were taken in early June across northeastern Kansas into southeastern Nebraska. You can find these on our Flickr account located Here.
There was also an interesting article written today by a forecaster in Norman about the correlation between a slow start to tornado activity and how the rest of the season behaves. (found here: http://www.norman.noaa.gov/2010/04/can-tornado-activity-through-april-portend-may/ ) To be honest, the season can take its time because I will be very busy with finishing up school and graduating. I’m all for a busy June again
- John
Had some fun in Texas!
Apr 17th
I was on a business trip heading out to Texas on Tuesday. I saw there was very slight potential for some severe weather down in the southwestern part, which was the route I was taking. But the chances of anything were slim, plus I was leaving from Phoenix early that morning, so who knows when I would get out there. But as it was, I was just driving and a cell popped up right near me, and not delaying my trip by more than an hour, I decided I would give it a little bit of attention.
So technically, I had my first chase of the season! South of Pecos, TX!
Enjoyed at first a ton of dust being kicked up from it, eventually noticing some downdrafts. Very cool seeing that and watching the dust get kicked up and thrown out. Very quick movement of the dust near the core of it to, but I was blinded from seeing a big majority of that due to rain shafts.
So wonderful just getting to hear the thunder in the distance, those distant rumbles are just beautiful! Chase season is almost here!
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