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From AP.com: Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme

https://apnews.com/article/hailstorm-chaser-damage-severe-weather-tornado-4f9b0cf8dd088508ca2ddf40d01b6519

Storm Chasing!

I finished up the video recap of my latest storm chasing adventure in North Platte, Nebraska on the 14th of this month.

There wasn’t a lot of storms to chase while I was out on my solo storm chasing trip, what with Mother Nature placing an “Omega Block” over Tornado Alley the week I was in the area. Nevertheless, it was a very enjoyable trip and I was able to get some good footage of the storms I did chase.

Enjoy the video and share it with your friends!

https://youtu.be/rdCrly2MEuA

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Woah! Check out this incredible video of someone flying their FPV drone into and around a tornado!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGD2e741Riw

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More Lightning.

Another lighting shot from last week’s storm chasing trip. This was taken in Stapleton, Nebraska.

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Day 6: Lexington, Nebraska.

Today was a very successful storm chasing day. Mother Nature was very exciting, I didn’t bang up the vehicle at all, and I am very, very tired.

I have a ton of video and photos to parse. In the meanwhile, here’s some shots from my first glance.

I’m going to bed.

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Day 3: Gillette, Wyoming.

Well, I finally chased some storms today. Mother Nature has been exceptionally quiet for this time of year, but the Storm Prediction Center and other models suggested storms might pop up in northern Wyoming and Southeast Montana, so off I went.

Leaving Rapid City, South Dakota after walking the downtown one more time for morning exercise, I made my way up through Sturgis to Belle Fourche, South Dakota. I walked around one of their town parks for a little bit to stretch my legs, and then made my way along US Route 212 through a quick corner of Wyoming and then into Montana. Earl and I had driven that stretch through Wyoming about 20 years ago, it was fun to reminisce about that drive in our first Jeep.

I then turned north on Highway 59 with the intent of spending the night in Miles City, Montana. When I got up there I just couldn’t, for the lack of a better description, find the vibe. There’s nothing really wrong with Miles City, it just wasn’t my thing. A small storm cell was coming through and it threw out a couple of quick flashes of lightning and a bit of rain, but it wasn’t that impressive. So I decided to head back south and spend the night in Gillette, Wyoming.

About 15 miles north of Broadus I saw a storm cell forming and knew this would be a little more impressive, even though there was little hope for a tornado, conditions just weren’t right for that. I pulled over to grab some pics, drove a little further, and pulled over again, although when I pulled over I started getting bonked with some impressive hail (I estimated dime sized hail and reported it to the National Weather Service). My report didn’t go into until I did a 180 on Highway 59 and got out of the hail. I’m glad I did. I then turned back around and snapped a couple more photos of the impressive rain and hail show that was coming down in a very centralized pattern.

Once the storm passed and, while watching radar, I figured out how to get around the remains of the storm without getting bonked with hail, I drove through Broadus and took a shot of the storm from the opposite direction as it moved to the northeast.

I then continued my trek down Highway 59 and came across a small storm near the Wyoming border.

Winds were whipping up impressively when I snapped that last photo.

Both storm cells were tagged as severe thunderstorms by the National Weather Service, since the winds exceeded 50 kts, and the first storm had hail (another report indicated 1/2-inch hail).

I got one more photo before heading into Gillette, Wyoming.

Overall it was a fun little storm chase. Tomorrow’s forecast has a chance of thunderstorms in the general vicinity and to the southeast a little bit. I’ll probably head in that direction.

With Mother Nature being so quiet, this was a little bit of excitement that I needed.

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When I was planning this storm chasing trip I decided on Denver over Houston for my initial landing point. I don’t like chasing storms east of I-35 and especially not east of the Mississippi.

So of course the severe weather today is in Idaho.

I’m going to chase some potential severe weather in North Dakota tomorrow, so all is not lost. Midweek on the plains in general looks interesting.

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European Severe Storms Laboratory (Storm 🌪️)

The European Severe Storms Laboratory is a scientific organisation that conducts research on severe convective storms, tornadoes, intense precipitation events, and avalanches across Europe and the Mediterranean. It operates the widely consulted European Severe Weather Database.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Severe_Storms_Laboratory

#EuropeanSevereStormsLaboratory #Storm #StormChasing #WeatherForecasting

Stormchasing isn’t just a hobby—it’s a passion that fuels my curiosity and respect for nature’s raw power. I captured this shot during a thunderstorm in Spain, straight from the heart of the storm—
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New to Mastodon and excited to share moments like this—Caught this elegant trace of a wingtip vortex slicing through the sky—possibly the outer arc of a horseshoe vortex. These swirling trails reveal the invisible physics of lift in action!
#HorseshoeVortex #WingtipVortex #Aviation #Stormchasing #Skywatching #FluidDynamics #Photography #Introduction

Looking southwest near Emmet Kansas. #stormchasing #photography

Video: Prepping for Storm Chasing

I put together my first “look at the forecast” video as I start getting ready for my storm chasing adventure in mid May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUO7c5gsFB0

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Versión #SonyAlpha observando la tormenta en la distancia desde Torrelodones. Madrid

#CazaTormentas #StormChasers #StormChasing

#Fotografía #Photography

Ese cielo oscuro sobre Madrid, tarde de #CazaTormentas
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