US Storm Chasing 2011

[NZstorm]

Yes, massive amounts of thunderstorms daily for the US. The SPC are running slight risks daily.

[jamie]

You have to add flights to that?

No that is everything (gave flights a value of 2000, so could be more than 2000) and so only other expense would be food but that is dirt cheap over there.

[Tornado Tim]

Here is some time-lapse footage of Storm Chasers 2011:
If your not a fan of Audioslave hit the mute button or turn off your speakers b4 playing (its just music for the sound anyway)

http://youtu.be/lU4SScycQJ4

[Richard]

That video was fantastic

[Tornado Tim]

If you thought that was good, have a look at this:
Select 720p (HD)!
I don't think you can do HD on embedded videos so if you want to see it in HD here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYasC6tbQX4
This is truly one of the best light shows I have seen captured on camera from a Supercell



For Reference: This supercell was 10 miles north of McCook, Nebraska and was taken on the 20th of June, 2011

[Richard]

An amazing video this one,really shows the power tornado

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azV5bC2br-Q

[Manukau heads obs]

yup, seen that one ...last year sometime?
I wonder if the train driver slowed down at all before driving into the nado
amazing to see the other carriages come slaming into the back....

[spwill]

Ive penciled my name down for Roger Hills Close encounters tour for April 2012. Now ive just got to decide whether its worth the ~6 grand for 2 weeks trip to USA. this dollar is helping a lot though.

The NZ dollar plummets http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/market- ... -greenback

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

yup, seen that one ...last year sometime?
I wonder if the train driver slowed down at all before driving into the nado
amazing to see the other carriages come slaming into the back....

Looks as though he panicked and threw on the engine brake as well as the train brake.
Interesting why a video camera was placed there in the first place.
JohnGaul
NZThS

[jamie]

Ive penciled my name down for Roger Hills Close encounters tour for April 2012. Now ive just got to decide whether its worth the ~6 grand for 2 weeks trip to USA. this dollar is helping a lot though.

The NZ dollar plummets http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/market- ... -greenback

Well ive unpencilled myself. Completly forgot that im studying full time for my masters next year and working full time so going to be super busy.

I am however going to enter to speak at the International Conference of Precision Agriculture which is in mid-late July in Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
If my abstract gets selected ill have my flights over there paid for so will have to take a weeks leave while im over there and go on the Silver Lining Tours photography tour

[Manukau heads obs]

good deal!

[NZstorm]

Slightly off topic here, I see most of Oklahoma had a mean daily max for July in the low 40'sC.

Chart here showing much of USA had a hot month with record heat in Oklahoma/Texas. Cool in the west.

[Manukau heads obs]

reports of softball sized hail in the midwest today (carterlake area (border between nebraska and iowa)
see picy:
http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index. ... 3433;image

[NZstorm]

I see 'Tornado Alley' is having a VIP premier in Sydney on September 26th with Sean Casey doing a Q&A session. Opens to the public there 29th.

[03Stormchaser]

I see 'Tornado Alley' is having a VIP premier in Sydney on September 26th with Sean Casey doing a Q&A session. Opens to the public there 29th.

If I had knowen about this earlier, I may have gone over!

[NZstorm]

Its finally made it to Aussie so must be here one day soon. But maybe I'm a bit over storm chasing docos now.

[03Stormchaser]

Its finally made it to Aussie so must be here one day soon. But maybe I'm a bit over storm chasing docos now.

Ive got so many now they do all tend to be the same, its like the stormchase TV series, Ill watch every episode but I sense they are becoming a reality show about Reed.

[Tornado Tim]

Ive got so many now they do all tend to be the same, its like the stormchase TV series, Ill watch every episode but I sense they are becoming a reality show about Reed.

I agree with that!
I wish they would focus on the storms, not the ins and outs of TVN.....

[Manukau heads obs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GH3Mo1Rm40
hail carterlake recently

[Orion]

...
hail carterlake recently

Thankyou for that link. What a frightening-looking hailstorm!
The member of this household who was in the Omaha - Bellevue - Papillion - Plattsmouth areas (quite near Carter Lake) in May and July said their thunder was real window-rattling stuff.

[NZstorm]

Great clip. Real midwest hail!

[03Stormchaser]

I see the new season of Stormchasers starts on the 25th September in the USA.

[Richard]

Dam that video has been removed

Great to hear another Stormchasers season is not far away

[tgsnoopy]

The new season of Stormchasers looks really good!

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/storm-c ... gn=fbdsc22

[Manukau heads obs]

I like it
keep it going, lots of behind the scenes stuff ....