Storm Chase USA (19/05/06-06/06/06)

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Fri 02/06/2006 15:31

awwwwwwww no tornadoes this time nevermind at least you got to witness some real ripper thunderstorms while you were there
enjoy the rest of your time there you never know you could still yet see one while you are playing tourist.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 02/06/2006 17:10

Well enjoy it as it Winter wont go away for months

spwill wrote:In the lovely town of Taos, NewMexico.
Drove through a Thunderstorm on the way here today with 1 cm hail.

End of our stormchasing today, plan to play tourist for the last few days.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 03/06/2006 02:13

Another quiet tornado season! The only tornadoes I am aware of in Tornao Alley this May were in Oklahoma in early May, and they were F0.
So a bust for tornadoes but atleast not a bust for severe thunderstorms.

Lack of tornadoes this spring has been caused by a persistent upper ridge over the central southern USA which hasn't budged. The more typical pattern in spring is a mobile upper flow with upper troughs/jet streams. Need the stronger veering upper wind profiles to get the mesocyclonic supercells/tornadoes.

Enjoying the sun in New Mexico though still getting some high based storms here in the afternoons.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 03/06/2006 11:41

Well its been great viewing and reading on here guys!! Well done!

I'll put my name forward if anyone wants to organise a trip next year!! Cos im planning on going atm and a good few of us going would be really kool!!

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 03/06/2006 13:13

How much would participation in a group going storm chasing be likely to cost? Is it in the thousands or tens of thousands?

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 03/06/2006 13:31

I'm budgeting $4-5000 at the moment

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 03/06/2006 13:36

Foggy Hamilton wrote:I'm budgeting $4-5000 at the moment

5-6000 in my books, but NZstorm would give us a clearlier idea!! The only downside that i have had looking into a chase is that im only 21 and to hire a car there if your under 25, blows your budget right out!!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 03/06/2006 16:06

I'm budgeting $4-5000 at the moment

Budget on about NZ$5000 all up for two weeks twin share Hotel room.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sat 03/06/2006 20:00

i sure am in for a tornado chase next year

i better start saving now

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 03/06/2006 22:25

03Stormchaser wrote:
Foggy Hamilton wrote:I'm budgeting $4-5000 at the moment
5-6000 in my books, but NZstorm would give us a clearlier idea!! The only downside that i have had looking into a chase is that im only 21 and to hire a car there if your under 25, blows your budget right out!!

Oh to only be 25 again! Not since the 80's I'm afraid.

I'm going to be thinking quite hard about this. I really would like to do something like this but wouldn't be able to afford a proper tour and lack the knowledge to do it on my own.

Joining a group like this could be the answer and at least I'm old enough to hire the car at a cheap rate. Must get hail insurance! I'd imagine you mustn't tell them you are going storm chasing as they may not let you hire the car.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 03/06/2006 22:32

That be easier with the dollar gone south here but not in oz

squid wrote:i sure am in for a tornado chase next year i better start saving now

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 03/06/2006 23:37

In Sante Fe, elevation 1950m, 6400feet. Its a cool morning here with a chilly 11C but forecast for here today is 34C. Saw a thunderstorm here yesterday (high based with dps -3C) to keep the trend of a storm everyday we've been in the US intact.

Moving east today to Abilene Texas.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 04/06/2006 09:37

When you come back we will have cold South westerlies and Rain to sooth your sunburn

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sun 04/06/2006 12:54

i reckon all thoses who are real keen to go for a tornado chase next year should get together somehow and make it happen
I would go for a group thing would save a bit on costs i think.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 06/06/2006 12:20

Home now
lovely blue clear skies after a frosty start to the morning (here in the rural area (-1.5oC in Waiuku this morning)
great to be back, shame we did not bad a tornado...I guess will just have to go back one day!

edit
i see that now we are home, they have a good severe outbreak expected today!!!!

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 06/06/2006 12:45

Yes, ice on the windcreen of the car this morning here in Grey Lynn!

There was an upswing last year in June in the severe weather activity in the states, possibly see that again this year. I see a report of 425" hail in Nebraska today.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 06/06/2006 13:02

Manukau heads observer wrote:great to be back, shame we did not bad a tornado...I guess will just have to go back one day!

That's what the great Waikato region is for!

Manukau heads obs · Tue 06/06/2006 13:48

yup, deliver up another day like that chase we did last december foggy

but you just dont see the storm cell structure here that you see over there

ps, thanks to NZstorm and Spwill for letting me join them this year in the chase trip

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 06/06/2006 16:40

That's what the great Waikato region is for!

Those Waikato storms will never be the same again, just dont compare with the MidWest Storms.

Brian said,

thanks to NZstorm and Spwill for letting me join them this year in the chase trip

Thanks Brian for your contribution to the trip. It was mostly your and NZstorms skills that got us into the right spot each day. I reckon we saw a lot more action than most other chasers out there during the two weeks.

Below, a photo of a dust Devil near Dallas yesterday. Saw plenty of these with the hot dry weather.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Tue 06/06/2006 20:44

well at least you go something rotating from the sky

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Fri 09/06/2006 20:31

spwill wrote:Below, a photo of a dust Devil near Dallas yesterday. Saw plenty of these with the hot dry weather.

These are common on windy summer days down in the Mackenzie too, and probably Central also. Since the farmers began plowing most of the basin for dairy conversions I've seen dozens of these, particularly this past summer. One near the Lake Ohau road was of small tornado proportions and stopped traffic.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 20/06/2006 22:17

thought some of you might be interested in the hailer some uk chasers core punched
put your speakers up
http://www.ingenioustv.co.uk/clips/megahail.wmv

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Tue 20/06/2006 22:35

Ouch. Although it didn't seem to smash the windscreen.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 20/06/2006 22:40

it smashed the side window and the person in the back had to be taken to hospital with cuts
photo of one of the hail stones

Manukau heads obs · Wed 21/06/2006 08:13

looks like good setups today and tomorrow for tornados in the northern states .....wish i was there...