US Storm Chasing 2012

[Manukau heads obs]

saw this posted on another forum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soA06LymXR0
close lightning strike..."predicted "
LOL

[Tornado Tim]

saw this posted on another forum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soA06LymXR0
close lightning strike..."predicted "
LOL

LOL!
Thats like saying the Sky tower will be hit by lightning, during a thunderstorm
Crackup!

[NZstorm]

Check out this photo from Nebraska in June. A good reason to chase USA!

http://www.lovethesepics.com/wp-content ... htning.jpg

[Richard]

Yes,would be amazing to see something like that yourself.....oneday

[NZstorm]

Reed Timmers' answer to the Discovery Channel dropping Stormchasers. He has made his own doco series on 2012 season, episode 1 is free and then its $2 to view subsequent episodes.

[03Stormchaser]

Tbh i think its better than the discovery series.

[NZstorm]

I see the SPC have a 30% severe thunderstorm risk for the Gulf States on Xmas Day. May end up being a squall line but a tornado outbreak not out of the question.

[tgsnoopy]

He's doing the episodes for half price at the mo.

[03Stormchaser]

Sounds like a pretty devastating Tornado hit Mobile this afternoon. To note its Christmas Day in the US.

Live Stream here: http://www.fox10tv.com/generic/video/LiveStream_FOX10

[Orion]

Thanks for the link. Is it unusual to have a storm like this in the middle of winter?

[03Stormchaser]

Typically December records the lowest number of tornadoes by month in the USA.

[03Stormchaser]

Preliminary count of 36 tornadoes on Dec 25, 2012 a new record for Christmas Day - Source: Storm Prediction Center

[NZstorm]

The 2012 tornado count in the USA could be the lowest on record (to be confirmed).

2012 was a quiet year after a very active 2011.

Harold Brooks, research meteorologist at NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., said that the lack of wind shear is responsible for the lower number of tornadoes in 2012.

"That's associated, in some ways, with the drought that was over the central part of the U.S. during the summertime," Brooks said. "The jet stream went far to the north, and when we have that kind of a pattern over the central U.S., you have very hot weather at the surface. When it is that hot and dry, you don't get very many storms.