On the board with the first tornadoes of the season, but this chase will forever be known for the Illinois record-breaking hail over 5″ in diameter, largest hail I have ever seen! And the best single lightning clip I’ve ever shot!
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The Regular Season To Commence?
If you’ve followed me for a long period of time, you know I compare chase season to football season; with March being the pre-season chsaes, April through June the regular season, the summer into early fall the post-season, and the winter the off-season. If you believe the long-range models, the…
Using Downtime to Swap Cameras?
Not exactly the news I wanted to start my week with, but alas, so it goes. Nikon sent out this advisory earlier this week, and wouldn’t you know it, my month-old Nikon Z6 III was part of the advisory. When I called Nikon to inquiry about turn-around time, not only…
Illinois Went to Hail
So much to digest after yesterday’s chase… much more on this to come (including the full chase log), but despite seeing two tornadoes (Pontiac and Kankakee), I am going to remember this day for what likely may be the state record-setting hail. I measured 5.25″, which MAY be the largest…
Career Stats
Tactical Weather-Instrumented Sampling in/near Tornadoes Experiment
HAIL CHASES
FLOOD CHASES
LIGHTNING CHASES
MY CHASING HISTORY
The first chase, the first tornado, the May 14, 1997 Ohio-chase that started it all.
The number of Washington Redskins great, Art Monk, becomes a storm chasing icon.
In 22 years, 2 months, and 2 days, I drove half-a-million mile chasing storms across…