Finally finished a little feature on the site… for a while, I have organized my chase logs into three categories, NO REPORT, IN PROGERSS, and FULL WRITE-UP.  The working idea when I recreated the site was to mirror a similar log book that I had in earlier editions of the site where EVER log would be added to the annual page whether or not a write-up was intended.  That way I showed a complete log book each year with all relevant stats posted to the chase logs.  That also meant not having to create specific pages for logs that were…

    A lot going on locally, including some weather with chasing potential over the next few days… all this leading into the FIRST weekend in God-Knows-How-Long that will actually be NICE to be outside for… Chasing-wise, nothing significant on the level I would LIKE to see on an August setup, hail/wind threats along with potential for flash flooding (mainly on Thursday for flooding).  Tomorrow will probably require a bit of a northerly haul, perhaps into northwest Nebraska.  Models have been throwing darts at the region for where the best severe weather setup lies, but my hunch will be closer…

Just doing some quick website maintenance, adding the four chases from last week that wrapped up an otherwise pretty lowkey July.  While I got some pretty images, none of the days really performed all that great.  Aside from the Longmont flooding on the 28th and an encounter with a brief little QLCS birdfart in northern Nebraska on the 30th, this was a series of otherwise unremarkable chasing.  Still, was nice to get a little July romp in, as July typically is my slowest month for chasing during the warm season. Not much looking forward in the nearterm; I had some…

All cozied up here in my Ogallala hotel after following some storms up I-76 this afternoon.  Today’s forecast didn’t pan out like we thought with storms having better wheels and actually going severe for a time.  Initial thoughts on today were very slow moving Urban Corridor storms that would produce flash flood potential from Denver and points north.  While there was a brief window for some minor street flooding in southeast Denver, the storms had more juice to them, thus propagated northeast much quicker, leaving the areal residence time too low for major impacts fortunately.  That also meant the cluster…

Last few days of July MAY offer up a chase day or two locally… nothing terribly high-end, but close enough to home to where it could certainly get me on the road.  I had today on the radar, and while it still sits there, the probabilities are definitely toward the bottom.  Overnight showers and a couple thunder rumbles lingered into the morning, and as we approach lunch, the overcast conditions are holding strong here in northern Colorado, greatly reducing any storm potential here.  Out east, a little better, but you’re now talking 2-3 hour drive to get out that way…

Added another tick mark to my tropical adventures… a forgettable one… was mostly mop-up work in Texas on what I assume was the very remote off-chance SOMETHING would have happened after its unspectacular landfall in Louisiana.  Nothing I personally would’ve even given a second thought, but sometimes the nature of the job calls.  That being said, it was everything we knew it would be, and by everything, I mean literally nothing.  I’ve seen bigger downpours in my shower.  But alas, I was there, it’s another name off the list, nothing bad happened, and it was quick and painless.  I’m home,…