Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
NOTE: I never got around to finishing this on time, but here it is. This post refers to our storm chasing day on Friday 6/1/2018 It was really nice to have an off day on Thursday, because Friday ended up being an exhausting day. A vigorous shortwave trough centered over the northern Plains drew warm, […]
We knew that the majestic, rotating supercell we saw yesterday (Tuesday 5/29/2018) would be very hard to surpass, but Wednesday ended up far exceeding our expectations. Even as early as the night before, the Storm Prediction Center only had “marginal risk” for severe weather over the Western Oklahoma/NW Texas region. But in the morning, the […]
Tuesday was, without a doubt, the best storm chasing day of our lives. Although we didn’t see a tornado, we saw multiple incredible mesocyclones, which are the rotating updrafts affiliated with all tornadic thunderstorms. Moreover, these mesocyclones occurred within the same thunderstorm complex and were rotating in opposite directions. It was a truly incredible experience […]
