kansas

Last weekend I experience my first chase in Texas and got hooked. My knowledge is limited on targeting and forecasting but I did learn quite a bit of tools from my first trip. I fly into Denver Sunday morning and plan on heading straight to southwest Kansas. The GFS model had it looking good...

Hi everyone, I've been chasing for the past decade when life and weather allows. I've had the privilege of seeing tornadoes in IL, IA, SD, CO, and a couple in far western KS (on slight risk days only). This May I might finally chase for the first time in the heart of "Tornado Alley", and I'd...

What do you guys think? I myself think it's a good possibility. With us already having a violent tornado, the EF4 in Perryville MO, this early in the year I think an EF5 might happen in 2017. Heck the last EF5 happened almost 4 years ago. And they usually occur every few years. 59 have happened...

One thing that has been greatly beneficial to me as a chaser is creating diagrams from my photos/videos after the chase. Recently I’ve read more into arching vortex lines like those described in “The structure and evolution of vortex lines in supercell thunderstorms” (Markowski/Richardson). This...

I just came across this tweet from what appears to be the legitimate account of the public information officer of the Kansas Highway Patrol. He reports that a KHP officer issued four speeding tickets to what he intimates were chasers yesterday, and he notes that all of them were travelling 95...