Reed Timmer in Argentina Storm Chasing

[Larry J. Kosch]

Thought some of you may like to keep track of Timmer Reed as he keep himself free from SDS by storm chasing in Argentina:

http://www.tornadovideos.net/

http://www.tornadovideos.net/full-screen-chaser-video.php

Today they are not live-streaming as they are heading down to the beach at Planta de Mars for New Year's Eve celebration. (sun burn time!)

Sounds like they may get some serious storm chasing in Argentina around Jan 3-4!!

 

[Derek Weston]

Thought some of you may like to keep track of Timmer Reed as he keep himself free from SDS by storm chasing in Argentina:

http://www.tornadovideos.net/

http://www.tornadovideos.net/full-screen-chaser-video.php

Today they are not live-streaming as they are heading down to the beach at Planta de Mars for New Year's Eve celebration. (sun burn time!)

Sounds like they may get some serious storm chasing in Argentina around Jan 3-4!!

now that I am bit envious of. (tooling around in Argentina)

 

[Jason Young]

A wedge on his first day , Dam . Well we know Reed know's tornado's , lets see if he can master a stick shift or will Chris have a neck brace this spring. lol.

 

[Jason Foster]

I see Reed has been reading my Top Ten Weather Destination on my website .

http://www.weatherwarrior.net/

Although I said Brazilian tropical thunderstorms, but there is a graphic that shows Argentina as another spot of tornado activity, especially around Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay. I have looked at this area myself, and have considered chasing down there (when I was richer of course) and the road network is fairly decent in the area. I never did a comparison of the fuel cost when I was in Santiago, Chile this past September since everything is metric there, but I suspect it's on par to maybe a little less (depending on the amount of trade with Venezuela). The language barrier could be an issue, but Argentina is still spanish speaking versus Brazil which is portugese speaking.

Reed's trip to South American is likely in part for research he may be undertaking, and in part a push by the Discovery Network for more content. I also (like myself) can see it as totally a personal trip (and who wouldn't like to chase storms all by themselves these days...LOL).

 

[Bill Hark]

They are streaming right now as they are getting into position. Beautiful setting sun and landscape. Amazing to have storm chase streaming from South America. I think they have potential chases Sunday and ?Monday.

I've never been to Argentina, but they seem to have some decent roads and infrastructure along with flat landscape. Plus, it's exotic as least as a chase location. Even if they don't intercept any more tornadoes, those guys are having a fun trip.


Bill Hark

 

[Steve Miller]

Seems like there would be a bit of danger running around with thousands of dollars worth of equipment in a place with domestic instability like Argentina.

 

[cedwards]

Yes, but Reed seems to thrive on heightened instability.

 

[Steve Miller]

To each their own. Glad he and his "team" are having a good experience and appear to have had successful chases so far.

 

[John Wetter]

Sounds like they are in for a couple really promising days. As far as the equipment though, there shouldn't be too many issues, the country is quite stable and on a solid economic recovery.

 

[Heidi Farrar]

Chasing in Argentina

As some of you know, several Stormtrack members are currently chasing in Argentina, as now is prime storm season east of the Andes. Chasers Reed Timmer, Scott Currens, J.R. Hehnly and Chris Chittick arrived in Buenos Aires on the 27th of December and expect to be back on ~ January 11th. They hit the ground running and bagged a wedge on the very first day they were there, and expect the next few days to be great opportunities as well -- Reed compared today's set-up to March 28, 2007, with a strong LLJ set to take shape early this afternoon. Anyway, I'd like to use this thread not so much to just update on what the guys are experiencing now, but to use this to share info, as I know several other veteran chasers have expressed interest in going to SA next season. Joel Taylor and Aaron Ruppert were actually there at the beginning of December as well, and they saw some nice storms and had a great experience. As far as I know they plan to return next year.

Scott has set up a page on his website with all sorts of weather links for Argentina, which I think many of you will find of great interest. The guys keep comparing the Pampas to the Texas Panhandle or southwest Kansas, with good roads, amazing visibility and great people who are willing to help with the language barrier -- and of course, Plains-quality storms. There is still a lot of skill necessary to make a good target forecast "upside down," but I think some of the other "barriers" that were more or less assumed before are being proven as non-issues with the these recent trips. Data is not easy to obtain in the field, so if you want to chase like it's the '80s or '90s again, Argentina may be a great choice!

 

[Andrea Griffa]

Great news Heidi, I was taking a look at South America GFS and I saw a very strong and "moist" set up for Argentina for today, monday and tuesday. It just seems a "Plains pattern": very nice mid level flow and overall very high dews (68-73F) at the ground, and nice lows.
Interesting dry line on tuesday, as you can see from this dew point map.

Good luck guys, stay safe.

 

[Bill Hark]

Heidi, thanks for posting the forecast links. I'm watching the stream now and they just left a town and are on a nice looking storm. From the feed, it does remind me of the Texas Panhandle.

This is a nice break from my SDS.

Once the whole trip is done, I'd love to see a write up about the chase experience. Hints and recommendations. Looking forward to the highlights video.

Bill Hark

 

[Drew.Gardonia]

Why does everyone keep calling him Timmer Reed? I thought his name was Reed Timmer?

 

[Derek Weston]

Yes, but Reed seems to thrive on heightened instability.

I think Argentina is pretty stable in that regard. Perhaps the most affluent country in SA. If you want instability, go north.

 

[Jason Foster]

Why does everyone keep calling him Timmer Reed? I thought his name was Reed Timmer?

What...I haven't seen anyone transpose his first and last name.

I think Argentina is pretty stable in that regard. Perhaps the most affluent country in SA. If you want instability, go north.

Actually, that would be Chile, especially around places like Valpariso and Vina del Mar. I went to check some neighborhoods out in Santiago, and they are pretty nice. The new business district is really nice, very cutting edge.