Entry #9- Homemade Laptop/Camera Mount for Chasing
This chase season, I've got a bit more freedom as well as money to be able to chase more to my leisure. With this, I also want to have a...
July 13th, 2015 Ottawa, IL Supercell
Tornadoes: 0 Largest hail: N/A Highest Wind Gust: N/A July 13th is a significant day in weather history for Central Illinois, when on...
December 23rd, 2015 Low Topped Supercells
Tornadoes: 0 Highest Wind Gust: 50 mph (estimated) Largest Hail: N/A Other notes: A VERY photogenic chase, prepare for image overload!...
Entry #8: Just Some Thoughts
It's been about 9 months since my last entry. Not that anyone really reads these or cares in the first place, but I figured one was...
December 31st, 2010: The First (Mediocre) Chase
Tornadoes: 0 Highest Wind Gust: Don’t remember, but non-severe Largest Hailstone: 0” This was what I consider my first actual chase. I...
April 20th, 2004: Where It All Started
I've decided to start writing up logs of my weather experiences before I really even knew much about them since they made some huge...
June 22nd, 2015 Sublette, IL EF2 Tornado
Tornadoes: 1 Largest Hail: N/A Highest Wind Gust: 50 mph (estimated) This was my benchmark chase of the year, and given 2014 was really...
June 20th, 2015 Iowa Tornado and Damaging Winds
Tornadoes: 1 Largest Hail: N/A Highest Wind Gust: 75 mph (estimated) Accomplishment: First chase outside of Illinois I would not have...
June 11th, 2015 Warm Front Bust
This day I knew right off the bat was going to be a boom or bust. If the atmosphere along the warm front could destabilize, then all hell...
June 10th, 2015 Large Hail and Supercell
A "day before the day" that ended up being "the day" across portions of Illinois. The event wasn't very highly anticipated even with...
