Storm Highway
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Storm Highway covers extreme weather year-round in the Midwest, Great Plains and beyond. I focus primarily on the storm hazard during the winter months and the midwestern severe weather threat throughout the year. Get more information about storm chasing by following this feed.
Storm Highway
3d ago
There are still some issues with today's setup in the Great Plains, namely the likelihood of storms being entirely after dark. But moisture is turning out to be a little better than forecast, with the risk for significant tornadic supercells in Kansas after sunset ..read more
Storm Highway
5d ago
There was a reason I only went as high as 75% confidence on a Plains trip for Monday: the fact that sometimes models back off of the potential on a big event as it gets closer in time ..read more
Storm Highway
1w ago
I just arrived home from the trip to New Hampshire/Vermont for the eclipse, but it appears that Lord willing, I'll be back on the road soon. A significant tornado event on this coming Monday the 15th has been indicated by models for several days now ..read more
Storm Highway
1w ago
Virginia Beach chaser Bill Coyle, my brother and his family from Raleigh, my sister and her family from Boston and I traveled to Colebrook, New Hampshire to observe the 2024 eclipse ..read more
Storm Highway
2w ago
Sunday and Monday continue to have supercell/tornado potential in the Great Plains, but we will also have arguably equal or even better chances of the same here in the Midwest ..read more
Storm Highway
3w ago
As covered in my last post, the system that just made its way through the central US had great wind profiles for tornadoes, but was very lacking in enough moisture for the main Great Plains component of the event on Sunday. Another trough is shown following by this weekend by most all medium-range models and model ensemble members ..read more
Storm Highway
1M ago
Meteorological spring 2024 has started out active, with four convective severe storms outings and two big supercell/tornado setups already logged for the year ..read more
Storm Highway
1M ago
It's that time of year again! We've made it through another meteorological winter to the season of green trees and grass, warm air, longer days and most importantly to storm chasers, storms ..read more
Storm Highway
1M ago
February this year was more like a March: I observed lightning on five different days, captured lightning stills three times and saw the first tornado of the year - all within the state of Illinois ..read more
Storm Highway
2M ago
After the first of the year, I've been very busy with numerous winter weather events and trips, making a southern US/south Texas expedition for the third winter in a row. Here's a summary of events covered since September of last year ..read more