Jun 17, 2014

Stanton and Pilger NE Storm

Yesterday, we tracked the storm that hit Stanton and Pilger, NE with a strong tornado, from Pender, NE to Sioux City, IA.

There were multiple funnel clouds seen from 1 mile east of Pender on Route 94. This video is from 4:55-5:01 PM CDT on June 16, 2014:
There was good storm stucture a few miles north of Pender, NE on Route 9. This video runs from 5:10-5:12 CDT:
We saw two funnel clouds simultaneously between Pender and Emerson, NE on Route 9. The video runs from 5:13-5:17 PM CDT:
We found ourselves too close to rapid rotation while driving east on Route 35 just northeast of Emerson, NE. The video runs from 5:26-5:28 PM CDT:
There were rapidly rotating funnel clouds just southwest of Hubbard, NE on Route 35. The video runs from 5:32-5:35 PM CDT:
We saw great striations on Route 35 between Hubbard and Dakota City, NE. The video runs from 5:41-5:42 PM CDT:
We saw incredible storm structure on Route 35 between Hubbard and Dakota City, NE. The video is at 5:43 PM CDT:
The supercell had rapid rotation on Route 35 between Hubbard and Dakota City, NE. The video runs from 5:45-5:47 PM CDT:
The tilted updraft was visible from US 75/77 just north of Dakota City, NE as the storm began to weaken. This is from 5:53-5:54 PM CDT:

Jun 12, 2014

Hurricane Christina


Hurricane Christina rapidly intensified from category 1 with winds of 70 knots to category 4 with 130 knot winds over just a 21 hour period. This occurred from June 11th at 21Z to June 12th at 18Z.

Christina is already the second category 4 hurricane in the East Pacific this season. This is the earliest in the season that two hurricanes reached category 4 in the East Pacific since 1966 when satellite monitoring began.

Jun 2, 2014

Ice On Lake Superior On May 31

The last day there was ice on Lake Superior was Saturday, May 31st: