Snow Likely In The Central High Plains

Snow will begin falling in the Northern Rockies tomorrow, and by Thursday night into Friday morning, the snow may reach northeast Colorado and western Nebraska - minor accumulation is possible. This would be on September 11 and 12. I don't remember ever seeing accumulating snow in Nebraska this early.

Storm Chasing Videos

All my storm chasing videos are organized chronologically here. A link has also been added in the sidebar to the right under "Links".

Storm Chases From 2010

On June 7th, 2010 at 7:22 MDT, a storm over Scottsbluff, NE began to rotate. We were so close, and the area of rotation so large, that it was difficult to fit it into the field of view:

Just two minutes later, a tornado touches down in Scottsbluff. Although the tornado is very difficult to see, several power flashes are visible. The tornado was rated EF-1. This video runs from 7:23-7:24 MDT:

40 minutes later, as we tracked the storm to Bridgeport, NE, it becomes the darkest storm I've ever seen. This is from 8:01-8:05 PM MDT, and sunset was at 8:25:

The next day, instead of storm chasing, we took a trip through Rocky Mountain National Park. A pileus cloud is seen at 6:20:

On June 11, we saw a storm with vertical (anticyclonic) and horizontal rotation 15 miles north of Strasburg, CO. We are on Headlight Road north of 112th Ave. This is from 4:57-4:59 MDT:

On July 22nd, we saw an intense storm with a well defined shelf cloud approaching Gorney Park in Caledonia, WI. This is from 8:01-8:04 PM CDT:

Super Typhoon Halong

Super Typhoon Halong reached category 5 today with wind estimated at 140 knots (160 mph). Halong is currently south of Japan, and east of the Philippines. Halong will likely begin to impact Japan on Thursday, August 7.

Cold Waters and High Waves on the Great Lakes

Today station 45004 on Lake Superior is still reporting water temperature of just 38F. The normal for late July is in the mid 50s.

On Lake Michigan, 33 knot north winds produced 11.4 foot waves at the Michigan City, IN buoy yesterday morning. The large waves produced enough upwelling to drop the water temperature to 58.8 F at the southern Lake Michigan buoy. Water temperatures were around 61 before the big waves hit, which is already about 10 degrees below normal.

Northern Plains Heat

Heat advisories stretch from Wichita Falls, TX to Duluth, MN today:

The temperature reached 108 in Winner, SD today, with dew point of 52. At York, NE the temperature was 97, the dew point 81, and the heat index 119.