The Storm Patrol is on location here at ChaserCon 2011. So far the presentations have been awesome with Dr. Karen Kosbia, Jon Davies, Mike Bettes, Dr. Greg Forbes and Reed Timmer. If you would like to watch from home check out SevereStudios.com.
Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter for updates throughout the event.
Tyler
Here is some video that I shot of a house fire in Pittsburg, KS at 4:30pm on 2-9-2011.
Check out this video!
Jordan left his iPhone on the side of the road during a storm chase. The Otter Box survived a severe thunderstorm and a cold front covering the phone in frost! Jordan and I both have iPhone4′s from Verizon on the way and you know what kind of case we will be using.
I have made some radar loops of the storm that went over the phone, the small red dot is the location of the iPhone in the Otter Box
Tyler.
The models are forecasting a powerful winter storm across OK, KS, MO and AR between the 8th and the 10th. I have attached some metogram outputs of bufkit data for Joplin, MO KJLN, Chanute, KS KCNU and Tulsa, OK KTUL. You can see the forecast snow totals are quite high but remember these are just model guidance not a crystal ball!
Well here is the after video.. The NWS said we had 13 to 18 inches.. It was VERY hard to tell as it was blowing all over the place.
Well the bilzzard is on it’s way we are under blizzard warning. Here is some before video I will have some more video throughout the event, you should see an update as soon as the snow starts.
With a major system on the way the PDS WSW makes perfect sense! I will try and post some current info about the upcoming winter storm on thestormpatrol.com and on Facebook and Twitter ASAP!
When we think of PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) most of the time we are talking about a PDS Tornado Watch but not in this case. The NWS uses the term PDS to enhance the wording of a watch or warning. If you see a PDS Tornado Watch this means there is a heightened chance for strong to violent tornadoes in the watch area I.E a tornado outbreak! Sometimes the SPC will issue a PDS Severe Thunderstorm watch typically when a long lived derecho is forecasted.
Back to the PDS Winter Storm Warning, here are some questions for thought maybe someone can answer for me.
Is this the first PDS Winter Storm Warning?
If not when and where was the last one?
What are the requirements for a PDS WSW?
Read more to see the PDS Winter Storm Warning text.
Here is the NAM models solution for the event at 18z or noon cst Friday. It shows a cold front / dry line across KS / OK / TX moving into AR. Keep in mind this is just a model output it’s by no means perfect but I’m liking the NAM output over the GFS at this point the GFS as always is too fast it has things all the way to St Louis, MO at 18z.
Click to enlarge. Image from weather.cod.edu
Tyler.
Looks like we could see some severe storms and tornado or two on New Year’s Eve across TX, LA, and MS. The main issue I have is moisture return, if the southerly flow can stay in place long enough to get some deep moisture we could see severe storms quite a ways north into MO and IL! Will just have to see how it plays out over the next few days.
Tyler.
I took this pic when the moon was just about 100% eclipsed. I took the pic with Olympus SP-550UZ I have Nikon D80 DSLR but the only lens i have is a 18-135mm the Olympus is 28-504mm equivalent amazing cam for the price, I would really like to get a big 800mm or so for the D80 but that would cost way to much and it would only be good for stuff like this.
Tyler.
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