WHERE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, LIGHTNING, BLIZZARDS, AND FLOODS ARE NO MATCH!
If the system does develop to the point of my deciding to chase, I have to already have plans in place to proceed. Often when I begin planning the first thing is how to get to the target area. Right now that is extreme south Florida into the Florida Keys.
–Home to Key Largo = [...]
Tue, July 20 2010 » Hurricanes 2008, chase vehicle, hurricanes 2010, storm chasing, summer 2010, tropical storm coverage » No Comments
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 11: 58pm EDT
Interior work today, axle work tomorrow
I got started somewhat late today so rather than start work on the front axle, I began a project to swap around some interior elements. Mostly relocating the AC & heat controls lower in the dash. I’m also moving the AM/FM CD [...]
Wed, June 23 2010 » Jason personal, chase vehicle, mobile weather station, summer 2010 » No Comments
November 15th, 2009 at 11:22pm EST
Winter Closing in!!!
While today was a fairly warm day, my mind was somewhat on winter weather. I say somewhat because today’s exercise was really fun, but it had a purpose. For a few weeks I’ve been looking for a spot that was rather muddy so that I could [...]
Sun, November 15 2009 » Fall 2009, Winter 2009/2010, chase vehicle » No Comments
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 EST
Preparing the Weather Wagon
With the upcoming winter season, there are a few things I will need to do to the car to get it ready for my winter weather travels, and daily use.
Each winter it is important for anyone to check various aspects of their car to make sure it [...]
Tue, November 3 2009 » Winter 2009/2010, chase vehicle » No Comments
One unfortunate event from a former chase apprentice.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:25pm EDT
Back a number of weeks ago, a fellow chase apprentice was out chasing some storms in east-central Virginia. He began in Maryland, and did a pretty decent job at driving through eastern areas of the DC region and down into southern Maryland [...]
Fri, June 26 2009 » Jason personal, Spring 2009, chase vehicle » No Comments
Trains collide, reports still coming in.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:24pm
Today I barely got the chance to pay much attention to the weather. Between errands in Baltimore, and interview with a guest writer at the Gazette Newspapers, and then when I get home, I hear about a terrible crash on the DC metrorail system that [...]
Mon, June 22 2009 » Business Planning, DC area weather, Jason personal, chase vehicle, summer 2009 » No Comments
Severe weather hits hard in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio could see overnight severe weather.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:47pm EDT
A significant amount of severe weather that includes everything from individual supercells, to squall lines and and MCS that has really put out a lot of high wind damage reports and few tornado reports from today. [...]
Fri, June 19 2009 » Jason personal, Spring 2009, Weather Warrior TV, chase vehicle » No Comments
Lots of rain and thunderstorms the past few days.
June 12th, 2009 at 12:07am EDT
I have to catch up on photos and video yet, but wanted to briefly talk about the large amount of rain we’ve had over the past few weeks and especially the last three days. Two days ago I did venture out [...]
Thu, June 11 2009 » DC area weather, Jason personal, Spring 2009, chase vehicle, storm chasing » No Comments
A number of days forthcoming may see thunderstorms in the DC region/Mid-Atlantic
June 8th, 2009 at 11:58pm EDT
Not sure yet as to the prospects of my departing tomorrow. Still have some car issues to worry about for long distance chasing. I will be out no problem if storms are withing a 70+/- range of [...]
Mon, June 8 2009 » DC area weather, Spring 2009, chase vehicle, storm chasing » No Comments
Scubie (Subaru) first alterations to chase vehicle
May 17th, 2009 at 11:54pm EDT
Yesterday I spent some time planning to investigate how to begin some of the modifications to the new chase vehicle, a 1997 Subaru Legacy GT wagon. It was really only suppose to be planning, but things went so well, and were so easy [...]
Sun, May 17 2009 » Hurricanes 2009, Spring 2009, chase vehicle » No Comments