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Reports And Pictures Chase Day 25

Paul Sherman

By Paul Sherman
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Paul Sherman Veteran

Paul Sherman

Posted
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
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Started the day way down in Wichita (Ks) with a Chase Target of North Platte which would be a 360 Mile Drive North and West. The Storm we went after actually formed within 30 Miles North of North Platte and just as we got there at 5pm.

This was the Storm as we headed North on Highway 83

post-24-1242878519_thumb.jpg - Convection really struggled Initially against the Cap

post-24-1242878562_thumb.jpg - Pileaus Cap

post-24-1242878593_thumb.jpg - Convection

We let that Storm go over us at Thedford and then went West a few Miles to a Storm that was showing Supercellular Characteristics

post-24-1242878633_thumb.jpg - Mesocyclone

The storm then accelerated East so I had to shoot east and then back South down 83 To try to beat it, stopped briefly to shoot a Picture of the Downburst and Hail approaching us

post-24-1242878706_thumb.jpg - Impressive Core

Then had to shout at Arron and Mark that we were about to get cored and to get into the Car quick

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We never outrun the core and got into some serious sweeping Hail and Outflow winds that were about 60mph, the hail was about penny sized, but the rookies loved it (Sorry Stu)

Ended the day at North Platte and had a Storm sideswipe us that created a Sandstorm from the nearby Sandhills

A better day than we expected

Paul S

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Arron Explorer

Arron

Posted
  • Location: Aberystwyth, West Wales
  • Location: Aberystwyth, West Wales
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What an ace first day! :winky: Seeing her approach us and evolve was really awesome, and that downburst :aggressive:

multi cellular thunderstorm Enthusiast

multi cellular thunderstorm

Posted
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything Extreme!
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
Posted

Excellent first day! Better than I could have imagined after seeing the forecast before I left home.

Here's a couple of my pics...

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Nick F Maestro

Nick F

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
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Here's a few photos of mine. Not a bad day in the end, Arron and Mark experienced their first very strong outflow winds with rain curtains and hail blowing across the road as we escaped being munched - which was good:

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Doppler radar on the Sand Hills north of North Platte

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Gorky Contributor

Gorky

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  • Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - 80m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Tornadoey
  • Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - 80m ASL
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Good chase guys and nice pics. Better than we all expected I guess. Not really tornado weather where I was today.... hehe

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Paul Sherman Veteran

Paul Sherman

Posted
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
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Lol

Where was that! :aggressive:

Gorky Contributor

Gorky

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  • Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - 80m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Tornadoey
  • Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - 80m ASL
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Highway 14 over the Rocky mountains. I'd wanted to take 14a which was a scenic route, but it was still closed due to snow from the winter :aggressive: That's not to say that Highway 14 wasn't scenic. It's a stunning drive :winky:

MAF Experienced

MAF

Posted
  • Location: SE London
  • Location: SE London
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some very good shots there guys. lets hope today (thurs) brings some more chances of a decent chase :winky:

right, i am off home to bed. take care you lot :aggressive:

Sloopy Newbie

Sloopy

Posted
  • Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
  • Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
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Impressive shots of the storm and that hail looks pretty intense.

How close to Yellowstone is the snow?

Gorky Contributor

Gorky

Posted
  • Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - 80m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Tornadoey
  • Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - 80m ASL
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I'm at Cody, east of Yellowstone, and it is snowy up on the peaks but not down here. I havn't been through to Yellowstone yet, as I kept stopping every 5 minutes whilst driving today to admire views :) I imagine there may be snow in some of the higher areas... we'll see....

ANYWEATHER Maestro

ANYWEATHER

Posted
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
Posted

Stunning pics everyone. Bet you,ll be glad when that GOM low has gone and will allow moisture to return to the Plains. Glad y,all having a good time. Best Wishes Ian.

AudMun Enthusiast

AudMun

Posted
  • Location: Northampton, UK
  • Location: Northampton, UK
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We never outrun the core and got into some serious sweeping Hail and Outflow winds that were about 60mph, the hail was about penny sized, but the rookies loved it (Sorry Stu)

Paul S

It's a conspiracy! :) Either that or your sharing your Sherman shield with me! :)

pottyprof Enthusiast

pottyprof

Posted
  • Location: Swallownest, Sheffield 83m ASL
  • Location: Swallownest, Sheffield 83m ASL
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Wonderful photos Guys!! Stunning!! :)

Somerset Squall Seasoned

Somerset Squall

Posted
  • Location: Taunton, Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, thunder, strong winds
  • Location: Taunton, Somerset
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How I would love to see a storm like that! Great shots guys.

nsrobins Enthusiast

nsrobins

Posted
  • Location: Wickham, S Hampshire, UK
  • Location: Wickham, S Hampshire, UK
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Excellent first day! Better than I could have imagined after seeing the forecast before I left home.

Which one? :)

Glad you got some action chaps - made the long haul worth it I would think.

Tom Lynch Aficionado

Tom Lynch

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  • Location: Cumbria UK
  • Weather Preferences: Cloud 9
  • Location: Cumbria UK
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Started the day way down in Wichita (Ks) with a Chase Target of North Platte which would be a 360 Mile Drive North and West. The Storm we went after actually formed within 30 Miles North of North Platte and just as we got there at 5pm.

This was the Storm as we headed North on Highway 83

post-24-1242878519_thumb.jpg - Convection really struggled Initially against the Cap

post-24-1242878562_thumb.jpg - Pileaus Cap

post-24-1242878593_thumb.jpg - Convection

We let that Storm go over us at Thedford and then went West a few Miles to a Storm that was showing Supercellular Characteristics

post-24-1242878633_thumb.jpg - Mesocyclone

The storm then accelerated East so I had to shoot east and then back South down 83 To try to beat it, stopped briefly to shoot a Picture of the Downburst and Hail approaching us

post-24-1242878706_thumb.jpg - Impressive Core

Then had to shout at Arron and Mark that we were about to get cored and to get into the Car quick

post-24-1242878782_thumb.jpg

We never outrun the core and got into some serious sweeping Hail and Outflow winds that were about 60mph, the hail was about penny sized, but the rookies loved it (Sorry Stu)

Ended the day at North Platte and had a Storm sideswipe us that created a Sandstorm from the nearby Sandhills

A better day than we expected

Paul S

I was watching until bedtime Paul. Nice photos and I hope that the rest of your trip is successful.

Tom

Arron Explorer

Arron

Posted
  • Location: Aberystwyth, West Wales
  • Location: Aberystwyth, West Wales
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Heres a few pics from my first day B)

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post-4649-1242916179_thumb.jpg About 5 seconds before we ran back to the car :o

dogs32 Aficionado

dogs32

Posted
  • Location: south London
  • Location: south London
Posted

love the pics....wish I had saw them clouds

SteveB Veteran

SteveB

Posted
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
Posted

Great pics, glad everyone on the tour has had some extreme weather.

Love the snow pic Gorky

Ross B Accomplished

Ross B

Posted
  • Location: East Renfrewshire 180m asl
  • Location: East Renfrewshire 180m asl
Posted

Very nice Guys, i'm jealous already...!

Harry Accomplished

Harry

Posted
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
Posted

I so hope to be able to go next year :D

The pics and vids coming back from the 2009 chase are incredible!

NL Aficionado

NL

Posted
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
Posted

Brilliant to get on that storm and capture a collection of great images yet again ..!! Stunning clarity of the hail-core and

a nice wall cloud well worth the long haul North.....

multi cellular thunderstorm Enthusiast

multi cellular thunderstorm

Posted
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything Extreme!
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
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Here's some more from Tuesday from my other camera, the memory card was stuck inside my laptop until now so just catching up!

Nice convection and pileus...

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This was as we were driving away from the supercell, it's slightly blurred but I just like the colours...

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Mark.

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