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On the way to a wedding, I drove upon this sweet surface pressure gradient spin-up. High Pressure is fun when your in the right place at the right time :)

Welcome Fall

Here is a website to bring up 2009 tornadic activity statistics
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tornadoes&year=2009&month=17

Enjoy the change in season....

Lacking there of....."Storms That Have Been Chased" Blog Posts coming soon

Chases from May, July, and August will be put up eventually
Right now my main fall projects are to work on putting up the seasonal vids from 2009 & 2010 seasons....
2009 season is almost done, but still tweaking
2010 season ummmm haven't started

Hope all is well for everyone!
Here is a pic from the 2010 Chase Season

Unintentional Chasing

Today I was driving down to DIA to pick up my mom to drive her back to Salida, Colorado. A boundary setup along the Palmer Divide would quickly begin to grow tower cumulus congestion, but with no shear to self sustain they elevated quickly. After 4pm enough energy in the mountains blew up to send a line of convection along this boundary with a little short wave to enhance the dynamic support once it reached the plains.
My mom and I got to Castle Rock and watched an amazing cell in the backside of the ongoing eastward convection. CG lightning triggering left and right in the mountains and high spots, very sheared skies continued to support an amazing base full of convection and cold pools. Rain wanted to fall, but continued to sustain itself for a good 45 minutes until it was all said and done or began raining out!
This continuance frontal boundary pushed itself southeastward spawning storms to our south into Canyon City, Colorado. A great day all in all unintentionally chasing and to be with mom through it :)

What Does This Mean?

So I just found out last week about this double rainbow stuff! and by now it has become the comedy central for anyone who spot these pretty remarkable refractive phenomena. If you have yet to see this don't worry your not missing much other than a guy who realized a double rainbow exists on Earth. Youtube (double rainbow) if curiosity leads you to know what many are talking these days. Only 6 million people have seen this video! Tonight was a treat over Denver with a descent rain shower that dissipated to the east giving off an amazing rainbow/sunset show!





With monsoonal, yes monsoonal season underway....there will be numerous chances to just stay put in Colorado wherever you live to see some sort of action. Wind, a cloud or 2, evaporative hail, lightning, and quick spinnies caused by boundary action! Plenty to do for the rest of summer, go for a swim, eat lunch, go to Walmart than drive home to see a thunderstorm everyday brewing off the mountains. Not gonna waste gas, unless it's a nuclear bomb or it's just time to drive somewhere!

I've many stories to share once the fall season rolls around on another season of "Storms That Have Been Chased"

Happy 4th of July Teaser Severe Cell

Wishing everyone a Great 4th of July coming up.....

I hope everyone has an awesome Fourth of July! Get in the pool, chase, or launch fireworks at each other....oh and don't let the rain stop you, just find the lightning show!
Happy 4th,
Skinner