An overall very exciting year for my exploration of storms and nature across the country. I decided to let storms decide where I went and made an effort to get to multiple tropical systems (Hurricane Idalia, Cat 4, Florida & Tropical Storm Ophelia at the NC coast) along with a large amount (50+) tornado warned … More Best of 2023 – A big year of storms and adventure
I got a classic look at some strong storms close to Reidsville NC. Nic and I were chasing, and we decided to stick with a small but growing cell as it headed toward a lake. We definitely picked the right cell because it soon exploded and became severe warned. As we watched the cloud tops … More North Carolina Lightning
A great day for storm chasing yesterday! Accomplished pictures: Lightning reflection over water, lightning over downtown Greensboro, and rain shaft illuminated by sunset. I have always wanted to capture lightning over my home town, and it finally worked out! Driving less than 200 miles, forecaster Nic Robertson & I hunted down at least 3 different … More Strong storms and electric sky
What a great week for summer storms! The atmosphere has been prime and producing towering monster storms with tons of lightning and rain. This means a lot of driving and a lot of chasing! This first picture is from Thomasville NC. My comrades and I were tracking some thunderstorms close to lexington and happened to … More Towering storms and sunflowers
Another week of some photogenic storms. This past weekend(6/28/13) definitely had the best results. I always keep my eye on the radar, and even on marginally stormy days, certain features can produce incredible images. This day in particular I had my sights on getting a good shelf cloud. The buzz of a possible shelf cloud started … More Extremely long shelf cloud
Still i the wake of horrible news (see last post), I set forth to cheer up by chasing some medium strength storms around NC. Usually around this part of the U.S. storms tend to have an abundant amount of moisture, usually restricting visibility of the storm structure. However, I was in for a pleasant surprise! … More Wide Open Storms
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