stormhighway.com http://www.stormhighway.com Storm Highway Feed en-us Plains forecast update 5, for April 7 http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/april726a.php Models indicate a return to western upper troughing for at least 5 days starting this weekend, with attendant Gulf moisture return northward into the Great Plains. A sharpening dryline is shown by Sunday the 12th as the first of several shortwaves ejects out over the Plains/Midwest Plains forecast update 4, for March 31 http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march2326a.php Peak tornado season is finally upon us here in the Plains and Midwest. As anticipated a week ago, we're entering a brief active interval as a couple of shortwave troughs eject across the country over returning Gulf moisture. Plains forecast update 3, for March 23 http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march2326a.php As we advance another week into March, the first days of April are beginning to move into the 10-day window of reasonable long-range forecasts. Plains forecast update 2, for March 17 http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march1726a.php As is often the case with early active severe weather patterns, we'll 'pay for it' with an extended period of downtime afterward. Kankakee and Pontiac, Illinois tornadoes, northwestern Indiana tornadoes http://stormhighway.com/kankakee-illinois-tornado-march-10-2026.php I observed four tornadoes from Pontiac, Illinois to near Knox, Indiana on Tuesday, March 10, including a significant tornado on the south side of Kankakee. Annual March 1 post http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march126a.php It's that time of year again! We've made it through another long winter to the date storm chasers around the world celebrate: the start of meteorological spring and severe storms season in the Great Plains and Midwest. October-November 2025 storm chasing roundup http://stormhighway.com/blog2025/nov3025a.php The past two months have been mostly quiet, with a couple of nice events in middle November. The end of web design - and maybe the web itself http://stormhighway.com/blog2025/oct125a.php I've been building web sites since 1995 and doing it professionally since 1997. During that time, I've witnessed and worked through some dramatic changes in the field. Distant lightning marks the end of a career http://stormhighway.com/blog2025/may3125a.php The end of summer 2025 also marked the end of my professional storm chasing/TV cameraman career. This distant lightning, viewed from just outside of my town of New Baden, Illinois on September 21 was a fitting metaphor for the dream that has become a memory, fading away into the night.