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Although the first 30 days of astronomical summer have been active in the Midwest, I still have not ventured far outside of the St. Louis region for storm observing. So far, July has been my best month for storm captures in quite a long time, mostly thanks to the 19th when I finally was blessed with the Arch lightning strike still image I've been after for 10 years.
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An incredible storm over downtown St. Louis produced the most prolific barrage of cloud-to-ground lightning I've observed to date over the city. Multiple buildings and the Gateway Arch were struck numerous times, with the Arch seeing three strikes between 7:30PM and 8:30PM.
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The slow storm season of 2020 continued through the last days of spring, with no events in the St. Louis region worth covering between June 10-19. The three-day period between June 20-22 featured storms around the metro with a couple of OK captures.
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Despite being shut down for any travel during the whole Plains spring season, I've had a few decent events here in the St. Louis metro area.
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The St. Louis metro area has one of the best network of bike trails in the Midwest. This is particularly true of the Illinois side of the metro area (the STL "Metro-East") with the expansive and growing Madison County Transit and MetroBikeLink trail systems. With the completion of the Goshen Trail's southern extension to O'Fallon, access to the trail network has been opened up to even more of the population of the Metro-East.
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Storm chasing and spotting are often confused together, and thought to be one and the same by those outside of these communities. But a big secret in the storm chasing world is that they are actually very, very different. There can in very rare cases be some overlap between the two, which I'll get into later in this post, but they should not be considered equivalents.
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I know you have probably started following this story in earnest recently now that the crisis is rapidly accellerating. But there is significant reason to be concerned.
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I'm way behind on my blog updates, but after this post you'll understand why. It's been incredibly busy on the winter weather front and I've taken on additional hours at two of my main day jobs, leaving very little true days off to work on blog posts. This post will cover the period beginning on December 14 and ending on March 2.
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January 9 marked ten years since I moved from my native West Virginia and spent my first full day and night as a Midwesterner. The following is a photographic restrospective of the past decade of life here in Missouri and Illinois.
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I fell way behind on my expedition log updates, so here is one big page with all of the trips since the beginning of September. A LOT has happened over these last few months!
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On Monday, November 11, an overperforming light snow event caught DOT crews in the St. Louis are off guard, resulting in a significant road icing event that caused gridlock in the metro. While this was ongoing, a large meteor fireball exploded in the skies overhead, making international headlines.
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August was another busy month of observing, with a few good storm observation days among a lot of unproductive ones.
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Busy - but mostly frustrating and unproductive - storm observing has continued throughout the month of June, precluding frequent updates to the blog.
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