Blog Post Archives

June 2022:
Giant hail
Plains logs

May 2022:
May roundup

March 2022:
March 1 post

January 2022:
December-January roundup
Music from the Road 10

October 2021:
Sept-Oct Roundup

September 2021:
Music from the Road 8
August roundup

July 2021:
Midsummer roundup

May 2021:
Plains logs
IL tornadoes

March 2021:
March roundup
Winter roundup
March 1 post

October 2020:
Music from the Road 5
Music from the Road 4
Music from the Road 3

September 2020:
Music from the Road 2
Music from the Road 1

July 2020:
3 Arch strikes

June 2020:
June 20-22 recap

March 2020:
Spotting vs chasing
Coronavirus
Dec-March roundup

February 2020:
Midwest 10 years

November 2019:
Meteor & icy roads

September 2019:
August roundup

July 2019:
Midsummer roundup
Great Plains recap
CA earthquake expedition

June 2019:
2019 Flood: Alton

April 2019:
Forecast update 7
Forecast update 6
Forecast update 5
Arch lightning strike
March/April roundup

February 2019:
Relentless winter

January 2019:
No better place

October 2018:
Hurricane Michael

September 2018:
Upcoming videos

August 2018:
8/6 Alton lightning
New Arch entrance

July 2018:
July storm roundup
STL fireworks

May 2018:
Forecast update 8
Forecast update 7
Day 1/Update 6
May 6 IL lightning

March 2018
Season predictions / forecast update 2
St. Louis tornadoes
Forecast update 1

January 2018
Light pillars

November 2017
11/5 supercell
Earthquake observing
11/2 lightning

October 2017
9/4 lightning

September 2017
Summer recap

August 2017
Eclipse images/video
Eclipse update 4
Eclipse update 3
Eclipse clouds 2
Eclipse clouds 1

July 2017
STL area eclipse travel

May 2017
Forecast update 9
Trip #1 recap
Day 1: TX tornado
Forecast update 8
Forecast update 7
Forecast update 6

April 2017
Forecast update 5
Forecast update 4
4/10 IL chase
Forecast update 3
4/5 IL chase
Forecast update 2

February 2017
Jan 19-Feb 8 roundup

January 2017
1/16 Lightning
Icy roads update

November 2016
STL fall colors

September 2016
9/16 IL funnel
Top ten tornadoes
9/9 IL supercells
"Black hole" of naturalism

August 2016
August 24-27 storms
July-August roundup
Pictured with tornadoes

June 2016
Pontiac, IL tornado
Epilogue & recap

May 2016
May 24 chase
Incredible Plains
Kansas violent wedge
5/8 expedition log
5/7,5/11 STL storms
4/30 STL storms

March 2016
Resurrection data
Forecast update 2
3/15 IL chase
Forecast update 1
Storm roundup

February 2016
Dec-Feb storm roundup

November 2015
Academic consensus

October 2015
Gateway Arch 50th

September 2015
Crash footage
9/10 lightning

August 2015
Free will II
Free will I
2017 eclipse
Arch posters
8/9 STL storms
Sunrise shelf

July 2015
Question everything 1
July chase roundup
7/8 supercell
More 6/28 images

May 2015
Trip 2 recap
Trip 1 recap
Trip 1 departure!
Forecast update

April 2015
Forecast update
Forecast update
- April 2-9 expeditions

February 2015
- 3 Questions
- MBN Saturday Night

January 2015
- 2014 Top 10

November 2014
- 11/10 STL Sunsets

October 2014
- 10/13 IL tornado
- 10/7 KY supercell
- STL storms

September 2014
- Icy roads update
- STL metro storms
- STL lightning
- STL supercells

August 2014
- Arch lightning!
- 8/6 STL storms

July 2014
- Lightning & houses
- 7/27 Kentucky chase
- Lightning/fireworks

June 2014
- Chicago lightning
- Immortality?
- 6/21 STL storms
Epilogue
- 6/16 Close lightning
- 6/7 STL tornadoes
Day 5: Nebraska
- June 1 IL storms

April 2014
Forecast update
Forecast update
Forecast update
Forecast update
- Springtime in STL
Forecast update
Forecast update
- Arch & lunar eclipse
Forecast update
Forecast update
- 4/3 Photos/video
- 4/3 STL lightning
- 4/2 IL lightning

February 2014
- IL tornadoes
- Musial bridge
- Crashes on video
- STL icy crash

January 2014
- 1/24 Texas icing
- 1/16 icy roads
- Frost road icing
- Snowdrifts
- STL snowstorm I
- New Year's snowdrifts

November 2013
- 11/17 outbreak
- Battery alarm

October 2013
- Rozel composite
- Bennington
- 10/8 auroras
- 10/5 IL chase
- 10/4 IL chase

September 2013
- Bennington loop
- El Reno Q&A
- 9/24 chase
- 10mm field of view
- STL lightning
- Arch rainbow
- Tornado stats
- Steam Devils I
- High-res radar
- El Reno rating
- 9/1 sprites

August 2013
- 8/23 lightning
- Distrust in science
- Funnel or not?
- 8/12 funnels
- Susan Strom
- 8/8 storms
- 8/7 storm

June 2013
- Tornado gallery
- Tornado stills 2
- Tornado stills 1
- 6/12 IL tornado
- El Reno EF5 account
Epilogue

May 2013
Day 12: Wedge tornado
Day 11: OK structure
Day 10: OK hail/lightning
Day 9: KS close wedge!
Day 8: STL to KS
Day 6: KS to OK
Day 5: KS tornadoes!
Day 4: STL to NE/KS
- Distant lightning
Forecast update
Forecast update
- 5/9 MO/IL storms
Forecast update
- 5/3 IL storms

March 2013
- Incredulity
Forecast update
- "Defiance" Arch photos
Forecast update
- 3/24 snowstorm
- 3/17 close lightning
- 3/12 Comet
- March 1

February 2013
- 2/25 thundersleet
- 2/21 snowstorm
- 2/3 I-55 spinouts

January 2013
- 1/31 snow
- 1/29 severe storms
- 1/27 icing
- 1/24 sunset
- 1/24-25 icing
- 1/20 IL sunset
- 1/12 lightning, icing
- Bridge icing
- Quiet new year

November 2012
- Forecast update
- New YT videos
- Thanksgiving lightning
- Blackbird migration II
- I-64 tornadoes
- Moving to Twitter
- Midwest tornadoes
- STL gallery additions

October 2012
- 10/25 cold front
- 10/22 lightning
- 10/17 STL storms
- 10/13-14 setups
- Photo update
- 10/5 lightning
- Lunar halo

September 2012
- Okawville tornado
- 9/21 IL supercell
- STL gallery
- Balloon glow
- New STL city photos
- 765 Decatur to STL
- Isaac's remnants

July 2012
- 7/26 sunset
- 7/19 twilight storm
- 7/15 Aurora Borealis
- 7/9 STL storms
- 7/7 lightning
- 7/1 hail/wind

June 2012
- Hail cross sections
- Limits of science
- Summer entrenched
Epilogue
- Plains trip 2

May 2012
- 5/31 KY/IN chase
- 5/29 lightning
- Self-deception
- 5/24 Iowan expedition
5/24 Forecast update
- Value of human life?
5/20 Forecast update
5/18 Forecast update
5/16 Forecast update
- Stats, Midwest forecast
5/12 Forecast update
5/9 Forecast update
- 20 storm observers to follow
- May 6-7 lightning
- Close lightning!
5/3 Forecast update
5/1 Forecast update

April 2012
- 4/28 STL large hail
- 4/26 IL hailer
4/24 Forecast update
4/22 Forecast update
- Trip 1 expedition logs
Photo/video update
Day 4: Low risk in MO
Day 3: OK tornadoes
Day 2: OK tornadoes
Day 1: KS structure
Trip 1 ahead

February 2012
- 2/28-29 lightning
- 2/28 storm forecast
- Skeptic's responsibility
- God of the Gaps
- 2012 upgrades
- Andy Gabrielson
- HD lightning video

January 2012
- Full size HD videos
- 1/22 expedition, 1/20 icing
- 1/17 STL lightning
- Appeal to reason
- Tripod head removal
- Road ice updates

November 2011
- More November storms
- 11/14 lightning expedition
- 11/8 chase bust
- Road ice season
- New River Bridge lights
- Upcoming storms

October 2011
- World Series parade
- Cards win World Series
- 10/24 auroras
- New St. Louis cityscapes
- Actionable probabilities
- World Series Game 2
- World Series Game 1
- World Series prelude
- Sherman Minton Bridge
- Cardinals: NLCS Game 5
- STL city/Arch VI

September 2011
- St. Louis aerials
- 10-22mm test shots
- Slide/negative scans
- Lightning stacks II
- 9/3 IL lightning
- The end of film

August 2011
- Earthquake info/links
- Louisville, Charleston
- Hurricane Irene links
- 5.8M VA earthquake
- 8/19 tower lightning
- 8/16 steam devils
- Indiana stage collapse
- 8/13 lightning/moon
- Lightning stacks I
- 8/9 STL sunset
- 8/8 Miscellaneous

June 2011
- 6/26 MO/STL storms
- 6/21 photos II
- 6/21 IL storms
- 6/19 tower lightning
- Cards vs Royals
- 6/16 IL clouds
- 6/10 IL storms
- Nightsounds
- 6/4 IL storms
- UP 844 in STL

May 2011
- 5/28 supercell/hail
- 5/25 IL tornado
- 5/22 Missouri chase
- Old photos
5/7 supercell/lightning
- 5/5 shelf cloud
- IL wildflowers

April 2011
- 4/28 tower lightning
- 4/26 trip east
- 4/23 lightning
4/22 large hail
- 4/22 lightning
Litchfield, IL tornado
April 19 chase
- 4/16 NC tornadoes
- 4/15 cold core
April 15 setup
- Prairie spring
- 4/10 close lightning
April 8-10 setups
- 4/4 lightning
4/3 storm observation day
- 4/2 STL Sunset
- 3 new pages

February 2011
- 2/27 prelim report
- 2/27 storm day
- Severe thunderstorms
- 2/24 storm day
- Failed systems
- 2/24 forecast 1
- Dry air in WV/VA/NC
- Thawing out
- Overhyped dangers
- Early spring
- Future Homes 2.0
- 2001 trip west
- Storm observer scam
- Warmup coming
- Saturday Scholars
- Ice storm photos
- IL ice storm
- Blizzard forecast bust

January 2011
- STL ice/snow storm
- STL winter storm
- 1/27 sunset
- 1/20 snow photos
- 1/20 snowstorm
- Lincoln, IL lightning
- Fall 2010 recap
- 12/31 expedition log
- Still believing
- 11/11 STL snow

August 2010
- 8/27 STL cityscape
- 8/26 moonrise
- 8/25 moonrise
- 8/23 moonrise
- Catatumbo lightning
- Lightning at 200 miles
- 8/15 IL lightning
- Chicago lightning 7
- Perseid meteors
- 8/12 IL storms
- Natural explanations
- 8/5 IL lightning
- Flood waves

July 2010
- July slowdown
- Checking in
- High water
- STL fireworks

June 2010
- 6/27 STL storms
- Chicago lightning 6
- Corn
- 6/21 supercell
- 6/20 convection
- 6/19 IL lightning
- Canon charger
- 6/15 close lightning
- 6/13 IL storms
- 6/12 IL storms
- Site reconfigure
- 6/9 IL sunset
- 6/8 MO/IL lightning
- New Baden tornado name?
- 6/5 MO lightning
- Hurricane season
- 6/2 STL lightning
- 6/1 chase
- 6/1 storm forecast

April 2010
- 4/30 prelim report
- 4/30 chase updates
Forecast update IV
Forecast update
- Moonrise/sunset 4/27
Forecast update
4/22,24 reports
Day 4: MO/IL/KY/TN
Day 3: KS/NE/MO
TX wedge tornado
Day 2: TX/OK/KS
4/22 forecast updates
Forecast update
Vehicle work 1
2010 season kickoff
- Engine bird nest
- Downtime; bird nest
- 3.4M WV earthquake
- 4/7 SW IL chase
- 4/5-6 roundup
- 4/4 chase photos
- 4/3 photos, update
- April 2 log 1
- April 2-7 expeditions

February 2010
- Deep winter end?
- STL intercept range
- Icy roads update
- WV house for sale
- IL sunset 2/17
- Hail and rentals
- 2/9 STL snow
- Persistent winter

January 2010
- Jan 28-31 storm
- Cold week ahead
- WeatherBrains
- First 2010 thunder?
- Denver distance
- STL gasometers
- The finalists
- Jan 6-7 snowstorm
- First sunset
- It's St. Louis!
- Brutal winter

November 2009
- Wildfire
- 11/26-28 snow updates
- Thanksgiving snow
- Icy Roads update
- 11/10/02 outbreak
- Winter mode
- Black ice threat
- 850mb chart season

October 2009
- No chase
- Forecast update
- Event next week?
- Snowstorm updates
- Mountain snow
- Winter update
- October 9 chase
- Big winter storm
- First snow?
- First colors

September 2009
- Summer departure
- Forecast update
- Fall season
- Possible storms
- Icy road season
- Making sure
- 9/12 dashcam
- Rain

August 2009
- TS Danny updates
- New tropical system
- 2009 recap
- August 20 chase
- Bill moving NE
- HD video preference
- Tropics active
- Capitol lightning
- Putnam flooding
- Moon & Jupiter
- Perseids, Discovery show
- Lightning at 1300mm
- Moon at 1300mm
- 1300mm test II

June 2009
- Charleston sunset
- June 17-19 video
- Sunset storms
- 6/24 Charleston photos
- Midwest trip #2
- WV supercell
- Midwest trip #2?
- Upcoming week
- Capitol & steeples
- June 11 chase
- June 9 storms
Season finished?
- Fabian Guerra
Season update
Forecast update
- 6/2 lightning video
- Northern WV storms
Forecast update
Season restart?

May 2009
- WV/KY supercells
- Logan lightning
- Monster shelf cloud!
- Flooding/shelf cloud
- Convection
- Nitro flooding
- Triggered convection
Historic season?
- Troughs/ridges
- Fort Hill sunset
Forecast update
- OKC 2nd angle
- Weak storms, frost
Forecast update
- Wednesday video
- Midwest trip #1
- Upward lightning page
Forecast update
- Wednesday IL/IN/MO/KY
- May 8 log/analysis
Forecast update
- Close tower lightning
- Flood potential
Forecast update
- WxWorx still good
- Raleigh supercell
- May 1 HD video
- Event trip #1 logs
Day 9: OK to WV
Day 8: Northern TX

March 2009
- Clearing line
- Building 82 implosion
- Dry air, forecast update
- Vehicle work VI
- Spring downtown
- Vehicle work V
- Fog on satellite
- Spring update
- Bridge problems
- Icy bridges
- Thursday snow
- Vehicle work IV
- Friday snow?!
- Winter is losing
- Vehicle work III
- Snow outlook
- Vehicle work II
- Spring in the lead
- March!

February 2009
- Snowstorm updates
- Watching for 60s
- Picture of upslope
- Future homes
- Chaff on radar
- WV storms
- TWC feature
- Monday sunset
- Charleston, TWC
- 22 degree halo
- Wednesday chase
- 2/11 forecast updates
- First 2009 chase
- Taste of spring
- Old hailstones

January 2009
- Mana's Chili
- Whiteout
- Jan. 27 photos/video
- Winter storm updates
- Winter storms
- Road frost event
- River ice/NC snow
- Road Ice Warning
- Winter thunderstorm
- Ice threat!
- Sunrise, snow
- Road ice warnings
- Random files
- Bridge frost
- First sunrise

November 2008
- Winter
- icyroadsafety.com
- Monday black ice
- Below $2
- Snow week updates II
- Snow week updates I
- Valley fog
- A week of winter
- Weekend snow
- Charleston rooftop scene
- Charleston peak colors
- Charleston: Nov 3
- Gorge at Long Point

October 2008
- Gorge morning
- First snow photos
- Big Walker #3
- Night valley fog
- First snow updates
- Frost, snow update
- Monday snow?
- Icy roads claim lives
- First frost
- More Charleston photos
- Charleston photos
- - Polarizer

September 2008
- Lighting stuff
- TV Sunset
- Ohio hurricane
- Thursday lightning
- No Ike chase
- Tuesday storms
- Hanna updates

August 2008
- Cat 4 Gustav
- Record month 2
- Four storms?
- Fay and Gustav
- HD videos
- Perseids
- Photo stacking
- Anti-ice overlay
- Lightning lull

June 2008
- June 2008 stats
- Charleston rainbow
- Event video roundup
- Charleston shelf cloud
- Pittsburgh lightning
- More lightning
- S. Charleston lightning
- Lightning & moonrise
- Hail video
- Hail frappuccino
- WV large hail
- Raleigh lightning
- Wednesday storms II
- Wednesday storms
- Monday hail
- Power plant convection
- Charleston lightning!
- Lightning 100 miles away
- Storms 100 miles away
- June 10 storms
- June 10 lightning
- June 9 lightning
- June 3-4 photos/video
- Wednesday lightning!
- Wednesday chase
- Tower lightning video
- Lightning chase!
- Tower lightning!
- Tuesday chase
- Kentucky supercell
- Sunday chase

May 2008
- Sunset pileus
- Forecast update
- May 24 HD video
- May 30-31 storms
Day 10: IN to WV
Day 9: OK to IN
Day 8: NW Oklahoma
Day 7: Western Kansas
Day 6: KS/OK chances
Day 5: Outbreak #2
Day 4: Outbreak setup
Day 3: Panhandle day
Amarillo lightning
Day 2: MO to TX
Day 1: WV to MO
Westbound!
Expedition update
- Lightning chase bust
Event expedition!
- Trough weather
Hope ahead?
- Kanawha Falls HD
2 models, 2 forecasts
- 7-day eastern trough
- VDG sparks 1
- 300mm test shots
- Resolution comparison
- XSi first run
Another 2006?
- May 11 chase
- More HD chase video
Non-Plains outbreaks
- Site going HD
- NC/VA outbreak
- May 8 lightning
Storm observing's hard times
Useless models
2-week outlook
- Saturday storms/expedition
- Eventful May start
- HD lightning issues
- Thursday's setup

March 2008
- Spring is winning
- Watching 850mb
2008 Event Blog
- Forecast roundup
- Convective snow
- Battle for spring
- March 19 log
- Charleston storm
- March 19 updates
- Wednesday update
- Wednesday forecast
- Dual 25-day timelapse
- Southern outbreak
- Active week
- Atlanta tornado
- Is winter over?
- Bridge overlays
- Quiet week ahead
- March 8 video
- Oakwood accidents
- March 7-8 storm
- New NC I-40 route
- Short chase
- Tuesday severe WX
- NC storm observation day?
- Coal River hike
- Annual March 1 post

February 2008
- Wednesday video
- Feb 26-27 winter storm
- Brick streets = bridges
- PA icy roads
- Winter storm part 2
- Lunar eclipse photos
- Wednesday storm updates
- Charleston camera II
- Feb 20-22 winter storm
- Rainbow panoramas
- Charleston rainbow
- "Home" chase areas
- Snow melting - for now
- Photo composite
- Sunset highway
- Winter storm updates
- Fire and ice
- Lexington scans
- Icy road threat
- Winter thunderstorms?
- Crofton, KY tornado
- Lexington photos
- Feb 5 summary
- High risk
- Wednesday now?
- Tuesday forecast 1
- Winter lightning!
- Tuesday outbreak?
- Black ice in Beckley

January 2008
- Ice storm chase?
- Indoor lightning
- Moderate risk
- Tuesday severe wx
- Tuesday storms?
- Tuesday event recap
- Missed it all
- NC snow photos 1
- NC snow update 4
- NC snow update 3
- NC snow update 2
- NC snow update 1
- NC snowstorm chase
- Carolinas snowstorm?
- New dashcam
- Winter returns
- Bridge name?
- Tornado outbreak
- First tornado watch
- Fog/movies/gas bills
- Best country drives
- Snowstorm timelapse
- More snow photos
- Snowstorm photos/video
- Snowstorm update 3
- Snowstorm update 2
- Jan. 1-3 snowstorm update

November 2007
- Winter weather roundup
- Dashcam Files 5
- Cold/snow next week
- 40th tornado!
- Leaf shedding/frost
- Oakwood accident
- Lake Michigan effect
- Season timelapse update
- Upslope case: 3/17/07
- Oakwood/Senator Byrd
- Upslope snow
- Icy road risk
- Icy road forecast
- Photog shelter
- Oakwood again
- Dashcam Files 4
- "The Open Road" 4
- No snow
- November lightning
- Icy road forecast
- Unofficial winter
- Signs of winter

October 2007
- Oakwood fall-off
- Fall timelapse update
- Oakwood De-Icers
- The DashCam Files
- KY chase photos
- IN/IL/KY expedition today
- Thursday chase?
- Tornado outbreaks
- Southern Kitchen
- Severe storm potential
- October lightning
- AT: departure
- First colors
- IntoSummer update

August 2007
- TS Dean
- 8/13 lightning
- Perseid report
- Perseid setup
- Storms, finally
- I-64 cameras

July 2007
- NC storms
- Raleigh lightning
- Mayberry chase

June 2007
- NC severe storms
- New May 4 tornado
- Busted forecast
- Pittsburgh part III
- Pittsburgh chase
- Charleston sunset
DAY 15: IA / MO
DAY 14: Nebraska
DAY 13: WV to NE
- 6/4 chase - WV
It's a GO!
Critical point
Outbreak setup
We're back!
- Active week ahead

May 2007
- 5/30 chase - VA/NC
- Monday forecast
Epilogue
Forecast update
- 5/24 chase - WV
Storm observing at home?
3 more weeks
June or bust
Forecast update
- It's video ghosting!
Still waiting
Forecast update
June?
Forecast update
Forecast update
May 5 report
Forecast update
Plan B idea
Plains in photos
Trip #2 summary
Day 12: IL lightning
Greensburg report
Phone calls
Day 10: Oklahoma
Greensburg: EF5
DAY 9: Kansas tornadoes
DAY 8: Kansas tornadoes
DAY 7: WV to KS
Trip #2 plans
- New digital camera
- Old digital camera
May is here

March 2007
- Cold and snow?!
Blog Kickoff
- Wait for May
- 2007 Event Blog
- Almost that time
- IntoSummer II
- Crash prevention
- Trouble at Oakwood
- Snow, I-64 crash
- First '07 storms February 2007
- Meteorological spring
- Ice fall update
- First 2007 chase
- Battle for spring
- Norman syndrome
- Real winter is here

January 2007
- Thursday report
- Winter gearing up
- Active weather
- Snow next week

November 2006
- The Warm Wedge
- Right call
- Alabama expedition
- Clearing line

September 2006
- F4 wedge?!

June 2006
- Season ends
- Epilogue
6/1: Almost home