Blog Post Archives
(Since November of 2006)
Great Plains chase expedition posts are marked with 
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July 2010
- July slowdown
- Checking in
- High water
- Midwest 64
- 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 chase forecast
May 2010
- 5/31 New Baden damage
- 5/30 storms
- Upcoming week
Epilogue?
- STL Arch with rainbow
- 5/24 IL storms
- Sedalia, MO tornado log
- Summer pattern, convergence
Forecast update
Standing down
Plains update
- 4/30, 5/1, 5/3 chase logs
May 9-12 chase logs
5/10 log, tornado #50
- Midnight IL lightning
- 5/13 STL storms
Update; forecast
Day 7: OK/KS
Day 6: OK/KS
5/9 OK lightning
Day 5: OK
May 10-12 Forecast V
- More WV earthquakes
Forecast update IV
- Thoughts on athiesm
- 5/3 prelim report
Forecast update
- 5/1 prelim report
- 5/1 chase updates
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 chases
March 2010
- Upcoming setups II
- Upcoming setups
- WV earthquake
- April 1-4 setups
- New Madrid earthquakes
- 3/20 update
- Next chase event?
- Week in photos
3/10 photos and video
Day 1: KS/OK/MO
- First chase days
- First convection
- More spring hope
- Millions of blackbirds
- March 1 post
February 2010
- Deep winter end?
- STL chase range
- Icy roads update
- WV house for sale
- IL sunset 2/17
- Hail and rentals
- 2/13 Miscellaneous
- 2/9 STL snow
- MidAmerica Airport
- Midwesternisms 1
- Persistent winter
January 2010
- Jan 28-31 storm
- Cold week ahead
- Photog dilemma
- WeatherBrains
- First 2010 thunder?
- Denver distance
- STL gasometers
- The finalists
- Jan 6-7 snowstorm
- First sunset
- It's St. Louis!
- Brutal winter
December 2009
- Facebook changes
- E
- Christmas ZR
- Road icing outbreak
- Dec 20-21 snow
- Dec 18-20 snowstorm
- Deep winter
- Winter fan?
- Dec 13 icing toll
- Dec 12-13 icing
- Road ice 'common sense'
- Dec 12-13 ice storm
- Dec 8-9 ice storm
- No more SVRs
- Dec 7 road icing
- Dec 4-6 snow
- SC/NC chase
November 2009
- Enjoying storms
- Some updates
- Wildfire
- 11/26-28 snow updates
- Thanksgiving snow
- No guessing
- Icy Roads update
- 1980s wagon
- 3 years
- 11/10/02 outbreak
- Stock video
- Winter mode
- Ida, new phone
- Black ice threat
- 850mb chart season
October 2009
- No chase
- Forecast update
- Event next week?
- Misc stuff 15
- Snowstorm updates
- Mountain snow
- Winter update
- October 9 chase
- Big winter storm
- First snow?
- First colors
September 2009
- Summer departure
- Forecast update
- Fall season
- Chasing motivations
- Possible storms
- Commercial video
- Icy road season
- Making sure
- 9/12 dashcam
- Kathy Troccoli
- Storm, studio stuff
- Rain
- Keying setup
- Studio stuff
- Money chasers
August 2009
- Misc updates
- TS Danny updates
- New tropical system
- Challengers
- 2009 recap
- August 20 chase
- Bill moving NE
- House update
- HD video preference
- Tropics active
- Changes coming
- Capitol lightning
- Putnam flooding
- Moon & Jupiter
- Perseids, Discovery show
- Lightning at 1300mm
- Moon at 1300mm
- 1300mm test II
July 2009
- 1300mm lens
- Misc updates
- New River lightning
- July 25 storms
- Lightning goals
- Teleconverter test
- Turnpike tolls
- Coalfields chase
- Freelancer life
- 7/18 Charleston photos
- Oakwood spinout
- New tower site
- Charleston 7/14
- Lone cloud
- Slow going
- Mountain storms
- Job opportunity
- Blue Ridge travels
- Morning rainbow
June 2009
- Charleston sunset
- June 17-19 video
- Sunset storms
- 6/24 Charleston photos
- NKP 765
- Midwest trip #2
- WV supercell
- Midwest trip #2?
- Upcoming week
- Capitol & steeples
- wvimages.com update
- June 11 chase
- Bridge color voting
- June 9 storms
Season finished?
- Fabian Guerra
Season update
- Pens, Pirates
Forecast update
- Old and new
- 6/2 lightning video
- Northern WV storms
Forecast update
Season restart?
May 2009
- WV/KY supercells
- Overlay at Fort Hill
- Logan lightning
- Monster shelf cloud!
- Flooding/shelf cloud
- Convection
- Nitro flooding
- Triggered convection
- wvimages.com Charleston
Historic season?
- Troughs/ridges
- Fort Hill sunset
- Forget tornadoes!
Forecast update
- OKC 2nd angle
- Weak storms, frost
Forecast update
- Wednesday video
- Not real chasers
- 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
- Chase trip #1 logs
Day 9: OK to WV
Day 8: Northern TX
April 2009
Day 7: Central OK
Day 6: Tough day
Day 5: Tulsa again
Day 4: Tulsa
OKC tower lightning
Day 3: W OK/TX border
Day 2: NW OK
Day 1: WV to STL
Trip possible
- Chaser injuries
- Live streaming?
Forecast update
- Street View car
- Fancy Gap grade
2009 Blog Kickoff
- WV tower lightning
- Kentucky lightning
- April snowstorm?
- Boston, NYC II
March 2009
- Boston, NYC
- Clearing line
- Building 82 implosion
- Dry air, forecast update
- New River off-trail
- Vehicle work VI
- Spring downtown
- Vehicle work V
- Fog on satellite
- Spring update
- Weird dreams
- Tour legalities
- SeniorCare feature
- Bridge problems
- Icy bridges
- Thursday snow
- Vehicle work IV
- Friday snow?!
- Winter is losing
- Vehicle work III
- Snow outlook
- Vehicle work II
- Chase vehicle work
- Spring in the lead
- 3/1 snowstorm log
- End of the Freestyle
- March!
February 2009
- Snowstorm updates
- WV picks
- Watching for 60s
- Picture of upslope
- Future homes
- Chaff on radar
- 400
- WV storms
- TWC feature
- Monday sunset
- Charleston, TWC
- Tess visit
- 22 degree halo
- St. Albans
- Adelina Iris
- Wednesday chase
- 2/11 forecast updates
- First 2009 chase
- Facebook?
- Taste of spring
- For new chasers
- Close call
- Old hailstones
- Steelers
- February
January 2009
- Mana's Chili
- Whiteout
- Jan. 27 photos/video
- Winter storm updates
- Winter storms
- Road frost event
- Mana
- River ice/NC snow
- Road Ice Warning
- Mana
- Winter thunderstorm
- Ice threat!
- Sunrise, snow
- Road ice warnings
- Random files
- Bridge frost
- First sunrise
December 2008
- 5D MKII vs FX1
- Icy roads claim 200+
- Icy bridge demo
- 12/23 freezing rain
- MahJong rant
- Snow bands
- Season change
- Icy road stats
- Chasing tours
- Busting forecasts
- Arctic front
- Moonset
- Street View
- AGW update
- Snowstorm?
- Horseshoe funnel
- NRHS dining crew
- Into the clear
- Break from winter?
- Icy road outbreak
- Parade timelapse
- Old photos 1
- Mythbusters extra
- Arctic front
- Winter office
- Rail grinder
November 2008
- Winter
- icyroadsafety.com
- Monday black ice
- Below $2
- Christian cost
- Interviews wanted!
- Snow week updates II
- Snow week updates I
- Valley fog
- A week of winter
- Pressure washing
- Weekend snow
- Summers St. view
- Losing leaves
- Charleston rooftop scene
- Charleston peak colors
- Charleston: Nov 3
- MacArthur videos
- Gorge at Long Point
October 2008
- Downtown office!
- Gorge morning
- ADD
- First snow photos
- Big Walker #3
- Night valley fog
- First snow updates
- Tota softbox
- Cirrus race
- Frost, snow update
- Monday snow?
- Icy roads claim lives
- Mountain colors
- First frost
- Softbox/reflector test
- More Charleston photos
- Charleston photos
- Reflector
- Softbox
- Greenbrier Trail
- Polarizer
September 2008
- Lighting stuff
- TV Sunset
- Summer fades
- Grayson's message
- Tuesday shoot
- Big Walker lookout
- RBC Plaza
- Like a Minimal
- Buffy
- Ohio hurricane
- Thursday lightning
- No Ike chase
- Milton Flea Market
- Overcast mainline
- Tuesday storms
- Misc. photos
- Regatta fireworks
- No fat wallet here
- Hanna updates
August 2008
- Cat 4 Gustav
- Record month 2
- Four storms?
- Fay and Gustav
- VX2100 comeback
- Shifting gears
- Photoshelter
- Slow days
- HD videos
- CSS vs tables saga
- Perseids
- Photo stacking
- Anti-ice overlay
- Returning pages
- Lightning lull
- More CCTV stuff
- Tennis ball games
- Motion detection
- Two words
July 2008
- Slow July
- Security post
- Mistranslations
- Trees and CCTV
- Reset
- Shelf cloud
- Charleston lightning
- Cristobal updates
- Mountain storms
- CRW to STL
- Chasing seasons
Expedition Gallery
- Charleston photography
- Charleston severe storm
- Capitol lightning
- Charleston lightning
- Flash flood waves
- Sunday chase
- Two photo props
- A dud of a 4th
- Online store open
- Charleston panorama
June 2008
- June 2008 stats
- Charleston rainbow
- Chase video roundup
- Charleston shelf cloud
- Pittsburgh lightning
- Big Walker overlook
- Virginian RWY bridges
- 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
- Staying in WV
- June 3-4 photos/video
- Wednesday lightning!
- Wednesday chase
- Tower lightning video
- Lightning chase!
- Tower lightning!
- Tuesday chase
- Kentucky supercell
- Sunday fireworks
- Sunday chase
May 2008
- Sunset pileus
- Forecast update
- Black snake
- 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
- Charleston photo set 2
- Lightning chase bust
Chase expedition!
- Charleston photo set 1
- 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
- Hostile outdoors
Chasing's hard times
Useless models
- Honeybee swarm
- Internet changes
2-week outlook
- Random photos
- Saturday storms/chase
- Eventful May start
- HD lightning issues
- Thursday's setup
April 2008
- Data in the mountains
- Mountain systems test
- Suffolk, VA tornado
- Drought relief
- NC chase day
Back in the game
- Raleigh rain
- Monday chase
- More Sunday photos
Shutting down
- Sunday photos/video
- Sunday NC chase
- Mobile access point
- IL/IN earthquake
Vehicle preps 1
- Raleigh photos
- Aircard routers
- View of dreams
- Chasecam & aircard
- Snow update
- April snow/mobile data
- Friday photos/video
- Friday chase updates
- Thursday chase updates
- Thursday forecast 1
- Chase Thursday?
- Change of plans
- Cats
- Outbreaks next week?
- April 3-5 floods
- Active weather ahead
- Office crash
- April 1 sunrise
March 2008
- Spring is winning
- Watching 850mb
2008 Chase Blog
- Web projects 1
- Cats vs chipmunk
- Forecast roundup
- Convective snow
- April 15 experience
- Battle for spring
- March 19 log
- DMCA: Legal theft
- Charleston storm
- March 19 updates
- Wednesday update
- Wednesday forecast
- Dual 25-day timelapse
- New church at KRLX
- 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 chase day?
- Coal River hike
- NC or WV?
- Annual March 1 post
February 2008
- Heat packs, severe wx
- Wednesday video
- Feb 26-27 winter storm
- Arctic sea ice
- 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?
- This week's photos
- On shifting gears
- Tuesday event recap
- Missed it all
- Cabin Creek branch
- 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?
- A few photos
- 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
December 2007
- Surprise bridge ice
- New Year's snowstorm
- Snowy New Year?
- Afternoon drive
- Christmas
- Upslope/downslope stratus
- StormCam update
- 5 worst bridges
- Lewisburg snow
- Quiet for a while
- Charleston snow
- Sleet begins
- Sunday snow
- Boston snow
- Falling tower ice
- Weekend update: warmer
- Weekend storm update
- Monday 911 calls
- Big weekend storm?
- Warmup
- Fort Hill aftermath
- Fort Hill fall-off
- Flooding and storms
- Bad icy road season
- New DVD coming soon
- New vehicle logos
- Light freezing rain
- More ice/snow
- Snowstorm photos/video
- Dec. 5 snowstorm: 1
- Dec. 5 snow: Update 3
- Dec. 5 snow: Update 2
- Dec. 5 snow: Update 1
- Light snow
- Snow forecast update
- Oakwood/Fort Hill
November 2007
- Winter weather roundup
- Amazing WV sunset
- Dashcam Files 5
- Cold/snow next week
- 40th tornado!
- Leaf shedding/frost
- Oakwood accident
- LIVE: Icy bridges in PA
- 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
- MacArthur
- Dashcam Files 4
- Raleigh update
- "The Open Road" 4
- No snow
- November lightning
- Icy road forecast
- Shooting range
- Unofficial winter
- Signs of winter
October 2007
- Oakwood fall-off
- Fall timelapse update
- Oakwood De-Icers
- The DashCam Files
- Rain/Raleigh trip
- KY chase photos
- IN/IL/KY chase today
- Thursday chase?
- Tornado outbreaks
- Southern Kitchen
- Severe storm potential
- Gorge hike
- Almost need heat
- October lightning
- Appalachian Trail
- AT: departure
- First colors
- IntoSummer update
September 2007
- October WX
- TS Karen
- "The Open Road" 3
- Ephesians
- Back to WV
- "The Open Road" 2
- Supernumerary Rainbow
- Rain
- "The Open Road" 1
- Beth and Matt
- NC tornadoes
- September in WV
- Big spider web
- Gabrielle report
- Gabrielle update 2
- Gabrielle update 1
- Gabrielle
- Outer Banks
August 2007
- The ocean
- Pittsburgh trip
- TS Dean
- 8/13 lightning
- Perseid report
- Perseid setup
- Storms, finally
- 105F
- 104F
- I-64 cameras
- Raleigh
July 2007
- Train Simulator
- NC storms
- Raleigh lightning
- Mayberry chase
June 2007
- NC severe storms
- New May 4 tornado
- Busted forecast
- Mingo Creek Viaduct
- Pittsburgh part III
- Pittsburgh chase
- North Bend
- 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
- Random photos I
We're back!
- Active week ahead
May 2007
- 5/30 chase - VA/NC
- Monday forecast
- New 5-string
Epilogue
- Vandalia
Forecast update
- 5/24 chase - WV
Chasing at home?
- Distant city
3 more weeks
- More Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh
- WV to PA
June or bust
Forecast update
- It's video ghosting!
Still waiting
Forecast update
- Yardwork wars
- Coal River drive
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
April 2007
May 5-10 looking good
Forecast update
Trip #1 summary, log
DAY 6: Kentucky storms
DAY 5: MO supercell
DAY 4: Tough going
DAY 3: Kansas tornadoes
DAY 3: Ready in TX
DAY 2: STL-OKC
DAY 1: WV-STL
T-minus 7 hours
Green light
On alert again
- Road-trip ready
Late April chance
May on the horizon
- Storms, snow, floods
- Newport News trip
Wiring
Power/comm rack
Tripod compartment
- Chase logs update
- Snow, to Raleigh
- Snow starting up
- Snow forecast
- IntoSummer update
Raleigh
March 2007
- Cold and snow?!
Blog Kickoff
- Wait for May
- 2007 Chase Blog
- Almost that time
- IntoSummer II
- Crash prevention
- Trouble at Oakwood
- Snow, I-64 crash
- First '07 storms
- Caleb's video
- All-nighter
- Boston trip
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
- Voice over IP
December 2006
- Conjecture
- Time for change
- Dishwasher
- Snow Tuesday?
- Family Addition
- From MO to NY
- Ice storm chase
November 2006
- The Warm Wedge
- Raleigh bound
- Right call
- Alabama chase
- Clearing line
- Skip 'Borat'
- Finally started one
