Two More Photos

I want to share two more photos from April 14th. Again this was the storm that passed by Burdett, KS heading northeast. Recently found out the tornadoes we observed Saturday ranged from EF-1 to EF-3 in strength. The tornado photographed here fortunately weakened just before the town (i.e. why it was roping out) making it turn left and miss the town.

Time-lapse of Supercell

This is a time-lapse of a tornado warned (no tornado at the time) storm to the west of Wichita, KS. Notice the re-developing RFD (rear flank downdraft). It was a rather cold but strong inflow from our vantage point.

One more picture...

This was the ~third tornado we observed just as it was lifting.

Time-lapse of Supercell

This is a time-lapse of a supercell that was over southwest KS on April 14 2012. It is rather short, so it is played forward and backward a few times. Notice the rain & hail curtains wrapping around the circulation, and the well defined funnel. More time-lapse photography is in the pipeline, and will share it shortly on this blog.

April 14 Kansas Tornadoes

Observed several tornadoes Saturday with a customer on a short notice tour. This was the first of ~three that we saw that day from southwest Kansas.

I will post a few more pictures and perhaps some time-lapse photography today and through the week.

Thesis Proposal

I have a more personal update. I've been kept busy for the last few weeks because I have been working toward proposing my PhD thesis. Earlier this week I successfully proposed my thesis on investigating the possible interactions of gravity (buoyancy) waves and Martian dust storms. Below is a photo a friend took during the proposal of me discussing the possible effect of GW drag on the 'Dusty Hurricane' model.

More Reprocessed Photos

As in the last post. I have been reprocessing old photos. Here are two from May 22, 2010. The bottom photo is of the storm that just before it produced the Bowdle, SD EF-4 tornado, the other photo is of the massive 3/4 mile wide wedge.

Note, Friday (March 2nd) may be a high risk day. While I will not be chasing because the storms will be moving very quickly (>50mph), in bad terrain (KY is hilly and wooded), and very far from where I currently am, people in the risk area should take note. Storm season is beginning to ramp up, so I've started to dust off the storm chasing equipment.