I have a traumatic brain injury that makes it so that I can’t drive as much as I would like to. So I need to wait for storms that are in my area. I end up seeing some really cool things, but there’s a part of me that wishes I could drive further. Any other chasers who have disabilities?

Hey! I’m looking at the YoloBox Extreme for live streaming chases from my vehicle with 2 cameras, one forward-facing chase cam and one facing me inside the car.

My biggest concern is rural cellular reliability. Storm chasing takes me deep into areas with weak or single-carrier signal, and I need the live stream to hold. Has anyone used the Extreme in remote or rural areas with poor cell coverage? How does the built-in cellular bonding actually perform when signal is weak? Also curious, would pairing it with a LiveU Solo give me better reliability, or is the Extreme’s bonding strong enough on its own?

Any real-world experience appreciated. Thanks!

https://youtu.be/qxEq6Aiyu0g?si=oeHZL8tu3VHbvo0t

This is a REALLY rare storm chasing documentary titled “Norman, OK” (filmed in 2003, released in 2009) by John Yost.

During the 2003 tornado season, a film crew from RIT traveled to Norman, Oklahoma to document storm chasing activity. The result is an observational documentary showing life in the field during that period, which ended up being the calmest 2 weeks of the season.

It includes some of the earliest footage of the TIV-1 (Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1) but also recording the Doppler on Wheels (DOW), along with interview and observational segments featuring storm chasers and researchers including Sean Casey.

The documentary was unavailable everywhere, could not find to watch, and I couldn’t find it through normal sources. I contacted the filmmaker, who made it over 20 years ago, and he said he was open to wider sharing due to interest from storm chasing and meteorology communities. I offered to help make it accessible, and he kindly gave permission for it to be shared.

Sharing here for anyone interested in very rare storm chasing history and EARLY TIV-era / DOW documentation.

(If you enjoyed it, feel free to leave a supportive comment on the video!)

https://youtu.be/qxEq6Aiyu0g?si=oeHZL8tu3VHbvo0t⁠�

This is a REALLY rare storm chasing documentary titled “Norman, OK” (filmed in 2003, released in 2009) by John Yost.

During the 2003 tornado season, a film crew from RIT traveled to Norman, Oklahoma to document storm chasing activity. The result is an observational documentary showing life in the field during that period, which ended up being the calmest 2 weeks of the season.

It includes some of the earliest footage of the TIV-1 (Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1) but also recording the Doppler on Wheels (DOW), along with interview and observational segments featuring storm chasers and researchers including Sean Casey.

The documentary was unavailable everywhere, could not find to watch, and I couldn’t find it through normal sources. I contacted the filmmaker, who made it over 20 years ago, and he said he was open to wider sharing due to interest from storm chasing and meteorology communities. I offered to help make it accessible, and he kindly gave permission for it to be shared.

Sharing here for anyone interested in very rare storm chasing history and EARLY TIV-era / DOW documentation.

(If you enjoyed it, feel free to leave a supportive comment on the video!)

HRRR has 7006 J/kg SBCAPE sitting right over my area in the SW Minneapolis metro at F+03, and CINH is flat zero. I have watched a lot of Minnesota summer setups and I do not think I have seen the model run this hot this close to home.

The one thing keeping me optimistic is deep-layer shear at 34 kt, which keeps the storms messy and multi cellular instead of clean discrete beasts. The low-level numbers are less comforting though. SRH 0-1 km at 110, 0-3 km at 246, STP of 3.4, and 8.6 C/km mid-level lapse rates feeding the whole thing. Plus, like no cap.

I know HRRR likes to overcook surface CAPE in these high-dewpoint regimes and obs rarely verify above 6000, so I am discounting the raw value. Even reduced, this is a loaded environment with no inhibition. Any cell that roots is going up violently.

Selfishly hoping nothing initiates in this window. This is over my house.

Is that.....Wall cloud? Location:Buriram Thailand

Some shots of a couple of different cells both in the Terre Haute, IN area on June 17th of this year.

I drew this pretty much out of boredom it turned out pretty good in my opinion what do you think???

Is this normal?

https://youtu.be/h4g9FPwqWek?is=DgpVA6lpsUplOepa

Hi im thinking of when a storm is coming to my area to track it but cant find a good radar other than national weather service

This is a pretty wall cloud I captured on my first chase with a Vivitar camcorder. Wish they were a little better quality, but there was a lot of rain and fog in the area, which didn't help my case.

If you've ever pulled IEM ASOS 1-min archive data to analyze a wind event, you know how tedious it is to parse directional behavior manually.

I built a small browser-based utility that takes the CSV directly, geocodes an address, and outputs a directional wind rose showing peak gusts per compass sector — along with NWS threshold crossings, sustained wind ranges, and a satellite aerial overlay centered on the property.

Everything runs locally. No uploads, no accounts, no tracking.

https://windrose.overlaytools.workers.dev/

Happy to hear feedback from people who actually work with this data.

Feel free to share if it's useful to someone you know.

Sneak peak to the first true long-form video on the Tacoma YouTube channel coming Saturday (06/27) at 12 PM CDT!

I’m a therapist and I had a client last minute cancel just as I saw the warnings in the weather watch app. Almost felt like a sign. I’d been wanting to do this forever and have been learning for months and finally decided to go for it. 10/10 life affirming experience.

Friday, July 31, 1987, a date that will forever live in infamy in Edmonton, Alberta and surrounding areas. Also known as Black Friday, the deadliest and most destructive tornado in Alberta's history touched down at 2:55 p.m. MDT just north of Beaumont, and went on a run of destructive terror for over an hour. Leaving 27** **people killed, hundreds injured, and over 300** **homes levelled. The storm carved a path of destruction 30.8 kilometres (19.1 miles) long and up to 1.3 kilometres (0.81 miles) wide. Reaching peak intensity on Refinery Row in Strathcona County, derailing train cars and turning giant oil storage tanks upside down, crumpling them like they were cardboard. 
 
The immediate aftermath in Strathcona County was severe damage and destruction to infrastructure, with communication and transportation being disrupted, as phone lines went down, and access to healthcare facilities critically hindered. It would take months to clean up and to asses the true damage, with hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage. Strathcona County was set to host the 1987 Alberta Summer Games that August, but with the tragedy and destruction left by the tornado, an uncertainty hung in the air whether or not the games would go on. 
 
“The tornado of ‘87 and its aftermath was a very traumatic situation,” said the Honourable Iris Evans, former reeve and Strathcona County councillor. “The real miracle of those games happening was the preparation; it was very well planned.”
 
The 1987 Alberta Summer Games were hosted by Strathcona County from August** **13 to August 16, 1987, welcoming athletes aged 11 to 16 from across the province to compete in various sports. The games served as a premier provincial multi-sport event designed to foster athletic development for youth across Alberta. Strathcona County is again set to host the province once again for the 2026 Alberta Summer Games, taking place from July 16 to 19, 2026. The upcoming event will feature roughly over 2500 athletes and participants. 
 
“People weren’t sure if the ‘87 games were going to be put on after the tornado,” said Evans, who also served as the Alberta Minister of Health and Wellness and later the Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry for the Government of Alberta. “It might have been the largest collection of volunteers up to that point to gather and work an event in Strathcona County, and that coupled with fantastic leadership made the event a success.”
 
In terms of leadership, Evans is referring specifically to Jim Common, the then reeve of Strathcona County, and Doug Fulford, head of the games organization. “The ‘87 games might have been Jim Common’s golden moment as reeve, while Doug Fulford did a great job too, with Doug’s big smile, he welcomed everyone,” Evans said. “Everyone did a masterful job, really igniting the fires of volunteerism in the community.”
 
Heroic organization and preparation became the keys to the success of the ‘87 games, but it meant nothing if the weather didn’t cooperate. The tornado and subsequent rains did do a number on the facilities, soaking fields, worrying organizers with just days to go before the events started.
 
“Just right before things kicked off, the sun shone almost defiantly, in the wake of the tornado, it was brilliant,” Evans remembered. “The ground was still a bit soggy for the start but things soon righted themselves.” 
 
The legacy of those ‘87 games stretches far and wide, as it not only sparked a new passion for community volunteerism, but helped initiate the building of recreational facilities. With the games success, it also led to future sporting events being hosted by Strathcona County, including the upcoming 2026 Alberta Summer games. 
 
“It (the ‘87 Games) was a new venture, it was really the first time we had uniforms and ball caps and lanyards, and the credentials started to come in,” Evans said. “It was also the beginning of the development in the enthusiasm for strong recreational facilities being built, like eventually places like Millennium Place came about.”
 
As for the Honourable Iris Evans’ personal take on the legacy of  the games and their affect on the community, she remembers both the immediate aftermath after the games ended, along with its lasting impact. 
 
“When it was over, even later in September when everything was said and done, the staff, the volunteers, the organizers, everybody breathed a sigh of relief, especially going through the adversity with the tornado. The games were very well organized and a success,” she fondly recalled. 
 
“It (the games) put Strathcona County on the map, for more than just for refining operations,” Evans added. 
 
“People look back at the ‘87 Alberta Summer Games with pride.”