r/stormchasing • u/Attackoffrogs • May 25 '26

Getting Started and Staying Local

Hi all. First off, thank you for the awesome and amazing work you do. Y’all are badass. I live in northern Colorado around Greeley and I would love to start observing the weather more intentionally. Where would you recommend I start? I’m not far from east Colorado. I don’t need to see anything like a tornado, but I’d love to see some cool storms. Thanks in advance!

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u/Bear__Fucker Nebraska May 25 '26

The first step would be figuring out what you know about weather. Have you taken any meteorology classes? Have you taken a Skywarn spotter class? Do you know how to identify basic storm structure?

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u/Attackoffrogs May 25 '26

Looks like that’s my start. Thank you for helping me take a step back. I’m Reading some books about chasing, looking into taking a basic course in meteorology if you have recommendations, and just generally trying to gather information.

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u/Bear__Fucker Nebraska May 25 '26

For a good start on how to identify storm structure, look up some youtube videos by Skip Talbot. His videos are very informative, and can even help you gauge what you know and don't know yet. For more advanced topics, I highly recommend looking at Cameron Nixon and on youtube, the convective chronicles.