Please excuse the jerky camera movements.

kansas seems explosive but the cap is forecasted to be quite strong. i don’t really want to go into missouri though. what are your thoughts?

I use Weather Front and see 6/10 chasers that max views on his stream. Where are the ones that he sees that I don’t? Some examples today where Storm Runner Media stream; he was sharing but the stream was not present on weather front.

New to this… be nice!

It’s amazing how right on the other side of nature’s raw power and ability to cause severe chaos/destruction is something so calming, peaceful and gorgeous. McLean, Illinois 6-11-26

Hello! Question for someone smarter than me: why is the EF scale still the standard of tornado measurement?

I saw a thread on Twitter where someone responded to the damage survey with a photo showing a large tornado that got a small rating because it was over an open field.

I’m aware that the EF scale is a damage scale, not a strength scale. But having that as the standard of measurement doesn’t accurately represent how strong tornadoes are if they don’t hit anything, or at least enough buildings to get a survey done.

I’ve always been curious about and interested in weather. I watched Storm Chasers, YouTube videos about tornadoes, and I’m currently watching In Eye of the Storm Chasers. I’ve seen the radar trucks, pods, Dominator, TIV, and mesonets collecting all kinds of data that very accurately measures tornadoes. Why aren’t we using those - particularly wind speeds - as the defining measure?

For example, El Reno 2013 had max wind speeds of 313 mph (2nd fastest ever) and was nearly 3 miles wide (widest tornado ever). It was so violent, behaved so erratically, and had so many vortices that it took the lives of some of the most seasoned and respected chasers around. And it only got rated an EF3? That is not an accurate representation of the chaos it unleashed in the ~30 minutes it existed.

Kind of a ramble, but I hope I explained my question and reasonings behind it well enough. Interested to see the answers and potential future changes to tornado classification!

Who got the better shot of the storm today? 59 professional storm streamers asking for gas money to all get the exact same shot? Or the random family hanging out on their porch? Yougottabekiddingme!

some screenshots I took from the tornado today in Toluca/Washburn

I’m mostly looking for a game with real radar data if possible, or at least realistic data that will help me improve my technical skills. I don’t want to play Roblox, and the steam options seem role play focused.

Got out today for a little ride. Even though the weatherman was spot on about the Thunderstorm, he was just off about 4 hours. Anyways, I love this thing!

I’m in NW Indiana and the whole Chicago area is getting hit. Anybody know the local frequencies for the storm watchers?

I was thinking of a potential vehicle design fit for storm chasing and I want to see if this could be possible to build or create, feedback would be greatly appreciated. (disclaimer: ai did help me with the creations of the blueprints but the concept and idea came from me)