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The Bastardizing of Storm Chasing
Editorial comment and opinion.
For those of us who recently followed the so-called “Balloon Boy” fiasco, we now know, there never was a kid in the balloon. We were the victims of a hoax according to the authorities.
The fact that the Balloon Boy story evolved around a publicity seeking family involved in storm chasing did not [...] Continue reading
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Severe pulse storms SE Australia – Storms continue November 2009
Storms have been ongoing throughout Victoria over the past couple of days spreading into NSW. Some interesting pulse cells developed with some impressive anvil shields due to deep convection. Temperatures in the upper levels at anvil level have been rather cooler than I have seen it for many years. So the lapse rates in the upper [...] Continue reading
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Tagged Anvil, Australia, Cells, Convection, Couple Of Days, Firing Line, Hail Storms, Hailstones, Hailstorm, Hailstorms, Lapse Rates, Mid Level, moisture, New South Wales, North Coast, Odd, Overshoot, Pulse, Rapid Development, Severe Storms, Severe Thunderstorms, Shields, South East Australia, South Eastern Australia, Southern Ranges, Storm, storm chasing storms lightning hailstorms tornadoes severe weather discussion, Storm Events, Storm Reports, storm storms tornadoes chasing and hailstorms, Sydney, Tap, Temperatures, Thunderstorm, Upper Atmosphere, Upper Portion, Victoria, Weather
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Stock Photography | Storm DVD Shop
Australian Severe Weather have a huge Stock Photography Collection of unique and spectacular storm images. Our 28,000 photo catalogue library consists of weather pictures ranging from awesome sunrise and sunset to lightning to extreme tornado damage and even tornadoes. We … Continue reading
Posted in Free Dvd, Storm research, Storms, competition, storm chasing, weather forecasting
Tagged Australia, Australian Severe Weather, Australian Weather, Cloud Photographs, Dvds, Hot Seat, Library Collection, Lifetime, Lightning, Liking, Photo Catalogue, Spectacular Storm, Stock Photography Collection, Storm Images, Storm Weather, Storms, Sunrise And Sunset, Tornado Alley, Tornado Damage, Tornadoes
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Tornado Chase Season – Part 2
May 11, 2009: Heading back towards Tornado Alley. Things are looking up for activity this week. VOTEX2 will be in the region starting tomorrow, complete with over 40 chase vehicles! It will be interesting to see how we can all find a parking place along the highway — or a motel room later in the [...] Continue reading
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Tagged Back Alley, Blog, blogger, Chase Season, Chase Vehicles, Faidley, Motel Room, news, Nssl, research, spotters, Storm Chasing Blogs, Tornado Alley, Tornado Chase, Tornado Chasing, Tornado Season, tracking, Twister, Twitter, VORTEX 2, VORTEX II, VORTEX2
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How many storm chasers are there?
Because storm chasing primarily began in the United States, for reasons to study the behaviour of tornadoes, storm chasers seem to have a relatively high acceptance in the community. In the United States, literally thousands of chasers embark on storm chasing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, Australia, Australia Weather, Block Buster, Canada, Countries, Enthusiasts, Europe, Expeditions, Globe, Internet Revolution, Nbsp, Severe Weather, Storm Chasers, storm chasing, Supercells, Tornado Alley, Tornadoes, Tourists, Treck, Twister, United States
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Is storm chasing a job or career?
Although there are a few storm chasers that chase as part of scientific research, or run storm chasing tour groups, most storm chasers sell DVDs to make up some of the storm chasing costs. Some storm chasers have been lucky … Continue reading
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Tagged Accommodation Costs, Air Fares, Documentaries, Dvds, Fuel Costs, Job Career, Kilometres, Media Publicity, Storm Chase, Storm Chasers, Storm Chases, storm chasing, Tornado, Tour Groups, Video Stock Footage
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Storm Chasing history
Unlike other areas of science, storm chasing history is relatively short even with respect to the science of meteorological forecasting. Branching out from the specific needs to forecast severe thunderstorms producing tornadoes, it was soon realised that obtaining data in the field … Continue reading
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Tagged Areas Of Science, Chase Teams, Communication Network, Creative Thinking, Doppler Radar, Group Project, Hoadley, Howard Bluestein, Jenson, Movie Twister, Nework, Nssl, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Scientific Advances, Sensor Devices, Storm Chase Reports, Storm Chasers, Tornado Intercept, Tornadoes, Vortex
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What is Storm Chasing?
Storm chasing to my understanding is defined as the art of being able to predict specific severe weather events and intercept those events in a specified location or near enough to it. When there is the possibility of a storm … Continue reading
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Tagged Models, Modes, Severe Weather, storm chasing, Telling The Truth, Weather Events
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