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Just now getting the time to sit down to cover our chases from April 10th and 11th. What a great couple of days with some pretty solid structure on the 10th. Monday the 11th proved somewhat frustrating given the fact we were in east Texas terrain and road network, combined with pretty quick storm motions and a fast moving / undercutting outflow boundary that kept things pretty sloppy, but we were able to get some solid structure by the end of the day which always makes the drive home not so bad.<br />
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April 10th. A historical day in weather. On this particular day in 1979 which is deemed Terrible Tuesday a large and powerful F4 tornado struck the city of Wichita Falls, TX. It was one of the costliest tornadoes in US history and took the lives of many and destroyed a large portion of the city leaving a path of total destruction in it's wake. As a storm chaser, chasing on the anniversary of historic tornado day is a bit of an omen. Especially when your target is in the vicinity of said past event.<br />
Amanda and I started the day gathering everyone up, accompanied by my sister Jessica, soon to be sister-in-law Taylor and day tour guest Koby. My target area for the day was Vernon, Texas.<br />
A dryline was to mix east this day out of west Texas with good instability in the warm sector. There was a concern regarding "just in time" moisture return and lagging wave / large scale ascent. Though there was a chance for tornadoes, it was not likely given the fact moisture was a little on the lean side. Our real goal heading out the door was supercell structure.<br />
We made the drive from Sherman, Tx to Vernon where we had lunch while waiting out initiation. Surface winds and 850's for most of the day had a SWrly component which had hampered moisture return some. We really needed that wave to kick in to place more convergence on the dry line and help back surface winds. Some multi cellular convection finally started to fire the the SW of our location, with a more discrete storm that fired near Lubbock that seemed to be in a better forced environment given the fact it was taking on supercell characteristics. High cirrus deck started to fill the sky and convection started to fire in a not so desired fashion. These disorganized storms/clusters were on the nose of a moisture/instability axis. Our hope was that the large scale ascent would make it in time before dark to help the updrafts get the boost needed to get organized. We waited a while in Vernon to see what this cluster would do to our SW. A dominant cell would take over the cluster, then weaken and a new cell would dominate. Our curiosity finally got to us and we dropped SW out of Vernon to explore this struggling complex. The storms were high based, dumping precip and small hail. Nothing really too exciting. We stayed on this storm as it began to pick up some speed and started to head back towards Vernon. We decided the best thing to do was get well ahead of the storm, give it more time and watch from a distance until or if it got its act together. While heading back east on 287 we were greeted with an INSANE CG lightning barrage. It was intense! CG's striking everywhere around us. We cruised back to the north to 183 to cross the Red River and enter Oklahoma. We sat in Davidson, Oklahoma watching the CG show and planning navigation. We decided to head east some more on 70 back toward Grandfield. Stopping just west outside of Grandfield the storm was slowly starting to organize and a nice rain free base was present. The storm had a cell merger starting to impact it's forward flank and that slowed down some organization. Once the storm ingested the cell merger SErly surface flow began to feed the storm. A nearby chaser had a Davis weather station and I asked if he could get a dew point reading, which was 64F. Not bad at all! Considering the dews in Vernon earlier as we were departing that area were in the mid 50's. Above our heads low strato CU were starting to race into the storm. Inflow baby! The once struggling outflow dominant storm was now becoming a supercell. Scud began to pull from the precip core towards the rain free base where in moments we had our first wall cloud of the day.<br />
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We took a moment to snap some photo and admire the beautiful sight to behold over the green Oklahoma wheat field. Unfortunately not long after outflow began to undercut and it struggled to maintain inflow dominance. So we decided to core it and play a little and get back ahead of it. Jumping on SR 36 we head north through the core and then east on HWY 5 we encountered copious amounts hail up to half dollar size. As the precip core began to thin from departing the core. I noticed a nice base once again, upon exiting the core we were treated with a nice lowering just above our heads and I-HOP pancake structure. We stopped as soon as it was safe to and snapped a few pics.<br />
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The storm was rapidly reorganizing, it had broken off the linear like structure it was attached to and began to be a right mover.. Excitement filled the air, we were gonna get our structure!<br />
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We continued on HWY 5 towards I44. we stopped a few more times to capture this stunning beast!<br />
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Wanting to get that blue light evening setting that us photographers love so much we headed east some more east of Walter, OK and set up on HWY 65 watching the supercell do its thing. The sky was wonderful!<br />
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Right after these photographs the storm tried to perform tornadogenesis. A tight RFD quickly developed and before our eyes a lowering was starting to wrap up. Crappy photo but you will see what I am talking about. It was hard to see if it ever touched down or how much rotation there was but it was totally textbook.</div>
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The day was not over yet though! A quick look at the radar showed a lone supercell approaching Burkburnett, TX. Storm was exhibiting strengthening low level rotation and we quickly jumped onto I44 south for the new supercell.</div>
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As we approached Burkburnett the storm went tornado warned and tight couplet was being displayed on velocity. With no good road options and the storm riding the Red River we decided to move in closer right up to the circulation and give ourselves a good escape route in Burkburnett. Staying on the north side of town we got onto the north bound service road with the exit back onto I44 right in front of us. With extreme caution we watched looking for powerflashes or debris or anything that would indicate an approaching tornado or strong circulation. Like a ghost coming into view about a block away rapidly rotating rain bands entered our sight and then strong NErly winds kicked in. With the van in drive getting ready to jump back on I44 and haul to the north we watched. The circulation stayed to our south and Amanda was able to grab a shot of it as it crossed I44 about a block south of us.</div>
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We left the storm and headed for one more SW of Wichita Falls. Beautiful clear star lit skies and a supercell. We took some photos and then headed to Bruams were we enjoyed a good late night dinner. I appreciate the kind service we experienced there. We walked in 10 minuted before they closed and they were happy to serve us. I hate doing that to folks but they were troopers.</div>
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Chaser Encountered: Chris Hayes, Adam and Melissa Cuker, Tammy Bethel, Daniel Shaw.</div>
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April 11, 2016</div>
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I am not gonna cover this day as much because 1. it was east Texas. 2. storms got undercut by a stupid southward dropping outflow boundary. </div>
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My target area for this day was home actually here in Bells, Tx. I was watching visible sat, radar trends and Mesoscale Analysis. Storms over Lake Texoma in southern Oklahoma were building and throwing a cold pool. One of these cells took root and hauled ENE across southern Oklahoma puking cold air during it's path. There was a cell trying to get going in Collin county about 25 minutes from my house. It was stationary and trying to root on very slow moving surface convergence zone / pre frontal surface trough. It seemed to have a hard time to mature. My good friend Aaron Little joined me on this chase. It was his first time storm chasing. Once my sister and her fiancee arrived traveled south on HWY 69 towards Greenville, TX. We had to punch the storm from the north into a crazy precip core where street flooding was rapidly occurring in downtown Greenville. As we approached this storm it was rapidly taking on supercell appearance on radar and strengthening. It was a fight to get to this storm and see if it would produce before the outflow boundary to the north of it ran it over and cause it to be in a rain cooled environment and make it go to mush. Well, Cold air always wins. We struggled to follow this storm and it was crap. We encountered some golf ball hail while trying to race it east on I30. It went tornado warned as a cell merger got pulled in, we briefly saw the base and rain curtains wrap up around it, then it was gone, buried in rain, pulled into the core. I gave up on this storm right after. </div>
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Soon after I contacted my sister Jessica and brother-in-law Ricky, who were trying to play catch up.<br />
We met in Sulphur Spring, TX. After a quick bathroom break and snack grab we flew back west to intercept the monster that smashed north DFW and especially Wylie, TX with monster gorilla hail. This storm had began in NW Texas and traveled all the way through DFW into East Texas. We got on the storm just west of Emory, TX. It of course was an outflow dominant beast. It provided some some great structure over around Lake Tawokani. We followed the storm where it went tornado warned briefly but we never saw anything much, too much cold air puking out of the storm. We stopped in Mineola, TX where we enjoyed some GREAT burgers at the <a href="http://www.ggg-f.com/" target="_blank">East Texas Burger Company</a> in the down town strip.. Here are some shots of this day.<br />
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<br />MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-47757461744271484802016-03-07T08:48:00.004-08:002016-03-07T08:49:31.743-08:00Severe Weather Forecast - Chase Update - March 07, 2016Good morning!<br />
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Today marks the first chase day of the year with a chance of tornadoes in the southern plains.<br />
As with most early season severe weather patterns they can tend to be pretty disorganized / messy. Lets take a look at what we are dealing with today. I will be discussing mainly the Oklahoma and Texas regions.<br />
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Since the over all pattern is not very organized there are several elements that complicates the forecast. 1. Extensive cloud cover over the region inhibiting a more substantial severe threat. 2. Lack of appreciable surface convergence along the DL and late arrival of main push. 3. Narrow instability axis. The dryline will set up from Central Texas into Western Oklahoma, surface dew points ahead of the DL will vary from lower to mid 60's and a strong 50kt low level jet ahead of the DL. The amount of instability is questionable due to cloud cover and misty conditions.<br />
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Morning Sounding from KFWD ( Fort Worth ) shows pretty impressive low level shear and SW flow already set in place at 500mb. Providing the turning with height needed for storm rotation. Instability is weak in this sounding and the sun will need to come out for the instability to rise for higher severe thunderstorm potential. Wind fields will strengthen throughout the day as a surface low over eastern Nebraska deepens and the powerful wave moves closer to the region.<br />
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This mornings model guidance is consistent with not developing storms on the dry line until well after dark. There has been decent consistency with storms developing in the open warm sector along the western fringe of the strong LLJ axis and eastern edge of the instability axis. The likely hood of this happening is high. This should take place between Highways 281 and I35 from just south of I20 north into Southern Oklahoma. These storms would need to tap into the boundary layer in order to have a more substantial severe weather and tornado threat. But again, this is conditional of the availability of cloud breaks for the needed surface heating. If the sun can come out and get the CAPE up and storms stay isolated there is plenty of shear for them to spin and the tornado potential will increase greatly for an isolated tornado or 2. </div>
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Here is the HRRR simulated radar model output for 0z ( 6pm) later today. I believe these storm will fire close to the I20 corridor between 3pm and 5pm.</div>
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<br />MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-51318996263110134732016-02-28T20:01:00.002-08:002016-02-28T20:01:38.625-08:00On Call Storm Chasing ToursWe are offering day tours for the 2016 storm season! This is a great opportunity for anybody who wants to experience the thrill of chasing without taking a week off work or are pressed for time. It is easy to sign up and no cost to get on the waiting list. <div>
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How it works! Once you are on the sign up sheet and a great chase day looks promising in our forecast we will call you within 48 of the potential chase. You let us know if you are on our not! If you are a go a payment will be due before the chase begins. If for some reason we have any doubts about a potential day we will call off the chase and fully refund your payment. </div>
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MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-40462610495503994392016-02-22T15:01:00.001-08:002016-02-22T15:01:33.600-08:00Storm Chasing Tour Season 2016 is coming! Are you ready?Business is starting to pick up and there is a few thing to do before we start tours! We are super excited about this season with some of the ENSO outlooks showing a possible transition from our strong El Nino into a La Nina later this year. There is no hard solid proof but there has been a trend in some years that there is an increase of severe weather and tornadoes during this type of transitional phase. So something to keep our finger crossed for and hope that if there is an increase that the weather behaves and stays over open terrain where we can enjoy them.<br />
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We currently have a great special right now that runs until the end of February. The New Years Resolution discount. All storm chasing tours are now $250.00! You can view this here <a href="http://www.tornadicexpeditions.com/#!current-specials-/c1i4" target="_blank">current special for a more affordable storm chasing tour.</a><br />
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We also have included <a href="http://www.tornadicexpeditions.com/#!day-tours/c1x56" target="_blank">on call storm chasing day tours</a> to our offerings. This is a great opportunity for folks who don't have the time for a week long tour. It is free to sign up for on-call storm chasing day tours. Once you are on the waiting list and we are forecasting a promising severe weather event with high tornado potential we will contact you to see if you are on board. If it is a go for you we will collect payment and hold your seat on the van. If for some reason we lose confidence in the forecasted event we will contact you to let you know that it is no longer a "go" and we will promptly refund your money. On-call storm chasing is $325.00 per person.<br />
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I will have another post here shortly. The new van is about to get fully rigged and it is going to be SWEET! I am confident we will have one of the best storm chasing tour vans in the industry packed with useful technology!<br />
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Please feel free to follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/TEstormtours" target="_blank">twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tornadictours/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgfpKrs8WsyaObkXv4bzTsw" target="_blank">Youtube</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tornadic_expeditions/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-69076007900422445722015-11-01T14:26:00.001-08:002015-11-01T14:26:34.767-08:00Storm Chasing Tours 2016 Holiday Price Special! Hey everyone!<br />
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Just a little update on our tour pricing the remainder of 2015. We are running an awesome special for $350.00 off on all of our 2016 storm chasing tours! This is a great opportunity for an affordable storm chasing tour package! Tours will book quickly during this time so do not miss out. Normal price for tours is $2800 for individuals and $2650 for friends and family sharing a room together. New pricing is $2300 for room share and $2450 for individual. The special runs until December 31, 2015.<br />
To book or for more info <a href="http://www.tornadicexpeditions.com/">Storm Chasing Tours 2016</a>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-8009423963324780362015-07-28T21:40:00.000-07:002015-07-28T21:40:16.333-07:00Tornadic Expeditions WOW!<br />
What a ride the last year has been. I have not wrote in my blog in so long! I lost my hotmail email and was not able to log in, but after some hard work I was able to get back in! Anyhow!<br />
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I started Tornadic Expeditions Storm Chasing Tours to bring a new life into the storm chasing tour industry.<br />
Do not get me wrong, there are many good companies out there, but I wanted to bring the private tour experience without the private tour price tag. There are many tour companies that run the large passenger vans, and folks maybe riding with others they do not know. I asked myself "If I was gonna go on a tour what kind of experience would I want?". Being an experienced storm chaser I thought to myself, small, private, personal. When I was a new chaser many years ago I was full of questions and was hungry for knowledge and understanding. So what better way than to have that one on one experience. It is much easier for four people to get the attention they deserve than 12 or more. A family of 4 or 5 or group of friends can tour with me and have the entire van to themselves.<br />
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Most of us tour operators advertise the same services with our own unique twist. The thing one should consider when selecting a storm chasing vacation is the personality of the people running the tours. Sitting in a van with somebody for a week and they do not talk much or appear uninterested at times would be boring as hell. Heck no!! We want fun and excitement! I get excited over the smallest needle tornadoes and funnel clouds! Why? Because it is amazing! I have the fortune to chase year after year! The number of hours spent at home vs hours chasing. Storm season is not that long and there are not tornadic storms everyday! That is pure fact! So the time spent on the road chasing is marginal compared to everyday life, so yes I am gonna get excited, I do not get to see it everyday! The bigger picture is nailing a forecast and being there at that moment to observe what you are going after! We do not have control over how big or small the tornadoes are, so appreciate what mother nature gives to us!<br />
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That is the beauty of running tours. Taking folks out who have seen very little or nothing at all in the way of supercells and tornadoes, and being there to see their first experience. That is one of the biggest reasons for Tornadic Expeditions, to strive at producing an unmatched experience in a small group setting while educating about the sky above our heads and the power it displays. We are here to cater to your needs, the customer shapes us.<br />
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<br />MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-12630214591092493332010-10-20T21:20:00.000-07:002010-10-20T21:59:59.094-07:00Severe Weather Discussion for 10/21-10/23Well a very active pattern is getting set in place. Today it impacted parts of New Mexico and extreme West Texas. A couple of tornado warnings were issued today on a New Mexico storm that exhibited brief supercellular structure. <div><br /></div><div>The next several days a Dryline will in be place over west Texas and north into Oklahoma and Extreme southern Kansas. This Dryline will push very slowly east over the next 3 days. Tomorrow we will see severe storms over west Texas. Thursday we shall see some severe weather activity over west Texas. Shear, instability are marginal so hail and gusty winds will be the main threats.</div><div><br /></div><div>Friday The Dryline will be much tighter. A Negatively tilted trough punching through Texas will create excellent environment for severe weather. The system is much more organized! 30-40kt Low Level Jet. Forecast soundings show a very nice right turned hodograph. Dew points will be mainly in the low to mid 60s. But the biggest concern with Friday is the narrow corridor of instability along the dryline and the amount of available CAPE. This is probably due to cloud cover from the robust low level jet creating a drizzly low stratus deck. If the sun can come out for a few good hours out ahead of that dry line I wouldn't be surprised to see a good storm or 2 come off the dryline and maybe even a tornado or 2. We are for sure keeping an eye on this day for a probable chase. This will be a West Central TX , SW Oklahoma day.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday the Dryline/front takes a more SW to NE orientation and becomes more progressive. We should see more supercells and a more widespread areas for tornadoes on Saturday from North Texas to NE Kansas. Kansas looks very impressive on tonights 0z NAM run. Still have got the nice SW flow in play. Cloud cover and morning convection could put a damper on instability once gain. We need that sun out ahead of the DL/Front. </div><div><br /></div><div>As far as Friday Saturday go, The shear is quite nice and decent convergence for storms to fire. Thermodynamically it is on the marginal side of the fence. A lot of times it seems the models always under do instability.</div><div><br /></div><div>Will be posting a much more detailed post tomorrow night. On Fridays Potential. </div><div><br /></div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-42392264274427530422010-10-14T19:39:00.000-07:002010-10-14T20:37:53.563-07:00Long Term Forecast Discussion and News.<div>The GFS is finally starting to show some trending towards a more active pattern sometime after the 20th of October. With a few troughs moving through the Southern plains. For sure something for us to keep an eye on. There is a set up coming up next week but appears at the moment that shear will be weaker and doesn't appear to be a big supercell/tornado event.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMtlE0PDozpu_ggMg7zpoxUCno8ZQyEM01h-UWpB7a_BZiEt4WY2QS9SBZM-FICRwXZeISLtXIUT_r4sXOu0DDAQHaK0f7sW7P3GAonrhHsLav0vUvHpycyVEexEsldI0JoK7KFtnc6c8/s1600/500mb+trough.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMtlE0PDozpu_ggMg7zpoxUCno8ZQyEM01h-UWpB7a_BZiEt4WY2QS9SBZM-FICRwXZeISLtXIUT_r4sXOu0DDAQHaK0f7sW7P3GAonrhHsLav0vUvHpycyVEexEsldI0JoK7KFtnc6c8/s320/500mb+trough.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528103396515978690" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMtlE0PDozpu_ggMg7zpoxUCno8ZQyEM01h-UWpB7a_BZiEt4WY2QS9SBZM-FICRwXZeISLtXIUT_r4sXOu0DDAQHaK0f7sW7P3GAonrhHsLav0vUvHpycyVEexEsldI0JoK7KFtnc6c8/s1600/500mb+trough.png"></a>MesoSearch.net would like to Welcome chasers Aaron Dooley , Alec Jones and Seth Hastings to MesoSearch.net.. Their experience, talents and passion are first class. Check their Bios out <a href="http://mesosearch.net/">HERE</a> to learn more about them and other chasers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our new Chase Ride!! Say Hello to the WxRV ( Weather Resistant Vehicle)</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05g5S9CXH8dF-kinHbFyjA4svd56rggef6sMRSeRVdb-yhkdeDHkPRaCGRseH3QB4lv7UNbh1XyiJiiPSBA_cMY_HQtIqYo78mdQd3GsMAVx97qEkWdEx07aIigvyRz6f0NfLiw0TDqx_/s200/mesosearchchaseride.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528107851214228882" />This is the newest ride for Amanda Seale and I (Erik Burns). I totaled my previous chase ride earlier this spring during one of the largest tornado outbreaks of 2010. I hit a deer while trying to get in position on a large Supercell near Childress TX. That was the last chase for my truck. A good note to end on. It was the silver bullet's last chase.</div><div><br /></div><div>The new ride is a 2006 Chevy Monte Carlo that's been heavily modified. We were fortunate enough to gain sponsorship from two incredible companies that offer some of the best products on the market in protection and security. <a href="http://herculiner.com">Herculiner</a> and <a href="http://www.acelaminatesoftexas.com/">Ace Laminates of Texas</a>. Together we are making the WxRV one of the most Severe Weather Resistant vehicles in the world. Featuring an armor coating of Herculiner and Bullet resistant, hail and wind driven debris proof security laminated windows from Ace Security Laminates of Texas. I will make a separate post with more details about the vehicle and an update on where you can take a look at it in person! </div><div><br /></div><div>Stay Tuned for more updates and news.</div><div><br /></div><div>Erik.</div><div><br /></div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-75923372678636028002010-02-18T22:01:00.000-08:002010-02-18T22:17:46.857-08:00More Snow For North Texas?!?! Also.. The Debris Show!Well to just get things started. I am really sick of winter. The GFS has been showing some run to run consistency with throwing another winter weather event into Texas and OK. It is still 5 days out but damn! I am ready to see some moisture return from the gulf and seeing 2,000 + J/kg on the models! I am sure everybody who reads this is just as anxious as I am. Hopefully these are signs of an amazing season to come. I just wish it would get here faster. It is for sure something to keep an eye on. I really hate snow. <br /><br />Also I would like to mention Shane Adams web show The Debris Show. If you have not caught it yet it airs every Saturday night at 9pm CDT. So join Shane Adams, Bridget Geauhgan, David Reimer and yours truly Erik Burns as we discuss the happening and not so happening topics in the world of chasing and chaser community. It is sure to be a great time. If you have any questions or comments don't be shy please call in and join the discussion! Check it out @ <a href="http://saturdayaftermath.com/">Http://saturdayaftermath.com</a> .MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-38069429759261730952010-02-08T14:41:00.000-08:002010-02-08T15:28:49.292-08:00The Season is a coming!! Are you Ready?I am 100% prepared. I made alot of upgrades to the chase vehicle this year hoping to make getting information easier, drive in comfort, get the most out of my gear and having it last longer with less wear and tear. Also created the rig so no matter what is going on a camera will always be rolling capturing the action.<br /><br />Some of the upgrades.<br /><br /><br />HD Dash cam for streaming and recording<br />Lap Top Mount<br />800 watt power inverter<br />13 powered USB hubs<br />Toggle switch installed for the light bar<br />Concealment of wires<br />New wiring for some of the electronics<br />New GPS software.<br />Upgraded GPS tracking<br /><a href="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs199.snc3/20645_1237690339669_1151554264_30636586_7565780_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 604px; HEIGHT: 453px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs199.snc3/20645_1237690339669_1151554264_30636586_7565780_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also just some of the modifications and better organization makes everything so much better to be around all day. The less baby sitting I have to do the better my chase is and the more chasing I get to enjoy.<br /><br />The MesoSearch.net site is also up. It will be the place where I archive videos and photos as well as ground zero for my live stream, media contact information, facebook and twitter updates. Please visit at <a href="http://mesosearch.net/">http://mesosearch.net/</a> I will continue to post blogs here since it is easy to do so and is tied right into my site.<br /><br />I am really hoping for 2010 to be a great chase year. 2009 was slow for tornadoes for me as well as several others. 2 on February 10 , 1 on May 1 and 2 on June 10th. February 10th as we all know was the Day of the Lone Grove EF4. That I saw and reported more then 10 minutes before the town of Lone Grove was struck. Very bitter sweet. I got to Experience the largest tornado of 2009 but yet it takes lives. I did everything I could. I reported it. Everything after that is in Gods Hands.<br /><br />I hope to chase in states this year I have not yet chased in before. I have been to NM, CO, OK,TX,KS,NE,SD,AR. I would like to venture to IL, IA and maybe IN. Hell if we get another good looking day in WY I will chase it.<br /><br /><br /><br />I made alot of new friends in 09 and hope to enjoy a chase or 2 with them.<br /><br /><br />As some of you already know that I am one of the host of the web based show dubbed The Debris Show. You can check it out on Saturday nights at <a href="http://saturdayaftermath.com/">http://saturdayaftermath.com/</a> Watch as storm chasers Shane Adams, Bridget Geaughen, David Reimer and my self discuss, debate, bitch and rant about the subjects and drama taking place in the world of storm chasing. Not recomended for younger viewers, those with sensitive ears or closed minds!<br /><br /><br />On the last note I would like to bring up the great service provided by <a href="http://chasertv.com/">http://chasertv.com/</a><br />Their streaming service for chasers is hands down the best available. $40 a year and your set. Scott Bennet and Steve Miller will take care of you. They are good to their words and very professional. So if your interested in streaming this year I promise you will not be dissapointed. Shane Adams uses it, David Drummond, Lanny Dean, Connor McCrorey and your truly. If these names in chasing use it there are no reasons to go anywhere else! ( BTW I am not getting a thing for saying any of this)<br /><br />Hopefully this blog post didn't bore the hell out of ya. I would like for my next to be a SVR WX forecast. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thank for reading.<br /><br />ErikMesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-39504243468583072252009-12-26T20:48:00.000-08:002009-12-26T20:54:15.802-08:00Erik Burns on The Debris Show!!!!MesoSearch Chaser Erik Burns will be teaming up with Shane Adams host of the Internet based web show The Debris show! This Sunday @ 9pm central time. Watch as Shane and Erik discuss the world of selling chaser video, lowballers and everything else that sucks about chaser video sales. It will be OUT OF CONTROL!! Watch @ Http://Chasertv.com or Http://Passiontwist.comMesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-68408216381163634372009-11-20T21:22:00.000-08:002009-11-20T21:26:07.651-08:00The New MesoSearch.net!!!Well here is the soft release of MesoSearch.net This is the soft release and still getting the all the little kinks out. So I am pleased to bring you the NEW <a href="Http://mesosearch.net">MesoSearch.net</a> . Thanks for looking!MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-17451651730918321602009-11-09T15:40:00.000-08:002009-11-09T16:01:10.590-08:00MesoSearch Joins ChaserTV!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr184/millesd/ChaserTV/Logos/st.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr184/millesd/ChaserTV/Logos/st.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We had to make a choice as to what is the best way to bring MesoSearch to the fans and the media. ChaserTV is the way! The cutting edge streaming ChaserTV brings to MesoSearch Storm Chasing is incredible. No more baby sitting connections and worrying about is our streaming working! So next time MesoSearch is in the field check us out at ChaserTV to see us Dominate the plains!!!<br /><br />See MesoSearch Chaser Erik Burns on the front page at<a href="http://www.chasertv.com/"> ChaserTV.com</a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.chasertv.com/"></a></div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-29720751000495773852009-10-26T10:33:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:34:12.790-07:00Last nights Storm Chase!!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U_j3SKSqNWU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U_j3SKSqNWU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-5492611476357318032009-10-13T14:19:00.000-07:002009-10-13T16:43:27.836-07:00Remembering Lone Grove. February 10th 2009.Well it has been 8 months since that fateful and active severe weather day. We had been keeping an eye on it for a couple of days. Being that it was February you just don't get excited about a set up like you do in May or June. Checking surface observations the night before actually showing promise of the warm moist air being advected northward into the would be warm sector. Still a lot uncertainty if things were going to pan out for a February chase day. The year before in January and February proved deadly in a few massive and historical tornado outbreaks. Would this day be a repeat of the year behind us. There was concerns that the day was going to just squall out and a discrete storm mode would not be accomplished.<br /><br />The day finally came. Like normal I didn't get much sleep since I stay up all night and keep a close eye on how things are coming together. Making that decision whether to chase or not. I knew there was going to be severe weather and had a good idea of where. But was torn as to go into Central OK or to stay in Texas. Something was catching my eye for the area near Jacksboro TX. It seemed to have everything there for an impressive storm go up. Still again there were concerns but hey there is with every set up. I wake up early after only a few hours of sleep. Crunch and study the RUC, Skew Ts, Hodographs and surface observations. I came to the conclusion to chase TX. I called up a friend of mine Chris Harrell and we decided we would meet up off of I20 near Stephenville TX. I had some other people who had never chased before as well who were interested in seeing a supercell. We met up and hung around the gas station/rest stop for a couple of hours. We decided it would be best to head up towards Jacksboro. We got there and set up on the west side of town watching tower after tower struggling to go up. Storm had already fired by this time in OK and a couple of tornadoes had already been reported. I was loosing confidence in my decision to stay south in Texas. Storms than began to fire in NW Texas near Wichita Falls. We noticed these cells going into a supercell mode as the went into OK. So we made the choice to head NW towards Archer City to intercept one of the more southern cells and keep our fingers crossed it would do the same as the northern cells. Disappointed when we got to them at they were high based and outflow dominate. We took a few photos watched some of the cloud to ground lightning and then decided to head back towards Dallas to wait out for the squall line that was going to run through later that evening. We got onto US82 and proceeded back east. As we were getting out of Wichita Falls I saw firm towers back in the direction of Jacksboro. I looked at the radar and they did not impress. The towers though were telling a different story. I saw HW287 coming up down the road. We headed to the towers. We were getting near Belcherville TX and saw friend Craig Curlee on Spotter Network. I gave him a call and asked if how the storm looked on his side. Craig was on the SE side of the storm and we were on the NW side. Craig said it didn't look very good and the base was small and raggedy. He said he was gonna call it quits. We got down there and took a look and it was just like what he said.<br /><br />We went back down the road a little ways and stopped at a gas station filled up with gas, grabbed some snack and drinks and was trying to make a decision on what to do. A couple of other chasers were also at the gas station we all mingled for a bit and then some of them went back home. It started to rain a little harder causing us to retreat back into the vehicles. I looked at radar again not expecting much. The radar just updated and the tops and VIL jumped on the storm. I looked at reflectivity and the storm was taking on an interesting shape. Still just sitting there and not doing much but just throwing hints. I looked at the velocity and it was showing a small piece of hope. some mild mid level rotation and some weak low level. I shouted at everybody for us to get back down the road a little ways to see what was going on. We drove for about 1 mile back the hill we were on earlier. Out of the rain on top of a hill with a good view. The base looked outstanding. Nice smooth base and inflow feeding into the storm. I looked even more closely and observed rotation under the base with rain curtain beginning to carousel. I yelled out "IT'S GONNA DO IT!". My target was going to verify! Within minutes the storm produced a beautiful cylindrical rotating wall cloud! With nice motion! It was such a great feeling sitting on top of that hill in February seeing such an incredible sight! By this time chasers from Texas Storm Chasers, Connor McCrorey and David Reimer pulled up just in time to see the show. After some heavy video and photographs of the soon to be historical and life taking storm we jumped back into our cars and headed NE to stay on it. After following it and getting back into position we observed our the storms first tornado and out first tornado of the year. A skinny white rope tornado coming down out of the wall cloud. This took place near Belleview TX. Some Chasers got some really great footage of this tornado as well as Veteran Storm Chaser Amos Magliocco, who took some nice photos. We were quickly running out of day light and road options and decided to go as far as we could until we got to the Red River. The storm had also picked up speed and started moving fairly quickly. We were watching the monster lowering up ahead from us getting harder and harder to see with each passing minute. We got near the town of Spanish Fort TX where we had come to a stopping point because of the Red River. We would just watch the storm leave us in the dark. Watching the storm a flash of lightning revealed something under the base of the Supercell. I wasn't the only one who saw it. Chris says is that what I think it is!? Another flash of lightning and it was still there! When it is dark you don't want to just start calling stuff tornadoes. It wasn't but a mile and a half from us at this point. More lightning and it was becoming obvious. One of the newbies with us had captured an image of the ominous object and it was not lying. Lightning by this time was constant and the cone like tornado had turned into a massive wedge tornado. Trying to control the adrenaline we reported this tornado via Spotter Network. NWS almost instantly tornado warned the storm. We could not believe our eyes on how large this tornado was. We couldn't even guess on it's size. We watched the tornado until we could no longer see it. Not knowing that what we had just seen was going to be the deadliest tornado to strike Oklahoma since May 3rd 1999 and be the largest tornado to occur in the month of February since record keeping.<br /><br />Heading back home I received a phone call from Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel and did a short interview about what we had seen. We stopped at Dairy Queen had some food and looked over all the photos and video. I had then received news that the town of Lone Grove had been hit by a substantial tornado. At the time it was not known but the tornado we had actually seen going into Oklahoma was indeed the Lone Grove Tornado. It was hard to swallow. When something you do that is so incredible to see and experience can be taken all away from you so quickly once you find out the horrible news that a tornado you saw killed people and destroyed homes. Makes your passion not seem so fun anymore. We did our main job out there though and reported the tornado. Because of that we saved lives. <br /><br />A couple of days later I spoke to Michael Ratliff who was also there to experience this historical event. We agreed this was a life changing event for us. We wished there was more we could do. We did what we could do. <br /><br />I will never forget that day. It goes through my mind on a daily basis. It was an amazing storm. I hope that even now 8 months later the town of Lone Grove is still strong. I plan to visit there soon. I will never forget February 10th 2009 and I will never forget Lone Grove Oklahoma.<br /><br />Connor McCrorey and David Reimer<br />http://www.main.texasstormchasers.com<br />Michael Ratliff and Ray Walker<br />http://www.seeatornado.com/<br />Amos Magliocco<br />http://www.cycloneroad.com<br /><br />From Michael Ratliff and Ray Walker<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0jk9L9uD0A&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0jk9L9uD0A&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />From Connor McCrorey<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-JHBWn3T1mE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-JHBWn3T1mE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />MesoSearch photos of the storm and Tornado from Spanish Fort TX <br />http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs145.snc1/5400_126214076224_122719141224_2432730_744116_n.jpg<br /><br />http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs145.snc1/5400_126213351224_122719141224_2432718_1995453_n.jpg<br /><br /><br />Other links<br />http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/wxevents/20090210/eventnarrative.php<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2009_tornado_outbreak<br /><br /><br />Links will not work so just copy and paste them.. sorry.MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-77381250653498570632009-10-09T20:20:00.000-07:002009-10-09T20:25:14.168-07:00Storms of 2008 and 2009 photo documentaryMesoSearch Chaser Erik Burns captured these images in 08 and 09. Please enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OpQsP3D_YG8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OpQsP3D_YG8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-33212956047279553842009-09-23T10:12:00.000-07:002009-09-23T10:13:46.670-07:00Video of our chase on September 21,2009 Garvin County Oklahoma Supercell<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O0713VCKxNo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O0713VCKxNo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-54788485887591777872009-09-18T19:23:00.000-07:002009-09-18T19:35:42.394-07:00Possible Severe Weather Monday!!!Well it looks like since the Atlantic hurricane season was owned by El Nino and non existent for the most part it looks like the first ice breaker for the Fall severe weather season may begin on Monday. The models I use to forecast are in fair agreement with a severe episode on Monday. A nice mid level trough will dig it's way into the central and southern plains early Monday then evolve into a closed low. This is also going bring with it a fairly strong and quickly moving cold front. This front will be the focal point of storm development. A very moist and unstable airmass ( Models are presenting and have been confident with CAPE values in the 3,000 J/kg range, that is moderately to very unstable ) will be set in place ahead of this front and mid level trough. Storms should have no problem becoming surface based. Fortunately I don't see much of a tornado threat here. Maybe a brief spin up. Reason being is the strongest winds in the atmosphere will be behind the front. So there will be quite a bit of forcing behind the storms. So at this time more likely a severe wind event. Storms should begin discrete in a linear storm mode and quickly form into a MCS ( MesoScale Convective System). Flash flooding could also be a concern since soils in the area are already saturated from all the previous days of rainfall. <br /><br />The areas most likely to see this event would be Southern OK , North TX Monday evening into night. And the rest DFW and North East TX and SE OK into AR in late night into early morning hours. So for right now appears to be a mostly a wind and possibly a isolated flash flooding event.MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-1979600636052644782009-07-22T22:01:00.000-07:002009-07-22T22:28:40.577-07:00Coming Soon! The NEW MesoSearch.netIt has been awhile since I have posted on here. Just procrastination I guess. LOL.. Not Good! Well since the last I have posted on here I had a successful tornado intercept less then 5 minutes from my house on June 10th!! I was in Kansas the day before and busted. So strange to have had Supercells in North Texas in the middle of June.<br /><br />Well we had a website up for a very short time last year it just never got underway. So this fall I am introducing a NEW Website for MesoSearch Storm Chasing. It will contain live streaming when we are in the field, gps tracking, video/photo gallery, and a blog.<br /><br />So to entertain you and give you a sense of whats to come please enjoy this trailer promoting the new website.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/APJrmEeEMFU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/APJrmEeEMFU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-36438188896360167982009-05-01T00:40:00.001-07:002009-05-01T00:49:52.381-07:00MESOSEARCH,,, Chase Tomorrow!!!<div>The Crew will be out tomorrow. We will be streaming live at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">TornadoVideos</span>.net !</div><div><br /></div><div>A very unstable atmosphere will be in place tomorrow over North West TX. Shear looks beautiful turning with height very nicely. CAPE on the order towards 5,000 j/kg. A classic triple point set up. We are targeting NW TX.. Storm should fire by 5pm, Discrete <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">supercells</span> with massive hail and a decent threat for tornadoes is likely.. Storm Prediction center has issued a slight risk with a likely upgrade to Moderate risk mentioned in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">their</span> outlook.. Please tune into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tornadovideos</span>.net to watch us DOMINATE!</div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-4673146533163767192009-04-07T12:44:00.000-07:002009-04-07T12:54:42.035-07:00Severe Weather in the forecast!!<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Finally</span> looks like things are trying to get going. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GFS</span> is now showing potential Easter Weekend for the Southern Plains. It still far out and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">a lot</span> of changes will take place between now and then.. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">GFS</span> has been pushing everything further west little each run.. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">GFS</span> is normally not always telling the truth ! Thursday in the southern plains doesn't look very impressive to me and seems to me that a cold front will overtake everything very quickly.. So as of right now Saturday looks like the day of choice. I just hope the moisture will be able to recover in time for Saturday. <div><br /></div><div>I will continue to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">monitor</span> the models and make a detailed forecast later this week.</div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-42632124231132460852009-04-03T18:07:00.000-07:002009-04-03T18:23:51.052-07:00MesoSearch on ABC Dallas...As some of you guys know I am one of the chasers for WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas. Craig Curlee another known DFW chaser is now also on board. The both of us will DOMINATE. Last week I went in the station to do an interview with Chief Meteorologist Pete Delkus. The news station and myself agree that we have the best chaser team in North Texas. WFAA is already number 1 in severe weather in North Texas. Hope we have a productive season. . <div><br /></div><div>It was shown Yesterday at 6pm.. I was going to post but I have been so busy it is not even funny and didn't find out until about 3 hours before it went on.. Hope yall enjoy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the Link</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=348362&shu=1">MesoSearch on ABC</a></span></div><div><br /></div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-34723676347318629312009-03-23T00:05:00.000-07:002009-03-23T00:14:34.253-07:00LIVE STEAMING UP AND RUNNING!MesoSearch has Teamed up with TornadoVideos.net to bring you dominating live streaming and reports, and live GPS tracking.. <div><br /></div><div>The Set up for tomorrow is insane!!! High Shear, low cape set up, Amazing Low level shear will cause large right turn hodographs indicating storms will be able to produce strong tornadoes. MesoSearch will be out in the plains.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please go to TornadoVideos.net to see our live chase stream!!</div><div><br /></div><div>DOMINATING!!!</div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-15780168818400319612009-02-09T21:55:00.000-08:002009-02-09T23:00:34.618-08:00LET IT BEGIN. TORNADOES POSSIBLE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS, TO SOUTH CENTRAL OKThe MesoSearch Team will be out tomorrow in pursuit of dominating severe weather in the Southern Plains, Our initial target is Stephenville Texas and will adjust from there. <div><br /></div><div>A potent system is moving in from the west, with massive moisture return that is not common for this time of year ahead of it. Shear and instability will be in place for strong / significantTornadoes.</div><div><br /></div><div>See the risk area here Http://www.spc.noaa.gov </div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry for not giving much more details so much to do still. Be Safe to for all who are chasing and live in the risk areas.</div><div><br /></div><div>We will also be showing our chase live on the web at ChaserTv.com See us out in the field live in the action.</div>MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047352993465316159.post-86934005295222722342009-01-21T14:21:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:16:26.124-08:00News..Whats going on lately and Need a New Chase PartnerWell not really much to say. Weather has been extremely boring. With Storm Season hopefully about a month and a half away and my brother in law Ricky moving I am looking for some new chase partners. Even though gas is cheaper, I still would like to have help while chasing so I can get more and better footage.. I just have so much trouble doing it all by myself.. So if anybody is interested contact me at <a href="mailto:MesoSearch@gmail.com">MesoSearch@gmail.com</a> . My cousin who just moved down is getting into it, He has alot to learn though still. Tagging along with me more often will give him more experience.. Chris Harrell one of the MesoSearch chasers can only chase on weekends but will be going on a pretty extensive chasecation this year. We will see how that turns out. Should be awesome.<br /><br /><br /><br />MesoSearch has added some new toys to the rig. We are now doing GPS tracking and severe WX reporting through <a href="http://www.spotternetwork.org/">http://www.spotternetwork.org/</a> . We will also be doing live streaming as well this season. More details on the streaming as the season gets closer. We will be also striving to get as much footage as possible this year and come out with our first ever chase DVD. It's not official but we are trying for it.. It will include footage from 08 and 09. Hopefully we will have the <a href="http://mesosearch.net/">http://mesosearch.net/</a> site up and running. It has said content coming soon for almost a year. I have been working on the site off and on for several months<br /><br /><br /><br />For my DFW people we chase for ABC Channel 8 WFAA in Dallas so when severe weather is near the metroplex keep an eye on channel 8 news to see our live interviews, footage and reports from the field.MesoSearch.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880261502651676313noreply@blogger.com1