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Dec 5 and Beyond - Argentina
Scott and I were ever grateful to have a sunshiny day in Iguazu Falls yesterday. Today we are switching back to storm mode despite the low certainty of anything thunder related. The models appear to be having a hard time resolving things down here. So we are not putting much stock in the "non-stormy" runs. In o...
Day 2 & Beyond - Argentina
Buenos tardes, Just a quick post to show our immediate target today. We have two intersecting outflow boundaries under weak shear. If this was America we’d all be thinking “mesoscale magic?” After today the forecast is uncertain. Rather than ping you every day I’ll add any updates here in this thread for those ...
Day 1 - Uraguay?
Smooth sailing so far. Easy transitions with very friendly (and patient with my despacio Espanol) people. Today we are targeting storms in Uraguay. Here’s a scene around midnight last night in Mercedes Uraguay.
Nov 30 Storm Chase - Heads or Tails?
SPC issued a 10% (non significant) tornado risk for my stomping ground. Models are currently leaning toward goobliglosh. Here’s a NAM run… Here’s the HRRR’s thoughts… I’ve already decided not to chase this event because I’ll be arriving in Buenos Aires tomorrow morning. 🤗 If Scott and I can get our ca...
Jungle Storm Chase Today (Nov. 20)
Think I’ll go for a drive, listen to some music and maybe knock out a couple Spanish lessons. Perhaps even see a tornado. I’m expecting the worst chasing conditions… Fast, rainy, low contrast storms in thick pine Forrest. But you never really know. Current plan is to target early supercells in east Texas. Curr...
Best Kept Secret Tornado Videos
Hey Gang,For those who don't know him, I wanted to introduce you to Scott Currens. the guy I'm hunting tornadoes with in Argentina in December. Loaded with incredible tornado footage, his YouTube channel has largely been used for his archival purposes. Hence the low, low views. After some berating, I think I co...
Free Download: THE FASTEST - MOVING TORNADO ON RECORD
Here's a little something extra special. This is the data poster we used to calculate the fastest - moving tornado on record. Besides providing an overview of the incredible forward moving velocity, it also turned out to be an interesting work of art. Closer inspection reveals a number of neato details.Above is Ski...
LIVE PODCAST TONIGHT 8PM CT
Tonight, Daniel Shaw, Mike Olbinski and I will be joining the Storm Front Freaks live podcast. Tune in or be square.https://www.youtube.com/live/J8k4CNex1HY?si=qqmaQLixAMozZu1y
Texas Turquoise Storm sneaky peeky
Howdy Gang,Here's a fun little chase from April 28th back in Texas.Hope everyone has a spooky Halloween. If you tell me your favorite Halloween movies and shows, I'll tell you mine...Bram Stokers Dracula, Corpse Bride, Nightmare before X-mas, Wendell and Wild, The Shining, Dark Shadows & Penny Dreadful.
Nebraska 5% Tomorrow & New Video ETA
Buenas noches a todos, I’m sitting out the storm event in Nebraska and possibly north Kansas tomorrow. Messy mode likelihood + Sand Hills (area with few roads) + distance = Stay home and work on completing the new video. If I was chasing, I’d probably aim toward an isolated cell near the KS/NE border. If anybody...
September Photo Download
Hello everyone,2023 was the year of pretty supercells without tornadoes for me. This one is from June 22 in New Mexico. Pretty structure, check. Sunset colors, check. Old house, check and vault CG, Bam!High res download in attachments below.PRODUCTIVITY UPDATE:I completed mixing 3 new songs last week. After sitting on ...
Storms All Week / Yeti Films & Studio Mixing
Looks like I picked a bad week to book studio time. There’s a chance of pretty storms everyday, today through Saturday and perhaps beyond. I’m booked mixing 3 new songs today through Thursday. Ain’t that how it is? YETI FILMS IS FINALLY releasing “The Ballad of Pecos Hank” today at 4pm (wherever their time z...
LIVE CHAT TONIGHT - 8PM CDT - Like really soon
Hey Gang!Be sure and open up YouTube if you want to participate in the chat. See you in 15 :D
LIVE CHAT TOMORROW (weds) 8pm CDT
Gobs and gobs of goodies to discuss with you guys. Let’s prep for Fall tornado adventures. Discuss storm chasing around the world and TV show offers. Let’s enjoy the end of the pre-AI Era and plan for the wave ahead. I’ll drop another post with the chat link prior tomorrow evening. Looking forward, Hank
Asia Update - Mobbed by Mantas
Hello everyone, Hoping everybody in Florida and vicinity is ok. Just a quick update that we hit the manta ray jackpot in the Maldives. Similar to many tornado chases, the manta outlook was grim and the tour guide tried to talk us out of going / spending a lot of money. We went anyway and it ended up being incredible. ...
Good Morning from SE Asia
Here’s a quick slide show of crude iPhone video grabs from Cambodia. The people have been beyond friendly and smiley (except one dude on a moped) the food spicy but not too spicy and the scenery breathtaking as expected. I hope everyone in CA faired the rains ok, those in MI & PA the derecho ok, and those in the sout...
GLOBE TROTTING COMMENCING
30 HOUR FLIGHTThere's always a chance for Auroras when flying near the Arctic Circle so I'll likely be awake all night prior to our 8 hour layover in Tokyo. The wife and I aim to starve ourselves of plane food so that we can fill our bellies with raw sea creatures there. Then we fly to Bangkok for family and fr...
New Video Tomorrow & Fun Stuff
Howdy Patrons,Tomorrow's short video opens with a fun horror scene of my wife and cousins getting eaten by a saltwater crocodile. It transitions to interesting facts with crocodiles leaping into the air shockingly high. Again, I composed the music that has a campy-tastic Godzilla vibe and eventually dove-tails into...
"The Mesocyclone" mp3 & Next Video Slides
Attached below is the music I composed and tracked for the last video "the Mesocyclone." I've left in some of the choice thunder and wind as part of this arrangement. I expect this song will morph over time into something a little more marketable. Likely opening stronger, sooner with more of a rock presenta...
NEW VIDEO Likely Tomorrow Evening
The last 3 weeks have been spent watching, labeling, organizing, filing and backing up all my new 2023 footage. What a gorgeous year! In the midst of the chase scramble you tend to forget what you shot, so it's a lotta fun revisiting all the beautiful and scary moments. During the archiving process is when many ide...
June Photo of the Every Other Month
I'm having too much fun working on the next video. Spent three lovely days composing the orchestration that will accompany it. Cant wait for you to see and hear this one. Everything should be ready to upload next Thursday or Friday.In the attachments below is the high res file of "Burrito #1" shot back in J...
New Video on YouTube Premiering Tonight 8PM CDT
Hey Gang,Just wanted to give you a heads up. I'm trying the YouTube premiere option for this Video. While it's playing, people can ignore it and chat about Twitter and Threads and cats. Here's the link...https://youtu.be/TKiLgVoA9i8ABOUT THIS VIDEOGlad I sat out the last few days of storms in Colorado and v...
6-23 WY-NE Tornadoes & July
Above is the first tornado of the family from the Southeast Wyoming to Scotts Bluff Nebraska supercell. Below is the second...The third and largest was several miles away from me (dernit) near Hawks Springs. The poor road network was challenging at times. I think I can do some more contrast magic on this one...The 4th ...
June 23 Target Grind - WY
More pretty sunset supercells in NM yesterday… No burritos. Today I’m currently planning to grind up to SE Wyoming for the 3-4K CAPE bubble. JARGONThe >12 degrees C 700s streaming in over CO has me writing off that play. Noting the NAM isn’t really onboard with the SE WY situation. Noting also how the HRRR under...
June 22 Target NM & Yesterday's Killer
Yesterday was supposed to be only a commute day. Initially I aimed to chase the North Texas target under a thermonuclear cap just in case it broke. Why not, It's on the way to the Day2 target? I was taught that 13 degrees Celsius at 700mb was a sure bet for a cap bust. Yesterday's 700mb temps were modeled at 15...
June 17 - Picasso's Testicles & Yesterday
We're all adults here right? So with that, it appears we'll have to decide between the early play in Picasso's right testicle (assuming we are looking at him) and the later play in his left. I don't have a lot of confidence his left testicle (B) will produce, especially if anvil cover surges over that r...
June 16 Target CO/KS & Yesterday's Taquito
Yesterday I committed to the monster storm tracking through central / south Oklahoma and bailed on it fairly early once it was obvious it was going to be a gnarly HP hailer / largely outflow dominant. I made it back to the QLCS (line of storms) in Western OK just in time to share this view with Celton and Chris. It'...
June 15th Target
My current target is a little farther south than the SPCs 10%...So I'll try to get there with plenty of time to adjust if needed. Today feels like high based cells developing off the dry line and then clustering into a line with a QLCS tornado threat in the 10%. Again, If we can get on an isolated supercell in the ...
June 1 chase TX or NM?
I’m targeting the home field advantage in West TX today. Tomorrow’s target looks to be in sane vicinity. Surely we can squeeze 1 photogenic burrito out of em. Good luck today slump busters!
June 14 Target / Monday Recap
Two days ago chasers near Brady TX got to marvel at a twisting updraft exploding in 4000+ CAPE at sunset. Apologies to Marcus for snapping "Stay out of my shot" as he set up on my left. I should have snapped at Celton who was setting up on my right...I suppose this is Celton's paybacks for me trying to stri...
