We ended up heading up north of Willmar, MN to get on the elevated convection up there as we were hoping it would move south/southeast and become more surface based as it moved into a more favorable environment. Unfortunately this didn’t happen and a cloud deck that formed in southwest MN really messed things up. …

We started out the day heading west on Highway 14 with a target of Pipestone, MN. Everything came together as our target and timing was almost perfect. As we headed south off of 14 towards Ruthton, MN a large and very powerful storm moved towards us with an amazing shelf cloud and storm structure. Just …

We ended up running late to the show so we almost missed out. We started in/near Yankton, SD as I thought this would be a good place to move across the Missouri River and knew the storms would be heading more north then anything. As it turns out, this target was just to far north. …

Based on the last few runs of the NAM it appears there is a chance of severe weather in the southern half if Minnesota into Wisconsin tomorrow, June 6. Below are several maps showing how there is plenty of CAPE, little or no CINH, plenty of EHI, 700mb temps of 10c or less, etc. There …

Like several other chasers, we ended up targeting the ‘bulge’ area in far western MN due to it being near the triple point and seemed to be the most favorable area for tornadoes as everything south seemed it would go linear fairly quickly. The morning models added some doubt to our target area but we …

We initially started out near Litchfield, MN. As storms started to fire in the area we followed one as it crossed I-94 but it was evident this storm was having some capping issues. Eventually it started to look like it was breaking the cap and was dropping some .75 to 1 inch diameter hail in …

We may be storm chasing again sometime this coming weekend depending on how things play out. There looks to be a pretty strong storm system moving into the central part of the US. Its to far out to know track and timing though but something we will be keeping an eye on.

We are chasing in Iowa today. Check out our live storm chasing video camera to watch us online by going to http://www.majorleaguestorms.com/live-storm-chasing-webcam/

There is a good chance we will be out storm chasing this coming Tuesday (March 22), probably in Iowa. The GFS is further north than the NAM but both show favorable setups for severe weather and maybe some tornadoes. Something to keep an eye on.

There is a good chance we will be storm chasing in Iowa this Sunday (March 20). Hopefully the cap is breakable. Stay tuned.