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Storm Chasing on May 4, 2012 in MN/IA

Jeremy Den Hartog — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:02:29 +0000

This is a video of a shelf cloud from extreme southern MN and northern Iowa. Eventually a couple new cells formed east of the line and one of them formed a decent looking meso and eventual wall cloud. The line caught this storm though and we lost visual. The storm ended up dropping a tornado in extreme southern MN.

Things Might Get Active Again Around May 23

Jeremy Den Hartog — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:11:13 +0000

Looking at long range forecast models, more specifically the GFS and ECMWF, it appears that things may start to get active again sometime around the May 23rd time frame. However, this is still over a week away so things can (and probably will) change though long range models have been fairly consistent with showing a more southwesterly flow setting up and at least a few decent looking troughs digging in. It wouldn’t shock me to actually see things ‘slowed down’ some though as far as timing goes (something that is typical in this time frame). Only time will tell but its nice to have something to look forward to at least.

Here is 14.12Z GFS for May 23:

Here is the 14.12Z GFS for May 24:

HDR Testing

Jeremy Den Hartog — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:56:03 +0000

Since my DSLR camera isn’t working, I decided to test out a few HDR apps on my phone. The results weren’t bad (though the image was a bit ‘noisy’). I came home and cleaned it up some. Probably what I’m going to end up using while chasing this year as money is to tight to buy a new DSLR.

Revamped Website

Jeremy Den Hartog — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:12:16 +0000

I decided it was time to revamp our website and this is what I came up with. Hopefully everyone likes it. In addition to the layout changes I also added the ability to make donations over on the ‘Live Storm Chasing’ page. Any and all donations would be greatly appreciated.

Storm Chasing in Southern MN on 5-2-12

Jeremy Den Hartog — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:12:20 +0000

We started out the day heading south to Blue Earth, MN as we hoped something would fire along the warm front. As it turns out, we overshot the warm front and had to back track up towards Saint James, MN as a storm was starting to get its act together there. This storm ended up producing a fairly scuddy looking wall cloud as it moved towards the Mankato, MN area. This is our video from the day.

Last Half of March Looks Active

Jeremy Den Hartog — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:22:41 +0000

Based on the last few runs of the GFS, the last half of March looks warm and active for much of the plains. While specifics are impossible to know at this point, we may see several significant severe weather events with potential for tornado outbreaks. However, since its still so far out things can change but keep your eye on things and start getting ready for severe weather if you live anywhere in the central USA from the Canadian border on south.

Revamped Roof Camera

Jeremy Den Hartog — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:37:51 +0000

We decided to go with ‘plan b’ with our roof mount camera. This setup should work more effectively then what we were planning to use previously. It features a wireless remote control as well as the ability to pan 360 degrees and tilt 90 degrees. Looking forward to using it very soon!

Roof Mount Cameras

Jeremy Den Hartog — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:39:38 +0000

We are nearing completion of our roof mount cameras for live video streaming while storm chasing this year. This device will rotate 360 degrees and also tilt the camera to straight vertical to allow us to show the storms from any angle needed. Please remember to ‘Like’ our page to get updates for when we will be out chasing this year.

Shelf Cloud from July 1, 2011

Jeremy Den Hartog — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:05:38 +0000

Here is a picture of a shelf cloud from near Ruthton, MN in extreme southwest Minnesota.

Shelf Cloud from June 3, 2010 in Nebraska

Jeremy Den Hartog — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:02:13 +0000

Here is a picture of a shelf cloud we took in central Nebraska on June 3, 2010.