Posted by admin on July 2, 2010
Well I just uploaded the archive data for June to both sites. I was surprised to see that this June had an increase in cooling degree days of around 20% over last year. Hopefully this year will continue like last year, a warm June followed by below normal July and August.
The “official” storm chase season is over in the plains, but we won’t stop! If we have free time and severe weather is nearby we will try to chase or stream from our home. Sunday looks like a possible chase day, although it doesn’t look all that good for tornadoes. Monday is a bit to far out, but if the cold front continues it’s movement we could likely have some storms on Monday. What would a 4th of July weekend be without some thunder in the St. Louis area.
On a personal note, we are waiting for a geothermal heating and cooling system to be installed in our home. Hopefully this will happen within 3-6 weeks. I will be creating a page or two on the site to document the installation and energy savings that we will see from this system. I am anticipating atleast a $50.00 a month savings in our all electric home.
Have a happy and safe 4th of July!
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Posted by admin on June 6, 2010
Well looks like we missed out on a great chase day Saturday in Illinois. We had some issues with servers at work so my two co-workers and I put in 9 hours on Saturday. I will be on vacation starting next Saturday, I am hoping for multiple chase days that week.
Tuesday is looking interesting for our area for Severe Weather, keep an eye/ear out as we get closer. The rest of the week looks to be turning very warm with highs over 90 as we approach the weekend.
On a sad note…..We lost several people in the storms Saturday, I would guess that most of them had no idea severe weather was in the area. If they did, they likely didn’t take action. A few minutes in the basement is well worth it.<rant off>
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Posted by admin on May 9, 2010
I have embedded a Google calendar into the blog. It is on a separate page with the link showing in the menu on the left side of the blog. Calendar Link
Everyone keep an eye out Monday night into Tuesday morning, we have the possibility of severe weather. Most likely large hail and wind, but one never knows. Tomorrow looks to be a rough day for Eastern Oklahoma and possibly SE Kansas as well as Western Missouri.
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Posted by admin on May 8, 2010
I totally missed this last month, the St. Peters weather station has now been operating for over 1 year! Things have been operating very nice. Special thanks to Andy, he host the station and computer at his house.
Well locally it has been quiet and getting a bit dry for spring with the O’fallon station down 3-4 inches of precipitation for the year so far. Next week is looking like some of this deficit could be made up with an extended period of unsettled weather.
This coming week starts a series of long weekends for me, I scheduled time off work for storm chasing, hopefully the weather permits. We have already tested the live video streaming as well as the chat room. Each weekend from now until the first full week of June is either 3 or 4 days, the second full week of June I am off the whole week. Keep an eye here or become a fan of our Facebook Page
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Posted by admin on May 4, 2010
Quick update on yesterdays hail storm that moved just north of the St. Louis area in both Missouri and Illinois. The largest hail reported was 2 inches, that lies just between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball. A report with pictures can be seen at the NWS site, once you click on an image you can scroll through the rest in the series. Some images show hail covering the ground, some even show the ground covered in fog from the cold air produced by the melting hail.. March 3, 2010 Hail Storm report
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Posted by admin on May 3, 2010
I will try to make this quick, but I have a few things to update. Friday I was at Gateway Raceway, so again I was being hunted by the storms. We left in time to make it into the North St. Louis area before the storms/tornadoes hit. I was able to keep track the storms with my Ipod Touch using the wifi at the racetrack.
Full storm reports can be seen here: St Louis NWS Significant Weather Events
We have a chance for some hail/wind this evening, then late week could possibly be interesting again. This is my last full week of work until June 7, then I am off the whole week of June 14. I look to get as many chases in as possible.
I will be entering a contract with Severe Studios to broker any storm video we happen to capture. This should happen this week. This can help us gain exposure as well as help with some of the expenses of storm chasing.
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Posted by admin on April 27, 2010
The National Weather Service from St. Louis has been busy the last two days examining and reporting on the 3 tornadoes that occurred near the St. Louis area this past week. All 3 were relatively weak, but if they hit your neighborhood you likely have some tree damage and maybe some roof/siding damage.
Below are links to the reports provided by the St. Louis NWS office, many thanks to them for getting these done in a timely manner.
Warren County/Lincoln County tornado
Des Peres/Overland tornadoes
The Overland tornado has a KML file available to view in Google Earth at the bottom of the report.
If you have any questions or comments feel free to post.
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Posted by admin on April 24, 2010
Yesterday I was at work during the tornado in Montgomery and Lincoln counties, I was a bit let down that I was unable to chase this storm, but work does come first.
Today I was attending the St. Louis Kuk Sool Won tournament at UMSL. We were actually heading back from eating in Bridgeton when the tornado warning sounded. We decided our safest place was to get back to UMSL and get in the basement of the gym. Our plan worked just fine, within minutes of our arrival and communicating the urgency of the situation with the tournament organizers the basement quickly and orderly filled with people until the all clear was given.
I was somewhat let down that UMSL had not had everyone in the building in the basement when we arrived. The tornado warning had been issued a minimum of 10 minutes earlier with no action.
It appears that the worst damage was in West County near West County Mall. Scattered hail and high wind reports continued north east from the tornado report.
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Posted by admin on April 21, 2010
Looks to be a bit wet now through the weekend. Friday we are under a slight risk for severe weather, although south and west appear to have better chances of receiving severe weather.
I will have our equipment with us Saturday, we will be busy most of the day, but if severe weather rolls in, look for a live stream on the Chase/Live Video/Chat Page.
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Posted by admin on April 3, 2010
I will try and keep this one short. We stayed home Friday, and it looks like we made a good decision. A bit of seeing lack of supercells and not wanting to drive 10+ hours to try and find some. The forecast were pointing to a more line of storms than the favored discrete cells. No tornadoes were reported, a bunch of nasty wind reports and a few hail reports thrown in here and there.
The upcoming week looks to be “busy”. Sunday into Monday could see some severe weather, including our area, likely more west and then north.Then Tuesday we may get thrown in the game with our area already in an area highlighted by the Storm Prediction Center for possible severe weather.
If anything is near by and during my time off work look for me to be out and about. If it is local or I am at work we will stream from our house. We did this Friday evening as a test and all seems to work well, hopefully the same can be said while mobile.
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