Hurricane Lee At 165 MPH (9/8)

This as when hurricane Lee was over the open water with wind speeds of at least 165 MPH (well into the rare category 5 status) as of September 8, 2023. Fortunately Lee missed most islands and land, and weakened as it passed to the west of Bermuda. Any land in the path of such a storm at this intensity will suffer devastating effects at this intensity. Eventually, the storm turned north and re-curved, striking Atlantic Canada late the week of Sept 10-16 as an extratropical storm.


The images above show the HWRF hurricane research model (analysis) with the hurricane core during the morning of September 8. The image to the right is an IR satellite image of Hurricane Lee about that same time. Hurricane information is also available in my TROPICS section on this web-site, or you jump straight to the tropical activity page (TROPICS section) on my web-site by clicking the link below.

www.sky-chaser.com/tropics.htm

Major Hurricane Idalia In Florida (8/30)

The interception of major hurricane "Idalia" is completed and was the first hurricane chase of 2023. The full chase log is now available in the STORM CHASING section of my website under the TROPICAL section.


You can jump straight to the section on my web-site for the chase logs for hurricane Idalia by clicking the link below.

www.sky-chaser.com/idal23.htm

Storm Chasing For Spring 2023 Completed (7/1)

Storm chasing in 2023 (from May 1 to July 1) is completed. All storm chases as well as a highly-detailed chase log are now available in the STORM CHASING section of my website under the section for MIDWEST 2023.


You can jump straight to the section on storm chasing in the central USA for spring of 2023 by clicking the link below.

www.sky-chaser.com/mwcl2023.htm

First Storm Chase Of 2023 (Apr 4)

The first storm chase of 2023 was done from April 3 to 5, targeting a moderate risk of severe weather on April 4, mainly in Iowa is completed. In the image below, a long elephant trunk tornado appears over the trees near Knoxville, Iowa at around 7 PM CDT on April 4. This is posted in the STORM CHASING section of my website.


Click the link below to go right to the section for STORM CHASING EVENTS in 2023.

http://www.sky-chaser.com/mwcl2023.htm

National Storm Chaser Summit (2/5/2023)

The National Storm Chaser Summit (convention) in 2023 took place from February 3rd through the 5th in Midwest City, Oklahoma at the Reed Conference Center. This was the second of a re-imagined chaser "summit" similar to the former "ChaserCon" event(s) ran by late Tim Samaras and Roger Hill. This was again another great event - With a large turn-out - Thanks to the great efforts of Erik Fox and his group - Be sure to check out this event in the STORM CHASING section of this website.


Click the link below to go right to the section for STORM CHASING EVENTS in 2023.

http://www.sky-chaser.com/picnic23.htm

Happy Holidays To All (12/25)

Seasons Greetings ... Wishing everyone a happy Holidays in 2022 and may all your wishes come true ... As well as good health and prosperity in the upcoming New Year of 2023!

Hurricane Nicole In East-Central Florida (11/11)

Hurricane Nicole affected east-central Florida during the overnight hours from November 9 to 10, 2022 as a low-end category 1 storm, with sustained winds up to 75 MPH. Damage was mostly along the east coast of Florida, with devastating coastal damage extending well north of where the center made landfall. I was one of several storm chasers who went through the eye of the hurricane.


You can also click the link for this chase-log below as well.

www.sky-chaser.com/nico22.htm

Hurricane Ian Devastates SW Florida (9/28)

Hurricane Ian came ashore in SW Florida from Sanibel Island to Punta Gorda during the early afternoon of September 28, 2022 as a high-end category 4 storm, with winds up to 155 MPH. This is a devastating event. I was one of many storm chasers who went through the eye of the hurricane.


You can also click the link for this chase-log below as well.

www.sky-chaser.com/ian22.htm