Update from the field! Pictures from TornadoVideos.net off-days

Since the big Texas Panhandle Tornado Fest a week or so ago, we've been swamped with marginal chase setups and a slight tornado drought.  To pass the time, we shop for motorcycle vests at truck stops, photoshop mustaches on each other, and watch the tornado videos from late April over and over again.  At left is what storm chaser Chris Chittick would look like as a firefighter.

The upcoming weather pattern will continue to be relatively quiet, so we have decided to travel to Radiance Technologies in Oxford, MS where we will get the single-beam radar attached to the top of the TVN Storm Research Vehicle.  Given are ability to close to within 50 feet of strong tornadoes with our new vehicle armor, we will use this radar to measure the strong updraft winds within a tornado, which have been shown to possibly even exceed the horiztonal rotation winds!  It's unfortunate we did not have this radar installed for our first two successful intercepts, but our thinking is that the second half of May through June will be extremely active, and the slower moving storm motions will make data collection a lot easier!
I'll be posting pictures of the radar in the next few days, but first, here are some pictures of the TornadoVideos.net chasers and production crew from the last several days. 
      

 

To close out this blog entry, here is some INSANE video from April 29 in the Texas Panhandle, the same day we drove into the western side of of the tornado circulation when a massive cone tornado was crossing the road in front of us.  This video was shot by David Drummond, who is a storm chaser on the TornadoVideos.net network.  Initially, David and us were in the same position watching the large tornado touch down to our north and move toward our position.  As the tornado was about 200 yards away, David decided to race and beat the tornado before it crossed the road, while we hung back to try and drive into the western side of it!  EXTREME VIDEO!  Take my word for it...this season of Storm Chasers is going to blow last year out of the water.

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I saw this chase vehicle in Oxford today and I have to admit that my stomach jumped in my throat.

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Oh gosh--great pictures that's for sure! :D I pretty much can tell that this season is going to be 10x better!!!! They just keep on getting more awesome! I'm anxious to see how Sean Casey is doing!

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