Pecos Hank

2020 Storm Season Wrap Chat

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2020-07-16 00:55:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Chat Mañana - July 15, 8PM CDT

Hey gang. Lot's going on here on this end.  Shaking off the road and getting my life slowly back together. Gonna try again tonight to catch that dern comet.  Get your questions loaded and...

CHECKING IN

Hello Everyone.  Wanted to let you know I'm back south in Texas and missed the killer tornado in Minnesota. The "Twister Sisters" were on the scene and shot this INCREDIBLE video of it... ...

JULY 4 - North Dakota Fireworks!

Yesterday we chased an elevated storm in four states and likely the most beautiful chase country in Tornado Alley. Initiating in NE Wyoming and tracking into SE Montana, then Western South Dakota a...

JULY 3 CHASE - Wyoming / Montana

There's a trace chance of tornadoes today in NE WY / SE MT, but a higher chance of pretty storm structures.  

Yesterday we distantly gathered around the hotel lobby TV and watched the Na...

June 29 - Montana & North Dakota

Driving like crazy trying to reach target area in time. Will update here when I can.

June 28 - IOWA

Guidance is offering a couple different stories for storm modes around 7PM or so.  I'll start with the HRRR / the one I prefer today... 

2020-06-28 14:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post

June 26 - Chasing Wisconsin?

Good morning patrons! Today I join up with Dr. Anton Seimon’s scientific field operations team again. Is I’m third in forecast command, I’m not sure where we’ll be chasing today, but will u...

June 21 Chase Forecast Cheat Sheet

Today I'll be chasing cells firing up in SW Kansas / NW OK.  Got lots of miles to commute and little time for a detailed analysis so I'm going with the HRRR reflectivity and SPC outlook overla...

SONG of the MONTH - "Won't Pray Adagio"

It's difficult for me not to put this song in every storm video.  Here's an instrumental of mine from way back when.  

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Last I ch...

June 9, Nebraska / Kansas

I have a confession... This is the first June tornado I’ve seen since 2014. The curse is over. There were many other ground circulations yesterday in central Nebraska bordering between large gust...

June 8, Nebraska

Today looks similar to yesterday. Mixed storm modes with transient supercell structures. That sounds cooler than it is. Hoping to score that one supercell that can retain an identity long enough to...

June 7 Dakotas

I just realized it’s decaf... Anyway, been awhile since I’ve seen a good ol’ 10% Significant tornado risk. I’m currently going to try and play the bottom end of that. There could be a lot o...

6-06 SOUTH DAKOTA

My target area today is south central SD somewhere along i90. There are impressive tornado parameters today but underneath a thick bullet proof cap. If, by some mesoscale miracle the cap can break,...

Green "Ghosts" published on Spaceweather.com

It's pretty exciting to see the recognition of my discovery spreading through the web.  More and more people are starting to capture ghosts and in some of the real nerdy threads, it's all the ...

May 27 chase - TX Hill Country

Here's a little something that drifted by Houston last night...

TODAY is a strange set up around Austin TX vicinity.  I'm not sure what to make of it, but we finally have some decent 500...

NEW VIDEO Tonight

FINALLY, after about 12 months of research and production we are ready to upload our TLE video explaining the science of sprites, jets and ghosts.  Paul Smith has shared extensive archives of ...

May 24 “tornado cannot be ruled out” 😂

Just gonna try and get lightning and pretty animals. Who knows what wonders might crawl out.

YESTERDAY was comical and beautiful.

Isolated storm was moving northeast at 20 knots. I po...

MAY 23 Chase Target

Currently Targeting the Lubbock vicinity today. SPC has lower confidence in tornado potential than I do hatching a 2% risk. Maybe I’m feeling optimism after yesterday’s production. Though I cho...

Today’s Chase - Dallas Cowboys or Kansas City Chiefs?

Are they still called the Chiefs or are they the Raiders or Colts or something now?

I drove up to Guthrie OK last night to make a play near Kansas City. Yesterday’s MCS drove further south...

TONIGHT on PBS - Mr. Tornado

Hope everyone is free to watch the Dr. Ted Fujita documentary "Mr. Tornado" tonight on PBS. Here in CDT it airs at 8pm. Be sure and check your local listings though for times. 

STORMS TH...

Free Photo of the (every other) Month

This is probably my best photo of a red sprite event thus far.  You can download a high resolution version of it in the attachments and print it, use it as wallpaper, or a floor mat. 

May 15 Target - Red River

Meager tornado food today. Perhaps a malnourished tornado will manifest in some mesoscale accident, but that’s long odds I’m thinking. So today I’m going to enjoy the Plains, look for some an...

May 14 KS/MO chase

Topeka vicinity is more current thinking for today. Expecting mixed modes and mess but perhaps that May magic will arrive and prove me wrong.

Yesterday I was bouncing around a lot with littl...

May 13 Chase TX/OK

Currently expecting several storms to go outflow dominant an hour or two after initiation around 4pm. Slim chance of tornadoes, but maybe we’ll pick the right storm or some mesoscale accident wi...

SONG of the MONTH - "Monster Show Instrumental"

You come out of the old brick buildings, banners and small town bustle to see the mothership hovering above the farmland.  Cue this song... (free download in the attachments)

THIS WEEK 2020-05-12 01:25:03 +0000 UTC View Post

New tornado pictures sneak peekaloo

I'm scramblin' To finish a new tornado video before May hits.  Oh wait, it is May :P 

There is a lot of footage from the Madill OK tornado (4-22-20) I haven't uploaded yet. This edi...

Today’s target area - Currently Tulsa vicinity.

Not anticipating much of a tornado show ATM, but that could change. Nice lightning is a good bet.

I attempted to be a little neater in my spaghetti art for you guys.

RED- 500mb winds...

Lets roll

LIVE CHAT SATURDAY NIGHT 7pm CDT

Heads up.  Let's do a live chat Saturday night.  Got lots to talk about with you guys.  Had a couple long phone conversations with the Laurel Mississippi tornado victim James.  ...