Vortex Ventures

Fun local chase.  Pretty structure near Springtown before the CAP killed off the storm.  Approximately 1" hail observed just west of ...

What a day this was!  Marc and I sat in the northern suburbs of OKC awaiting initiation on what appeared to be a fairly potent severe we...

Well, models are all over the place with what is going to happen later this afternoon and into tonight.  Here's an overview of what the ...

HRRR and RAP continue to show initiation in the 5-6pm timeframe south of Wichita Falls.  Cu field developing just east of that area near the...

Quick summary for now.  Add more later. Targeted Waco.  Left school by 1:30 because of early initiation.  Needed a bit stronger low level ...

Jumped on first storm near Stephenville.  Stayed on the storm a bit too long but did get some pretty good gopro video of the base of the st...

Well, I'm super pumped for this first setup of the season. It's not a great setup and low level flow will be fairly weak.  However, ...

An incredible and tragic day!  Incredible storm and tragic deaths of fellow chasers. I began the day at school trying to wrap up our final...

This was definitely a surprise chase day for me.  Synoptic environment: A compact upper level low was spinning over NM by 12Z and the...

I've been watching this system evolve over the past couple days and haven't posted about it.  The closed 500mb low is currently over...