Weather Timelapse Videos

[Gerrit Gulden]

Ive been putting together timelapse videos of the weather and by far my favorites have been the ones with convection.

Like this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtxbpzHDetY

I have many more at my channel http://www.youtube.com/user/SevereIDAHO

I wanted to see who else is actively Creating timelapse videos and would love to see them.


The convection does get pretty interesting here in Idaho, but nothing compared to plains convection. If you guys think about it this year, try and focus on timelapsing some deep convection. I will be doing timelapse every active day this year in Idaho from 2 angles. I will be doing the typical timelapse which is aimed Southwest and then focusing East over the hills like in my video posted for the Mountain convection which occurs more frequently rather than over my area.

Any other timelapse videos, whether they are actual video or thousands of photos put into a movie, Post them here.

Looking forward to them.....

[Paul Knightley]

Very nice!

I must admit I'm a real sucker for all weather time lapse videos, especially those which show boundaries/fronts moving through, especially if accompanied by convection.

However, I've rarely made my own, apart from this one of the incredible gust front of May 27 2001 in NW Oklahoma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqqCESro-rc

[Dave Gallaher]

I don't have a copy, but a while back Andy Kula at NWS Huntsville requested some original music to put with a five-minute montage of security camera time lapses. It was really cool, with a wide variety of wave and convective scenarios represented, including a few tubes and some rainbows. They were using the piece in Skywarn/spotter training meetings earlier this year. I'll try to see if it got posted online.

[L Kimbrel]

Okay, I'm putting my ignorance front and center here. I love time-lapse weather footage of any kind, and have no clue exactly how it's done. Can anybody point me to a good place to get some basics on it? I mostly just want to be able to create some footage for my own use. Maybe an online guide or just some basic information. How did you get started with it?

[Mark Sudduth]

For those interested, go to www.gbtimelapse.com and you can get their software to run your Canon camera- many models- using your laptop. It creates stunning time lapse movies.

Here is a link to some of my weather time lapse video. Note- none of this was created using GBTimelapse as I mentioned above. This link is to video time lapse and not digital photo time lapse...in any case, enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ezz0-u8Oc

This link IS to a time lapse piece I did in 2007 along Galveston Bay. I used my Canon digital camera and GBTimelapse software. The original QuickTime file is fantastic- fully HD quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tiJ01RpBJQ

[Gerrit Gulden]

After posting this thread I decided to put together a quick how-to for those that would like to get into "timelapse photography".

Link here http://www.severeidaho.com/latest/?p=233 All the programs I use are 100% free or otherwise known as open source.


I am doing a nightime timelapse right now. Cant wait to show it off tommorow.

Great videos that you all have posted. I will be getting into timelapse video as I have alot of traveling footage that will look awesome if I can watch the whole drive in 5 minutes rather than an actual time of 9+ hours. lol.

Again, great videos guys....

-gerrit

[Terrence Cook]

I have always had a deep interest in time lapse, I shot hundreds of hours on my first digital camera in video mode, that was years ago and I haven't done much since... you may have inspired me to get back into it!!

The one thing that gets me is seeing the motion in any natural event that the human eye cannot pick up on in real time, it is very surreal and for sure my favorite video effect!


I have a video that is based on time lapse but has some non-lapsed shots, the music is by a good friend of mine and works really good with the piece.

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[Brian Emfinger]

I love time lapse although I think its mainly something I do out of boredom (in winter or when nothing major weatherwise is going on).

Fall Transition Time Lapse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB-CnsipWus) (and I am set up in a new location for a Spring time lapse - its already pretty cool with the plants growing...although this upcoming killer freeze will likely end that)

Frontal Passage Time Lapse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu5yL9lowf0)

Dusk to Dawn Time Lapse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eju9ftcjWOw)

Afternoon CU (with storm) Development (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKuWmX4qSGU)

Shelf Cloud Develops and Aft TStorms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxMYQigf64)

Shelf Cloud #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVe1UpzyRCg)

[L Kimbrel]

Thanks for the info, guys. I apologize for taking so long to acknowledge your comments -- I've been in major tax-filing mode for a while here. But you pointed me to that one piece of information I needed, which was just the term "interval recording". My videocam manual didn't say anything about it being able to do time-lapse, but when I looked in the index, there it was -- "interval recording"! Bingo. Now all I need is some interesting weather and I'm set. It's been a a cold, wet, dreary and dull spring so far around here.

Thanks again for helping me find the key. If I get anything good, I'll post it.

LK

[Michael Thompson]

I am a great fan of timelapse, even in normal storm chasing videos.

I do not have many longer events, but quite a few shorter ones on my You Tube site.

This storm was very nasty causing several $mil in damages to sugar cane crops and houses from large hail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afTlLBA0wyU


This LP looking structure was in the tropics at MacKay, Queensland - 21'South. the storm actually had produced golf ball sized hail earlier in its life. While the storm was dieing here it was none the less putting up anvil high into the tropical atmosphere. A later satellite picture showed that anvil stream off went at least 300km. Note that timelapse does not start until 1 min mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNHuG_fyg2M

Could this be a rare single cell storm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9PwzVh7wxU

Another LP looking storm, lovely colours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbQZTHbcKIk

A supercell with rather suspicious features

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ACU8N

One of the few longer interval timelapses I have taken - from my desk at work !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZwGtXB

Nobody argues about this being a Aussi supercell - how it never dropped a tornado I do not know as it has so many textbook features such as the occulsion of the meso. The quality is crap as I did not tripod, but placed camera on a metal fence post, this caused electronic interference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsXEK0O

[Jason Foster]

I really need to put my TLs up, I too love them and make many of them. A few I never put up were of silly things like the chase crew in the van heading to a target, or eating at an IHOP...with spooky shaking of the overhead lights.

All I've put on YouTube (remember many can be viewed in higher quality if you choose):

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlx2hnxuPPM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Fmunw_evc

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdN9HV479ik

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