STORMTRACK
Links

Newsgroups, Rings, and Chat Rooms

• WX-CHASE mailing list -- the original mailing list for chasers.
• STORM-CHASE mailing list -- similar to WX-CHASE but with a goal of maintaining a high signal-noise ratio.
• WX-TALK mailing list -- a mailing list for general meteorology topics.
• WX-CHASE-CAN mailing list -- the Canadian WX-CHASE-CAN list info page.
• Aussie-weather mailing list -- Mailing list for anyone interested in Australian weather.
• Inthevortex/Storm Chaser Chatroom -- A Chat Room for Storm Chasers/General Interest in Meteorology. Maintained by Philip Flory. Weekly Chats are held Tuesday Nights at 8pm.
• Eurochase -- A European Chase Discussion Group.
• SevereWx.co.uk -- Severe weather and storm chasing email list serving enthusiasts from the UK.

Documents & Articles

• Alan Moller on Chase Ethics -- a leading NWS storm forecaster discusses safety, courtesy, and chase objectives.
• Chuck Doswell's Chase FAQ -- fundamental chase advice from one of NSSL's top researchers (now at Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma).
• Chuck Doswell's Chase Safety -- how to chase safely and responsibly.
• Erik Rasmussen's Severe Storm Research -- Erik's new site contains great information about the latest in tornado forecasting and severe storm research.
• Film tests -- a review of various films by Roger Edwards.
• Index to Training Materials and Essays on Storm Chasing and Meteorology -- A collection of links to training materials on storms and meteorology on the WWW.
• Lightning pathology -- paper on the effects of lightning injuries.
• Lightning strikes -- William Hark looks at the threat of lightning to chasers.
• Roger's Rants -- veteran chaser Roger Edwards discusses dozens of storm chasing issues that tee him off.
• SPC Tornado FAQ -- great explanations of some of the most commonly-asked questions.
• Storm News and Archives -- Links to documents on recent and past weather events.
• Storm Track Chase FAQ -- dozens of questions about chasing answered.
• Tornado Project -- an excellent educational resource for learning about tornadoes.
• Tornado myths -- the creators of Significant Tornadoes dispel some popularly-held myths.
• Tornado thoughts -- more thoughts on tornadoes by Chuck Doswell.
• UIUC storm structure course -- an interesting web-based tutorial on storms.
• What is a tornado? -- a veteran researcher's thoughts on the definition of "tornado".
• Where and When To Chase -- looks at Great Plains climatology to figure when to schedule that vacation.
• Women and Chasing -- Shannon Key's explains why so few women are storm chasers.

Educational resources
Originally compiled by Allan Rosenberg, edited and maintained by Patrick Kerrin.

• First Principles of Storm Chasing
  • Chase With Safety, Courtesy, and Responsibility -- Charles Doswell/Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma.
  • Storm Chase Ethics -- Alan Moller/National Weather Service.
  • Dangers of Thunderstorms -- University of Illinois.
  • The Human Effects of Lightning Strikes and Recommendations for Storm Chasers -- William Hark.
  • Storm Track Magazine's Storm Chasing FAQ -- Roger Edwards/Tim Vasquez/StormTrack Online.
  • The Online Tornado FAQ -- maintained at the Storm Prediction Center.
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Storm Chasing -- Charles Doswell/Former Senior Researcher at National Severe Storms Laboratory/ now at Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma .
  
  
• More Storm Chaser Basics
  • Websites Dedicated to Specific Tornado Events -- Web links to information on numerous historical tornadoes, maintained at the Storm Prediction Center.
  • The Non-tornado Home Page -- Photographic examples of tornado look-alikes and illusions which were not tornadoes, with descriptions.
  • Tornado Warning! -- Wayne Curtis/Discovery Online.
  • Some Basic Elements of Photography -- Charles Doswell.
  • Outdoor Photography Advice -- Charles Doswell.
  • Lightning Photography -- Charles Doswell.
  • Film Recommendations -- Philip Greenspun.
  • An Evaluation of Slide Film Brands for Storm Chasing -- Roger Edwards.
  • Scientific Quality Video and Photography -- Dave Blanchard
  • Storm Chaser and Spotter Video Tips -- Chris Novy.
  
  
• Thunderstorm and tornado basics
  • Robert Prentice's Atmospheric Images -- Information about storm chasing featuring Robert Prentice's photos/video of tornadoes, lightning, supercells, mammatus, sunset/unusual, thunderstorms and weather.
  • Why Files: Tornadoes -- National Science Foundation/University of Wisconsin.
  • The Makings of a Tornado -- ABC News.
  • Thunderstorms -- Undergraduate class materials by Paul Sirvatka at College of duPage.
  • Thunderstorm Categories -- Undergraduate class materials by Paul Sirvatka at College of duPage..
  • Supercells -- Undergraduate class materials by Paul Sirvatka at College of duPage..
  • Tornadoes -- (Robert Davies-Jones/Scientific American.
  • VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  • VORTEX -- VORTEX home page .
  • The Tornado Project Online -- Tornado information from leading tornado climatologist Tom Grazulis.
  • Tornadoes: Some Hard Realities -- Charles Doswell/Former Senior Researcher at National Severe Storms Laboratory/ now at Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma.
  • What is a Tornado? -- Charles Doswell/Former Senior Researcher at National Severe Storms Laboratory/ now at Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma.
  • Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (United Kingdom) -- Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (United Kingdom) .
  • Australian Severe Weather -- Australian Severe Weather.
  
  
• Storm structure and spotter guides
  • Spotterguides.us -- Modern, updated ONLINE version of the traditional printed guides.
  • Cloud Boutique -- Plymouth State College.
  • Storm Spotter's Guide -- National Severe Storms Laboratory.
  • Basic Spotter's Field Guide -- requires Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in) .
  • NOAA Severe Storm Spotter's Guide -- National Severe Storms Laboratory/University of Illinois.
  • Identity of Storm Features -- Gene Moore.
  • Weather Glossary for Storm Spotters -- Michael Brannick/National Weather Service.
  
  
• Glossaries
  • Glossary -- Paul Sirvatka of College of duPage .
  • Helper Section Index -- University of Illinois' On-Line Guide to Meteorology .
  • Weather Glossary -- Weather Channel's.
  • Microbursts A Handbook for Visual Identification -- Fernando Caracena/Ronald Holle/Chuck Doswell of CIMMS.
  
  
• NWS Basics
  • NWS Forecast Offices -- This page, courtesy of the NWS Western Region Headquarters, has a clickable map of NWS offices.
  • Frequently Used Contractions in National Weather Service Products -- Brian Smith/National Weather Service).
  • List of contractions -- NWS.
  • Station Abbreviations -- National Weather Service Office of Systems Operations.
  • Station Abbreviations - Searchable -- NWS - Searchable by code.
  • Unidata -- code search engine.
  • Surface stations alphabetized by state or province -- Texas A&M.
  • Upper air stations -- Florida State University.
  • Upper air station identifiers -- University of California at San Diego.
  • NWS major airport identifiers -- in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
  • Message Headers -- NWS Office of System Operations.
  • Universal Geographic Code -- explained.
  • FIPS -- Federal Information Processing Codes.
  • Basic Introduction to EMWIN -- from NWS's IWIN.
  • EMWIN text files -- from CIRA/Colorado State University.
  • EMWIN letter product identifiers -- from NWS's IWIN/EMWIN page.
  • CIRA's EMWIN Graphics -- from CIRA/Colorado State University.
  
  
• Basic theory
  • Air Masses and Fronts -- University of Illinois.
  • Clouds and Precipitation -- University of Illinois.
  • Forces and Winds -- University of Illinois.
  • Hydrologic Cycle -- University of Illinois.
  • Midlatitude Cyclones -- University of Illinois.
  • The Seasons -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Common Meteorological Variables -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere, Part I -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere Part 2 -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Heat Tansfer -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Overview of Radiation -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Earth's Energy Budget, Part I -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Earth's Energy Budget, Part 2 -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Cloud Development -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Precipitation -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Air Masses -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Weather Fronts -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • Atmospheric Forces -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • High and Low Pressure Systems -- Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
  • A Basic Weather Discussion on Surface Pressure Systems, Fronts, Jet Streams, and Precipitation -- NWS/Louisville.
  • A Discussion on Moisture, Dewpoint, Relative as. Absolute Humidity, Precipitable Water, and Precipitation -- NWS/Louisville.
  • Forces in the Atmosphere -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Air Pressure, Height and Temperature -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Winds and Pressure -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Radiation and the Diurnal Cycle -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Clouds and Moisture -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Wind and Mixing -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Sea Breezes, Land Brezes, and Coastal Fronts -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Static Stability -- by Paul Sirvatka at College of duPage.
  • Thermodynamics Diagrams (Laboratory) -- by Paul Sirvatka at College of duPage.
  • Java Applet Cloud -- University of Wisconsin.
  • Java Applet Thunderstorm -- University of Wisconsin.
  • Eric's storm chaser simulation -- Storm chaser/Spotting/feature identification simulation.
  
  
• Forecasting tutorials and tools
  • Weather Forecasting -- University of Illinois.
  • Coordinated Universal Time - explained -- University of Illinois.
  • Current UTC time -- US Navy.
  • Units of Temperature -- University of Illinois.
  • ASOS -- Surface observations.
  • Surface Data Details -- Unisys Weather.
  • Weather Symbols -- Unisys Weather.
  • Chart of Weather Symbols -- IGES.
  • Chart of Weather Symbols -- College of duPage.
  • How to Read a METAR Report -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • METAR Help -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Surface Weather Observations and Reports -- National Weather Service, very detailed.
  • Learning METAR code -- NWS.
  • Upper Air Details -- Unisys Weather.
  • Use and Interpretation of Upper Air Charts -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Precipitation and the Sounding Diagram -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Soundings, Clouds and Convection -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • What Are Tropopause Maps and Why Should We Care About Them? -- Gary Lackmann/McGill University.
  • How to Read Hodographs -- Paul Sirvatka, College of duPage.
  • Vertical Wind Shear, Hodographs, and Tornadoes -- Paul Sirvatka, College of duPage.
  • Map Contouring -- NASA/University of Wisconsin.
  • Principles of Numerical Weather Prediction -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Sources of Model Error -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • NWS Forecast Models -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Model Details -- Unisys Weather.
  • MOS Forecast Details -- Unisys Weather.
  • Numerical Forecast Models Performance Characteristics/Biases -- NWS/Louisville.
  • FOUS Help: Numerical Output -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Handy Dandy FOUS Decoder -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Guide to Reading NGM FOUS Messages -- SUNY Albany.
  • Decoding RAFS/NGM Model FOUS Data -- SUNY Albany.
  • FOUS Help: Model Output Statistics -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Handy Dandy MOUS Decoder -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Interpretation of the NGM Based MOS Forecast Message -- SUNY Albany.
  • Satellite Meteorology -- University of Illinois.
  • Satellite Tutorial -- College of duPage.
  • Image-In -- Florida State University/Explores.
  • Satellite Image Details -- http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/details.html.
  • Satellite Image Tutorial -- WeatherTAP.
  • Satellite Imagery -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • Satellite Examples -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Interpreting IR Imagery -- University of Wisconsin.
  • GOES Imager Tutorial -- (CIRA/Colorado State University).
  • Advanced GOES Imagery Tutorial -- (CIRA/Colorado State University).
  • Basics of Satellite Remote Sensing -- (NESDIS).
  • Radar Meteorology -- University of Illinois.
  • Tutorial -- WeatherTAP Radar.
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Weather Radar -- MIT.
  • Use and Interpretation of Radar -- John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University.
  • WSR - Weather Surveillance Radar -- Paul Sirvatka, College of duPage.
  • The Lemon Technique -- Paul Sirvatka, College of duPage.
  • Radar Meteorology Glossary -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Radar and Mesoscale Meteorology -- Michael Biggerstaff/Texas A&M University.
  • When to Chase -- Robert Prentice/StormTrack Online.
  • Supercells and Combinations of Helicity and Instability -- Jon Davies/StormTrack Online.
  • Forecasting Supercell Type -- Rich Thompson, Roger Edwards/StormTrack Online.
  • The Cap: It's Boom or Bust -- Tim Marshall/StormTrack Online.
  • Dryline Storms -- Tim Marshall/StormTrack Online.
  • Rules For Finding Fronts -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Shortwave Example -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Stability Indices -- Paul Sirvatka/College of duPage.
  • Convective Season Parameters and Indices -- NWS/Louisville.
  • CAPE, Helicity, and Convective Inhibition -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Lifted Index, K Index, Total Totals -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Mixing Ratio, Winds -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Moisture Convergence, Upper Level Divergence -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Vertical Motion, Vorticity -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Q-Vector Divergence, Temperature, Q-Vectors -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Equivalent Potential Temperature -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Convective Analyses and Forecast Page -- Texas A&M. Prepared by John Nielsen-Gammon.
  • Forecasting Severe Weather Events -- Guidelines by John McGinley.
  • Making a Convective Outlook -- Michael Biggerstaff/Texas A&M.
  • The Structure and Dynamics of Supercell Thunderstorms -- NWS/Louisville.
  • Significant Winter Meteorological Processes in the Atmosphere (Part I) -- NWS/Louisville.
  • Significant Winter Meteorological Processes in the Atmosphere (Part II) -- NWS/Louisville.
  • Entrance Regions of Jet Streaks (A Closer Look) -- NWS/Louisville.
  • WeatherTool.com -- A convenient, one-stop source for links to various NWS/Unversity/TV Radar forecasting tools.

Roads, DOT Info, Maps

• MnDOT -- Minnesota Department of Transportation. Includes real-time traffic maps. Shearer Publishing -- Publisher of the Roads of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, etc.

Restaurants, Hotels

• Hotels
  • Super 8 Motels -- reservations map (by state).
• Restaurants
  • Outback Steakhouse -- nationwide locator.
  • Steak 'n' Shake -- Damon Scott Hynes writes: "Known to me and I'm sure to INCHASE and John Farley, this stuff is wonderful! In Kansas, coming to Texas soon!" - nationwide locator.
  • The Big Texan -- Bill Hark writes: My favorite restaurant while chasing. Located on the eastern side of Amarillo, they serve great steaks, desserts and even rattlesnake. The associated hotel is inexpensive, and the staff friendly to chasers..
  • Antone's -- Legendary Blues Venue.
• Chaser restaurant/hotel reviews
  • COD StormChasers Restaurant Picks -- College of DuPage StormChasing page: our picks of places to eat.
  • Datastops For Storm Chasers -- a list and description of over a hundred truck stops, rest areas, and many other locations for chasers to get info.
  • Doug Raflik's DataPort Guide -- Page with data stops for Storm Chasers.

Humor

• Australian Wx Humor -- Weather humor with an Australian bent!...like the D.I.L Index (check your score before the next tornado sighting).
• Doswell And Brooks' "Wizard Of Oz" Paper -- presented at the 18th SLS conference.
• Dryliner's Wry Sky Page -- The Wry Sky is a humor section of artist Jim (Dryliner) Williams' site named "Dryliner - The Art of Big Weather."
• (In)Famous Storm Chase Vehicles -- The legendary, the good, the bad and the ugly among storm chasing vehicles.
• "Supercell Deprivation Syndrome" By Dr. Steve Miller -- Declared pandemic by CDC!
• The Weather Weenie of the Week -- at Colorado State.

Miscellaneous

• Bad Astronomy -- airing out myths and misconceptions propagated by journalists and the uninformed public.
• Bad Meteorology -- clears up misconceptions about raindrop shapes, relative humidity, Coriolis force and toilets, the greenhouse effect, and more.
• Isanti County Weather Observatory -- climate and forecasts around USA.

Chaser web sites

• United States
  • Storm Track Who's Who in Chasing -- the most extensive listing of individual chasers, their E-mail addresses, and their web sites.
  • Roger Edwards homepage -- a large amount of practical information and resources for beginning and intermediate chasers.
  • Aaron Blaser's stormchaser home page -- Good collection of chase pics, including great reverse lightning stills.
  • Alan Switzer's Chase Page
  • Allan Detrich's site
  • Alonzo's Weather Page -- Information about myself, my storm chases/storm pictures and good information and resources for beginning and intermediate storm chasers. .
  • Amos Magliocco's Storm Page -- Supercell and tornado pictures, chase reports, opinions, prizes, and more! .
  • Andy Ervin's Severe Weather Page -- nice gallery of chase photos and chase logs.
  • Andrew Revering -- Storm chasing accounts and photographs from Minneapolis, MN chaser Andrew Revering.
  • Bill's Storm Chase Accounts and Photos -- Chase logs and images of storms, tornadoes, wall clouds and other weather on the Plains and in Virginia.
  • Blair Kooistra's "Under The Weather" -- Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Twang and Trains -- severe weather as well as alternative country music and railroad photography.
  • Jason Branz's Storm Chasing Page -- Chase accounts and weather photography .
  • Brian Dunbar's site
  • Cyclone Jim -- Jim Leonard's one stop site for any severe storm video, hurricane's tornadoes and hailstorms.
  • Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (CASI)
  • Chris Collura's site
  • Chris Hayes' site
  • Dark Skys Chase & Response Team
  • Dave Crowley's Chase Page -- Lightning and tornado images from around Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
  • Dave Ewoldt's Chase Page -- Weather from Okarche, Oklahoma along with many storm events from the plains...
  • David Drummond WX5TVS -- Tornado Vortex Signature...Storm chasing adventures with David Drummond.
  • Cailyn and Jennie Lloyd's Chase Page -- Storm chase photos and video clips, plus chase logs and chase information. A section devoted to major tornadoes in Wisconsin history.
  • Eric Nguyen's Chase Page -- (Norman, OK) Chase pictures, chase documents, and ton's of links!
  • Erik Rasmussen and Collaborators' Severe Storm Research -- Erik's site contains great information about the latest in tornado forecasting and severe storm research.
  • Extreme Instability -- Nebraska Chaser Mike Hollingshead's site - has accounts/lot's of pics and links.
  • Eye in the Tropics -- Collection of plains and tropical storm photos.
  • Philip Flory
  • Funnel Quest -- Storm chasing news and resources, photos, weather gear.
  • HamWx -- Tulsa Spotter and Chaser Weather Information Source...
  • Rob Herman's Storm Chase Page -- Northeast Kansas based storm chaser (includes data on the May 29-30, 1879 tornado outbreak).
  • High Plains Storm Chase Page
  • Ian Wittmeyer's photo site -- Very impressive Photo Gallery focused on weather images, including tornadoes, supercells, and lightning. Includes images of the entire lifecycle of some tornadoes.
  • Illinois Chasers Forecast Page -- for forecasting your chases in the Illinois area.
  • (ILCHASE) Illinois Chasers of Adverse and Severe Weather -- Midwestern severe weather intercept team with goals of promoting responsible chasing, membership services, and public outreach.
  • INCHASE (Indiana Chasers of Adverse and Severe Weather) -- Midwest chase team based in Indianapolis, covering IN, IL, MI, OH, and KY.
  • In the Clouds Photography -- Greg Thompson's wonderful site specializing in top shelf weather photography (including tornadoes, lightning, supercells, rainbows, dramatic sunsets and more)!
  • Jason Politte's Chase Page -- storm chasing in Arkansas and the Great Plains. Images, chase accounts, and links.
  • Jeff Lawson's Storm Chase Page -- Chase reports, photography, and other interesting meteorological tid bits.
  • Jerry's Weather Links
  • Jim Reed Photography -- Web site and gallery of severe weather photographer Jim Reed.
  • Jim "Dryliner" Williams art
  • Jonathan Garner's Storm Chasing Page -- Jonathan Garner's Storm Chasing Page.
  • Kansas Army MARS
  • Laura Duchesne's Weather & Storm Chasing -- Hompage of Canadian storm chaser Laura Duchesne. Site contains chase logs, weather photographs, weather art images, storm chasing information and other fun stuff. .
  • Lightning Boy -- Large source of Free Educational Use storm chasing photos.
  • Lightning Hunter -- Weather Photography and Storm Chasing by Kyle Stevens.
  • Lon Curtis' homepage -- Lon's pages include superb images, a high quality forecast/outlook section, and brief summaries of recent severe storm events in central Texas.
  • Martin Lisius' homepage -- Martin's basic web page and links to his bigger sites.
  • MESO
  • Mesocyclone 70 -- Menno van der Haven's photographs of Great Plains storm chases, and many other photographs of severe weather in the Netherlands.
  • Michael James -- Lightning Photography/Storm Chase accounts.
  • Middle Tennessee Skywarn Homepage -- For Middle Tennessee Spotters/Chasers (and those elsewhere!). Lots of info (and the "Wxconsole" to follow and track storms).
  • Mid-South Chase Team
  • Mike Lozano's Weather Page -- (retired meteorologist KCCI TV/Des Moines). general interest wx source (Forecasts, Satellite and Radar, etc.).
  • Mississippi State University Chase Team -- The North Mississippi Severe Storms Intercept Team (NOMISSIT) is an organization dedicated to improving the quality and timeliness of severe local storm information utilized by local civil defense organizations, law enforcement, and the general public. ("Go Dawgs!", Ed.)
  • mammatus.com -- Blake Naftel's new site, which replaces the MSIT site.
  • NEVIT (Nebraska Vortex Intercept)
  • Chris Nuttall Chase Page -- Contains photos of various weather phenomena, chase logs, video clips from chases, and links to numerous sources of weather data.
  • Passion Twist -- Shane Adams' website dedicated to his chase career. Includes storm chase accounts, season summaries, and of course - tornado images. .
  • Patrick Kerrin's Chase Page -- Images and Logs of the 2001 chase season.
  • Paul Stofer's Storm Chasing Website -- Storm Chasing, picture gallery, and weather data links.
  • Robert Prentice's Atmospheric Images: Storm Chasing -- Information about storm chasing featuring Robert Prentice's photos/video of tornadoes, lightning, supercells, mammatus, sunset/unusual, thunderstorms and weather.
  • Neal Rasmussen -- site contains wonderful photos (and Video clips) of storms and other "art", as well as views, rules and insights on storm chasing.
  • Robert Stuart Junior High Atmospheric Science -- a year-long weather class; page includes excellent chase links, forecast maps, and more.
  • Sam Barricklow's Storm Chase Home Page -- Extensive storm chase reports/image galleries, top notch SKYWARN info and links.
  • Scott Blair's Storm Page -- a plethora of chase photos, accounts, information, and links.
  • Scott Roberts' Weather Links -- Tools used by KFDI Spotter Scott Roberts and most of the KFDI staff. Highly focused on the Wichita, KS area.
  • Severe Weather Start Page -- information about hurricanes, thunderstorms, and links to chaser pages.
  • Soccerstorms -- High School teacher's storm photographs site.
  • Southern California Storm Chasing -- photos of storm chasing in southern California by Chris Jacobs.
  • Southern Kentucky Storm Chasing -- Online photo gallery of Southern Kentucky storm chases/storm damage archive.
  • Southern Ontario Severe Storms Page -- lots of pictures, downloadable movie clips, storm archives with info.
  • Southland WX -- complete weather information for southern California.
  • Storm Chasers of America -- we are a network of chasers dedicated to the storm chasing enthusiasts and those new to the hobby from all across the United States.
  • StormNet -- homepage of the Great Lakes Chase Team and WeatherSafe Kids. Chasing in Ohio, Pa., Ny, Md. and Va.
  • Severe Weather Intercept Field Team (SWIFT) -- Tulsa based chase group. Site includes chase logs/weather pictures, and the latest developments with the SWIFT team.
  • Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA) -- Long established and admired Dallas-based non-profit organization that encourages teamwork between spotters, chasers, forecasters, and the public.
  • Texas Tailchaser's Stormpage -- Stormchasing page for Texas and Oklahoma. Extensive data/analysis links, as well as educational, research and special event links.
  • Texas Tech Intercept Team
  • Texhoma Amature Stormchasers -- NW TX/SW Ok weather and storm images.
  • The Storm Shop -- SKYWARN training and Storm Chase adventure videos (N.B. Top quality stuff! ed.).
  • The Chase - Ouachita Parish High School -- keep up with the weather with Louisiana's award winning atmospheric science program.
  • ThunderChaser -- a storm chase site based in Nashville TN.
  • Tim's Page of Weather...Stuff. -- Photos of storms, clouds, and other weather stuff by an amateur storm photographer and meteorology student.
  • Tornadofx.com -- Homepage of chaser Scott Weberpal.
  • Tornado Start Page -- links to images, videos, and tornado related information.
  • Tropmet -- The new Tropmet site features an image and video gallery from veteran hurricane chaser Michael Laca.
  • Twister Chasers -- Professional Storm Chasers...Every Extreme of Weather....Leading the Pack...Shooting in High Definition...Combined with the Solid experience of 35+ years... Experience and Professionalism in Storm Chasing.
  • Valparaiso University Intercept Team
  • Vaughan Weather -- Tracking the weather in Vaughan and everywhere else in Southern Ontario. Tons of images, videos and chase accounts..
  • Vortex Times -- Contains a vast selection of wx links, as well as storm chasing logs and forecasts (and images of Brady NE/Adams Co. IA tubes).
  • Wild Weather - severe weather news -- weather headlines from around the world.
  • Wolf Read's Chase Page -- Great page focusing on chasing intense synoptic scale storms in the Pacific Northwest.
  
  
• International
  • Anvil Industries -- Thunderstorm and weather photography from Victoria and around Australia.
  • Australian Severe Weather -- Australian Severe Weather with both Australian and US storm chasing reports. Thousands of pictures and videos of supercells, wall clouds, tornadoes, lightning, hail, and other related weather.
  • ChaserUK -- A Jersey (British Channel Islands) chaser site with US Plains and US Hurricane chase images.
  • Chasseur de temps violent -- French web site about storm chasing.!
  • David Shohami (Israel).
  • Die Sturmjägerseite für Köthen und Umgebung -- News about Germany weather events, with a collection of chase pics and many links.
  • Dutch Storm Chase Team (Netherlands) -- Pictures of chases in The Netherlands and abroad. Including webcam and lots of links.
  • Dutch Tornado Startpage (Netherlands) -- Links about tornado's in the Netherlands; information, pictures etc.
  • Electric Skies Lightning and Storm Photography (Australia) -- Spectacular lightning and storm photography mainly from around Australia, but also from Brunei, US, and New Zealand.
  • Hochrhein Storm Chasing -- Storm Chasing and Storm Spotting in Southwestern Germany from the border of Switzerland to France (lots of pictures and stories).
  • Ira Fehlberg (Western Australia).
  • James Chambers (Australia).
  • Lightningchaser -- Lots of lightning photographs and other weather pictures of chases in Texas and in the Netherlands.
  • Melbourne Storm Chasers (Australia). Detailed and informative chase summaries.
  • Michael Thompson's Australian Storm Chase Diary -- (Australia) Chase logs and photos by one of Australia's oldest chasers = both in experience and age!
  • Oscar Van der Velde (Netherlands) -- thunderstorm & lightning photographs and movies.
  • Stormfreak (Australia) -- Lightning Photography and Storm Chasing.
  • Sydney Storm Chasers (Australia).
  • Storm Chasing Munich -- Thunderstorm Chasing and weather photography from Munich and around southern Bavaria/Germany.
  • Storm Chasing in Wales! -- A new page on thunderstorms in Wales, including some nice images of a well-defined funnel cloud in August 2000.
  • Storm Laboratory -- The first storm chaser site in Bulgaria!
  • Tornadoes in Italy -- All about Italian tornadoes and waterspouts.
  • Tornadoes in Switzerland -- Lots of pictures and stories!
  • TORRO (Great Britain).
  • Wallsend Storm Chasers (UK) -- from the northeast coast of the UK. With webcam.
  • Xtrem Weather Chasing -- Stormchasing from Germany and Alabama USA. Information and Stormchasing pictures. German version. .
  
  
  
  
  

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