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guys. there was a whole movie about this.

Incredible shot!

Last night I remastered Washburn (2/28/17) with better Lightroom tools, and my better know-how. It almost brought a real tear to my eye; it's the first time I've actually loved this photo. Sometimes it just takes years of revisiting.

Aaayyyy welcome!

Welcome!

I didn’t know this was a thing and now I wont be satisfied until I see it in person 😆 Great catch!

OOH!

WOW!!! I cannot believe the Watertown, NY live camera just clearly caught a cloud to ground lake-effect lightning bolt! ❄️⚡️ #nywx #thundersnow

The 2024 hurricane season ends today. It was a wild ride.

The season was hyperactive as forecast, but the way it got there was very unusual. Long chunks of the season in July and October were more active than they have even been. The September peak of the season was among the quietest of all time.

Happy Thanksgiving, fam!
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I’ve run into this photo on my feed several times today and each time it stops me in my tracks 😍 Insanely awesome image!

a tornado over open prairie, with a 60,000 foot tall, deep blue colored updraft and downdraft above it

If this tornado picture were 60 feet wide and 40 feet tall and you stood right in front of it, it still wouldn't take up as much of your vision as it did in real life. You can't sum up a supercell in a picture.

Only an hour after my first plains tornado, a separate storm moved over the small town of Wray, CO. The 25 minutes that followed would go down as some of the wildest moments of my life, allowing me to capture video I had only dreamed of & propelling me into a future I thought was unreachable. #WXsky

What’s your first storm memory?

Mine is Hurricane Bob in Maine in 1991. I was 7 years old at the time and glued to the window. While it was a much milder experience than what happened in southern New England, we lost power and had a large tree fall on the power lines. I was endlessly fascinated.

A tornado moves into the town of Selden, KS on May 24, 2021

Selden, KS on the verge of being engulfed in a half-mile-wide carousel of vortices on May 24, 2021

#TornadoTuesday #WXsky

Carbon, IA EF-3 tornado on May 21, 2024.

#TornadoTuesday

The Carbon, IA Tornado from May 21, 2024

When the RFD started cranking just before it went into town, I was fearing a worst case scenario. I fully expected to see a violent tornado emerge. Thankfully it stayed fairly weak!

Tornado Tuesday 🌪️

Yuma, Colorado shape shifter in the summer of 23
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#tornado #weather #colorado

A tornado moves into the town of Selden, KS on May 24, 2021

Selden, KS on the verge of being engulfed in a half-mile-wide carousel of vortices on May 24, 2021

#TornadoTuesday #WXsky

Here is some lightning in a tornado for #TornadoTuesday

Kimball, Nebraska, June 2023

What’s your first storm memory?

Mine is Hurricane Bob in Maine in 1991. I was 7 years old at the time and glued to the window. While it was a much milder experience than what happened in southern New England, we lost power and had a large tree fall on the power lines. I was endlessly fascinated.

Aurora over volcano in Iceland tinyurl.com/7jqhmcq

The print edition also included some of my photos which was really fun to see.

Did you know I'm a published author? Well, kind of. A couple years ago I had the chance to write a tongue-in-cheek movie review for the Weather edition of Whalebone Magazine. They gave me Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs & asked me to rate its scientific accuracy 😆
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Tornado in Iowa

GWC 2025 CALENDAR: MAY - Photographer @laurenbacawx.bsky.social captured a wedge #tornado near Harlan, Iowa on April 26 this year.

Thanks for bringing the edge of chaos to our month of May, Lauren!

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Photo of a supercell thunderstorm over orange/brown landscape and an abandoned building near Lubbock, Texas on May 17, 2021.

Photo of a supercell thunderstorm over a prairie field at sunset with purple/pink hues near Garden City, Kansas on May 24, 2021.

Photo of a supercell thunderstorm illuminated by lightning with stars above over a rural farm field near Broken Bow, Nebraska on July 11, 2023.

Photo of a supercell thunderstorm with the setting sun below casting a bright orange sky behind the storm and a bright red barn near Mound City, South Dakota on August 28, 2024.

There’s nothing quite like supercells in the High Plains

Yes indeed! One of my favorite chasing surprises ever.