Snow supercells in MN????

Back to reality and the office tomorrow. Ready to put the coldest weekend of the season into the books and turn the focus to the post-holiday chaser convergence next weekend in Bloomington, MN. It is always good to see old friends and put faces to some of the new names we see on F5chaser.com



Throwing boiling water into the air at -23°F. -33°F would have been better.



My daughter having a go at it also.



A short video clip of me almost pulling a Mike H. It's a fine line between too much water and not enough cold. Boiling water at -23°F is still boiling water.



John Wetter inspired me to get out of the house Sunday afternoon after seeing his post on FB showing what looked like a supercell over the Becker power plant cooling ponds. Temps around or just below zero and no wind really is a sick teaser for the SDS around here.



And finally a few of the local wildlife. As cold as it is, the critters are taking it easy also using their energy to stay warm.

21 Best of 2009 - Happy New Year

Kind of a boring storm year for us, but here are our 21 favorite overall images from 2009. Felt good to make a 2010 image folder this morning....wonder what will be in it a year from now?

Sooo...the Christmas mega-storm was a joke here and some weekend images

Things that sucked about the 2009 Christmas Storm 1) Warm air wrapping in cuts down the snow total but dumping 4" of slush 2) The slush freezes into solid ICE 3) No wind.

Another prime example of how fickle the storm track can be sometimes. Give me a clipper with 6" of powder in the front and 50 mph winds in the back. These Texas hookers usually suck as bad as a Iowa mod risk day in May.

Here are some images from the week and weekend.

Streaming a blizzard...the Great Christmas Storm of 2009

You all know I'm not a big believer in streaming while chasing. However, I have a ton of stationary weather web cams bookmarked to check out the conditions (or watch Lake Shetek...thanks Kevin), at a certain spot. So I set up a basic ustream account today and will have the old PD170 with a .7x wide angle lens firewired to the laptop starting sometime tomorrow. The whole setup will be in the upstairs living room looking down from the top of Snob Hill (as my neighbors affectionately refer to us who live at a higher elevation).

The url of the show is: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/great-sky-of-the-north

Feel free to pop in from time to time and watch my neighbors get buried...maybe see the neighbor's Husky, Molly, out taking a leak, or us opening gifts on Christmas. Never know!

A good eagle day....finally

Dave and I hit the Minnesota River Valley NWR near his house this afternoon for a little bit. Even with the low light after the clouds filled back in, the hungry eagles kept us entertained and hitting the shutter buttons. It was also nice to meet Chad Gustafson. Check out his impressive nature shots at his website www.regalwildlife.com

Many more on the website HERE.