tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158093122009-10-13T08:52:51.887-05:00Storm Chaser Mike Gauldin (KE5EHI) ~ Tulsa, Oklahoma<br> <a href="http://www.okwx.net/">Oklahoma Weather Resource</a>Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-50606194614426613812007-10-18T10:28:00.000-05:002007-10-23T09:55:31.138-05:00

Just another typical chase day in Oklahoma. Everything from the models to the SPC showed potential for a decent chase day with the possibility for tornadoes. But as usual, it just turned out to be a whole lot of nothing. I was hoping to catch at least a wall cloud or funnel, but no such luck.I set out later in the day west of Tulsa into Pawnee County to intercept some cells that were rapidly

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After months of no updates, I'm trying to get back into the groove of things. We recently moved into a rent house and we've been trying to get all unpacked and get the house in order. That with working nights where our call volume is almost 200% of normal, I haven't had much time to spend on the computer. But it seems things are settling down, so hopefully I can get some updates out and get

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1145656821262234212006-04-21T16:58:00.000-05:002006-04-21T17:00:21.280-05:00

Just heard from Justin that StormGuy.com is back! Justin is adding some new photos and videos from chases when StormGuy.com was down, so make sure to check it out!

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1144967296871209252006-04-13T17:23:00.000-05:002006-04-13T17:28:16.896-05:00

From NOAA News:Full Story (2607)"April 6, 2006 — Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma, all from the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, were "retired" by an international hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization, which includes the NOAA National Hurricane Center, during their annual meeting in San Juan,

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I was hoping to get out today for a chase close to home before I had to go in to work. I usually go in around 1800hrs, but my supervisor asked if I could come in early, around 1600hrs, to help cover a shift because they were short handed. I knew I was going to miss out on the beginning of the show, but I figured things wouldn't get good until I would have to head to work anyways. Turned out I

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1144057936500721742006-04-03T04:46:00.000-05:002006-04-03T05:18:09.876-05:00

Apparently we were the one's that were fooled. It seems there was a tornado in Tulsa around 11:15p.m. when the squall line moved into Tulsa. The NWS is reporting a F1 touched down for about 25 seconds just SW of Tulsa International Airport and did damage to a hotel and cars. I first read this on KTUL's website in disbelief, but then found the NWS report. I don't think this was an April Fool's

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Convective OutlookTornado PotentialMother Nature played one helluva "April Fool's" joke on chasers today. The SPC issued a moderate outlook for far western Oklahoma with a 15% hatched area spanning most of of the moderate area. Chasers from all around were talking about the day turning out to be a large outbreak of tornadoes, similar to the May 3, 1999 outbreak. The day was set to be worth the

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1144031736692088002006-04-02T21:32:00.000-05:002006-04-02T21:35:36.710-05:00

After one week from lifting the burn ban, it was reinstated on 3/27/06 after numerous fires broke out across the state. Only far southeast Oklahoma is not affected. It seems that after the little rain we received on the 21st that caused the ban to be lifted, all of the people that had been saving trash and brush to burn lit it up and caused numerous fires across the state.

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1143732743238387822006-03-30T09:26:00.000-06:002006-03-30T09:32:23.486-06:00

I just got home from work a few hours ago to see that the SPC has issued a moderate risk for my house area, and after reading over the data, it seems today will likely be quite dramatic. The Norman forecast office (OUN) made mention of 2" hail and isolated tornadoes, while the SPC just issued Tornado Watch #109 stating 3" hail and destructive tornadoes. This is quite interesting being it's nine

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1143496898904640752006-03-27T15:34:00.000-06:002006-03-27T16:01:38.980-06:00

Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to be setting at a NWS office in front of the radar during a severe weather outbreak issuing warnings? Well, this just a sample of that.The NWS has made a warning decision simulator which allows you to issue warnings and get scored based on things like accuracy and lead time, as well as some others. Currently there is only one available scenario (

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1142977717626809352006-03-21T15:37:00.000-06:002006-03-21T15:48:37.673-06:00

On March 20th, the burn ban that has been in effect in Oklahoma has finally been lifted after 5 months of only trace amounts of precipitation. Recent rain (1" - 5") over the weekend covering much of the state has been sufficient to dampen the grounds and give our overworked firefighters a break. Although most of the state is still over a foot short of rain (drought stats), and Tulsa is 18" below

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1142284788029057582006-03-13T15:18:00.000-06:002006-03-13T15:19:48.126-06:00

Well this turned out to be a very busy day for March. The SPC finally issued the first high risk day of 2006! My girlfriend, Jennifer, and I weren't able to get out to chase until after dark. However, about 11 a.m., storms with good cape and nice LI's were already firing around the eastern OK/KS border and going tornado warned. Those storms tracked up into Missouri while another line of cells was

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1142279864739900902006-03-13T13:40:00.000-06:002006-03-13T13:57:44.783-06:00

Set out in the morning with Justin Teague and Matt Patterson for a 'lazy chase day' getting ready for the show on the 12th. We headed to around east-central Oklahoma to get into position for the approaching storm-developing environment. While we were on our way down there, we learned and interesting fact about Matt Patterson; he almost died last summer while cutting down a tree. Both Justin

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1140382832306729942006-02-19T14:57:00.000-06:002006-02-19T15:00:32.343-06:00

This is a farewell to StormGuy.com. For whatever reason, Dave has let it expired and it will be missed. Thanks for the forums and all of the excellent pictures and videos and one of the best DVDs out there for storm chasers. Hopefully one day it will come back, but until then, I'm going to try to get a forum setup for us chasers in Oklahoma and get my video and photo galleries up and squared

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1140319158990044522006-02-18T21:17:00.000-06:002006-02-18T21:19:19.003-06:00

Do I need to say anything?

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1140062130792019602006-02-15T21:39:00.000-06:002006-02-15T21:55:30.843-06:00

It looks like winter is back and may bring more than just cold temperatures this time. This weekend, beginning Thurs night, looks to be forecasted with snow, sleet and ice. I work the streets Friday night, so it'll be interesting to see what's going to happen around T-town, because if winter weather does hit and any sort of precipitation stays on the roads, it will cause havoc among the many "

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1139800325965952502006-02-12T20:55:00.000-06:002006-02-12T21:12:11.763-06:00

May 4, 1999GrLevelX, a radar software package that is becoming more popular amoung the storm chaser community because of it's various features (including 'smoothing'), cheap price, free limited updates and other features, has announced a new edition called GrLevel2 Analyst Edition. One of the cool features of this new edition is the display of 4D radar data (length, width, height, and time). This

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1139292422782397262006-02-06T23:40:00.000-06:002006-02-07T00:09:47.496-06:00

For Tulsa: Looks like winter has shown it's face again... as it should, it's freaking February! We've had more than a mild winter so far with very few nights in the 20's, but now it looks to be getting on track. With a La Nina currently active, conditions across the southern US are drier than normal. With a burn ban still in effect in Oklahoma since Nov of 2005, conditions aren't looking to

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SKYWARN SPOTTER TRAININGFeb. 11, 2006 - 0900 to 1600Tulsa Technology Center (Riverside) - Jenks, OKThe annual SKYWARN Spotter Training will be held again this year at the Tulsa Technology Center Riverside Campus in Jenks, OK located at Jones Jr. Airport. It will include talks with personnel from the NWS, OK/ARK SKYWARN, and others. It is an excellent session for beginners and experienced chasers

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1138690497581351252006-01-30T23:57:00.000-06:002006-01-31T01:01:38.846-06:00

For any of you that don't know me, I'm kind of a cheap ass when it comes to buying equipment. I've always sought used equipment in some shape or fashion, or a cheaper alternative. Some examples:Federal Signal Mini-HighlighterNew: Found for $96 + S&H - LSH Lights Bought: eBay $27 shipped + $20 parts for magnets and cig. lighter adapter (Total: $47)Inspeed Mag Mount AnemometerNew: $65 + $6 S&H (on

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Well things kind of fell apart for a chase. Justin had a migraine and the models were okay, but rain and local cloud cover killed any chance for something good. The SPC is reporting that there was a tornado touchdown and hail around central to north KS. Pretty uncommon site to see this time of year, but reports have that a tornado did touch. Chatter in the storm chaser community seems to agree (

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1138429666360693542006-01-28T00:18:00.000-06:002006-01-28T00:27:46.440-06:00

Latest models show there's a possibility that there will be a cold core type setup in southern Kansas into north Oklahoma today (Jan 28th). I'll be setting out early in the morning to get some final maintenance done to my car before I hit the road northward. We successfully nabbed a tornado on November 27th, 2005 with a setup like this, so maybe we will see a similar outcome. The only thing is,

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1138002613776986622006-01-23T01:41:00.000-06:002006-01-23T01:50:13.793-06:00

I've transferred from the towpc.com/ke5ehi address to my new domain at http://www.okwx.net/. Please update your bookmarks/links. Also, if you find any broken links pointing to the towpc.com address on my pages, please let me know so I can update them.Thanks to Dryline Hosting, I've gotten a much better deal on hosting! I still have a few loose ends to tie up to get completely moved, but that

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1136958497087889962006-01-10T23:34:00.000-06:002006-01-11T22:00:42.330-06:00

This is just an example of how freakish Oklahoma weather can be:On my way to work this morning, I noticed that the electronic message board on HWY-75 & Southwest Blvd. still had "Caution: Extreme Fire Danger" (see Fig. 1) showing. The only problem was, IT WAS SNOWING (see Fig. 2). Now I don't know who changes these, but I figure if you're gonna use them, keep them up to date!Okay, so just because

Mike (KE5EHI)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12313014107568509032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15809312.post-1136810150319573792006-01-09T06:32:00.000-06:002006-01-09T06:35:50.356-06:00

So out of no where, in the middle of a drought, we have snow expected? Last time I looked, there was either no precipitation excepted, or like a 20% chance of rain. Now they're saying possibility of snow. Then what happens the next day? Fire danger... again!HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK500 AM CST MON JAN 9 2006.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH

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