More severe weather forecasted... not here.

Well, as it turns out, there was a tornado outbreak yesterday... but it happened outside of the moderate risk area, still within the area of slight risk for severe weather, as defined by the mets at the SPC. At this time, of the 16 tornadoes reported yesterday,6 have been confirmed. Iowa, Illinois and Missouri were the areas of action yesterday. Chasing in Iowa... ewww... Been there, done that. It's no fun, and it brings up bad memories of chasing a wall cloud ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF IOWA!!! It never produced. Grr... On the plus side, I got to hear my first tornado siren (no, folks, no tornado sirens in my neck of the woods... how sad is that?), and I got to experience the fabulous winery in Amana, Iowa... Back to what I was talking about though... oh yes, tornadoes. We are still seeing the trend line for tornado reports this year, well above the average, and again, we are headed into what is typically the very active tornado season, so we shall see what happens.Today, there is actually another area of slight risk identified by the SPC. Alabama Mike is in the area where they are already experiencing a busted cap this morning, and the intensity is expected to increase as the morning continues. The greatest tornado threat for Alabama will be early in the day, but the threat for tornadoes and severe weather exists up into Ontario for today.








Sky Watch Friday is upon us again. Since I am always watching the sky, it doesn't sound like much of a challenge for me, does it? Please check out Tom's site for rules and to play... Well, I took some sky shots yesterday, and only one came out halfway decent, so I decided to botch that idea and post a pic from my chasecation since so many people have been telling me that they have been seeing me on the Twister Sisters tv show this past week, which I was filming when I shot this pic on June 6, 2007, not too far from Kyle, SD. This pic is of the most incredible shelf cloud I have EVER seen! With its approach, I was able to experience my first straight line wind event. The suspected 70 mph winds stirred up dust and sand to create complete grey out conditions, which completely covered us in sand and overturned a semi truck down the road.





That and my funnel clouds in my awesomely photographable were my favorite events of that spectacular chasecation.

This weekend, another adventure lies in store for bf and I. I hope to have some great "barn dance" photos to share from that. We are traveling to the Tampa area for my dear San Antonio... FL friend's wedding reception. When I told Mini-Dew about the reception, she said, "Dear San Antonio... FL friend's GETTING MARRIED?!" I said, "Well, she is already married. She got married in January. She eloped. She just got back from her honeymoon, and the reception is tonight." Mini-Dew responded, "She did that all wrong! You're supposed to have the reception right after the wedding, and then you leave for the honeymoon in the messed up car." lol Anyway, that's my weekend. Hope everyone has a great one! Any chasers hanging in for day 3, be safe!

Toodles,
~Dewdrop