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Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours 2024

Storm Chasing 2024

This year, my chasing was split into two once again. In April, I chased the solar eclipse with Tempest Tours and I returned in June for Tour 6 and 7.

After watching some coverage of the severe weather on the Plains in May, I was wondering what would be left for us in June. Overall, it was an average year with some good structure, some long chases, great lightning but only one tornado of note. Our off days included places I had not yet visited like Two Buttes in Colorado and the Badlands in South Dakota. Continue reading “Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours 2024”

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Storm Chasing 2022

Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours

30 May to 25 June 2022

Storm chasing is, in relative terms, a new kind of tourism. Television shows like In Search Of… (1978) and movies like Twister (1996) introduced professional storm chasing to the wider public, and over the last twenty years or so, a number of tour companies have sprung up offering people the chance to join in with the chase. Continue reading “Storm Chasing 2022”

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Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours

Storm chasing is, in relative terms, a new kind of tourism. Television shows like In Search Of… (1978) and movies like Twister (1996) introduced professional storm chasing to the wider public, and over the last twenty years or so, a number of tour companies have sprung up offering people the chance to join in with the chase. Continue reading “Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours”