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Cloud 9 Tours

Here you will find blog entries of my experience of storm chasing with Cloud 9 tours, and other things related to Cloud 9 tours.

June 6, 2009

Day 6 – Supercells and sunsets

We continued to drive towards to the storm that had created the tornado earlier in the afternoon. It still had a strong rotation which created a super cell with a beautiful round shape with different layers. We drover in underneath the base hoping for more tornadoes but the supply had run out, I guess 🙂...
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June 6, 2009

Day 6 – Funnel cloud

I do not remember if it was the same storm with the tornado that we ended up by a bit later again, but I believe it was. We stopped out on a field where a wall cloud came in slowly and majestically. It was the perfect arrangement for a beautiful tornado, but the rotation was...
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June 6, 2009

Day 6 – Tornado

Yes, today we finally found a tornado – and what a tornado! Everything looked pretty good in the morning, the first storm we were going for to seemed to have all the attributes we want: a low wall cloud, strong rotation and large hail. We come out just in time to bring out our cameras....
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June 6, 2009

Day 6 – The shit hit the fan

I’m just about to leave our hotel in North Platte, Nebraska, so I do not have time to write or upload any photos. One thing is for sure though – the shit hit the fan yesterday and it was a fantastic day! It all started here with this photo. I will return with the rest...
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June 5, 2009

Day 5 – Rocky mountains

On Day 3, we learned how storms work. Today we learned that storms are not always reliable. In the morning we hurried up early from Colby, KS, to go to the Colorado plains. These plains seemed the most likely to create storms today, which basically means: The air needs to be moist so that clouds...
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June 5, 2009

Day 5 – Follow us on Cloud 9’s webcam!

As mentioned, it looks promising for the next couple of days and you can follow our trip through GPS and webcam here: http://www.cloud9tours.com/chasecam/index.html. I will try to put the image here and see if it gets updated a bit now and then:
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June 4, 2009

Day 4 – When you are bored in the van

On a storm chasing tour you spend many long hours in the van. I was fully aware of this and it was also a bit of one of the things I really looked forward too. This spring, I have been busy with something from the moment I woke up to the second I had fallen...
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June 3, 2009

Day 3 – Storm chasing in Texas

Today was quite a classic day of Storm Chasing. We woke up, had breakfast / brunch at Ihop and by then our guides Charles had made a plan for today’s trip. They look at their radar images, listen to weather reports, look at their gadgets and make estimates where it is most likely that the...
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June 1, 2009

Day 1 – Bonus storm

Well, I was not too smart before going on this trip. I was up until 2 a.m. the night before, having drinks with a couple of friends. At 5 a.m. I went to Arlanda airport (Stockholm). Wise from this experience, the first thing I did when arriving was of course to hang out with a...
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May 31, 2009

Day 1 – Back in Kansas

We have just passed by the old Swedish colonies I visited back in 2003 – Lindsborg and Falun, KS. I am quite nostalgic to be back in Kansas again after 5 years! Last time I was here was when I was studying at K-State as an exchange student and where I got my first interest...
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