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SEASONAL TRAINING:
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To better appreciate the processes going on in storms and to stay safe, I take classroom training each year |
DATE |
DAY |
START |
END |
MILES |
REMARKS |
Late Mar 2005
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Saturday
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Bolingbrook
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IL
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-Plainfield
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IL
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???
(RT)
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Basic Spotter Training (BARS,PRL)
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09 Apr 2005
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Saturday
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Bolingbrook
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IL
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-Batavia
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IL
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78
(RT) |
FermiLab Weather Seminar (w/Tom Skilling) |
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GREAT/SOUTHERN PLAINS CHASES
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To keep the look and feel of supercell storms fresh in my mind
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TEMPEST TOURS was not on my list this year. After being without a full-time job for about 18 months, the cost of this kind of chase (and difficulty getting time off at my new job) made a Great Plains chase impossible.
(“Better luck next year!”) |
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IL/IN CHASES/SPOTTING:
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Storms in the ‘hood!
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DATE |
DAY |
START |
END |
MILES |
REMARKS |
30 March 2005
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Monday |
Bolingbrook
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IL
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– Morris
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IL
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70 (RT, est.)
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About a 90-minute trip (via I55/80,IL 47,US52), featuring some wild driving, golfball sized hail, but no video (due to van maintenance in progress). I did grab a few cellphone photos after the fact. Called in a hail report from 3 mi. east of Morris (I-80, milepost 115) and saw a cigar shaped cloud appendage that was probably the remnant of the earlier tornado in LaSalle county, based on reports from other spotters and chasers. For storm reports, see http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/050330_rpt s.html
(NOTE: This was a rare ‘solo trip’ for me, i.e., no partner) |
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