Im 16 years old and absolutely love meteorology, and I've always wanted to storm chase, but because i live in Spokane, I've also wanted to chase dust devils, and im so glad I've found ur channel. Love it so much.
@@Fullgram420 as someone who is almost 39 and has loved storms, particularly tornadoes, since the age of four… …do it. You’ve found your passion- pursue it. I didn’t, and I don’t regret where my life has went, because I have a wonderful son and husband, but I still long to be out chasing. I watch radars constantly to monitor storms over my family. One of my proudest moments was when I was able to tell my momma to get to safety when the tornado hit Slidell, La. a few months ago. I saw the hook echo and rotation and called her. It was never even warned and hit about a block from where they were. Her friend she was visiting said I missed my calling. My mom agreed since she always swore I’d be a meteorologist and storm chaser, but I didn’t. It’s still very much there, I just use my knowledge now to keep my family safe from afar. And yeah, dust devils still get me hype every. Single. Time. The best part since moving from the South to North Dakota has been witnessing something I used to only get to watch the few and far between videos of constantly- snow devils. 🌪️❄️😈They regularly form in the snow, where the interior corner of our apartment building makes a 90° turn and the wind catches. I watch them from my balcony with the same wonder I would have as a child. I’ve also seen diamond dust, which is where the air is so cold the humidity condensates into ice and it looks like glitter. Said all that to say- if meteorology has a hold on you, go with it. Keep your grades up, get into a school, and run with it. The technical and mathematical legwork is the hardest thing to learn (for me anyways, but it might be a breeze to you! 🌬️), but once you learn it, you’ve got the basics to build on. We need fresh blood out in the field (not literally; be safe please 🙏🏻) and we need more kids and young adults finding their passion and pursuing it, whatever it is. All the best luck and well-wishes to you, I hope to see you on tv one day ♥️
All I could think of was, "Oh no, I have to wash my car again" 😊 Good up close coverage of the dust devils. Thanks, Michael, very interesting. Good job
Thanks for sharing these with the world. My grandpa owned thousands of acres up there between Ritzville and Odessa where I spent many years helping him farm wheat.
@@PacificNorthwestWeatherI certainly drove through and help create a few. It's a beautiful part of the country. I love the rolling hills of wheat during harvest.
I remember my dad introducing me to dust devils on one of our camping trips while we were passing through the Willamette valley. I was pretty young then but I still remember being fascinated by the swirling dust
I grew up in Connell, just a bit south of Ritzville there. The fields in between Pasco and Connell kind of to the east a bit, down Blanton Road...they used to spawn some monsters out there too.
great times, life long memories for you and your son.. that's awesome 💝 great video Michael, had no idea those devils could get so big! fun education.. thanks!
I used to see these sometimes in the plowed fields of northern Illinois while I was growing up! I've seen a few in the same place in WA as me and my hubby were driving along I90!
Closest thing I saw in Illinois was between Bloomington and Decatur. A field with shorter-than-knee-high corn had a tiny vortex hovering over each baby stalk. Blew our minds. I don't expect to ever experience it again, but I will never forget it.
Great video, your son did an awesome job with the aerial photography. Another great place to see dust devils is near Bristol Dry lake. Bristol Dry lake is near Amboy, Ca., in the Mojave Desert.
This is a great video showing dust devils in eastern Washington. I remember often seeing dust devils in Arizona in the summer when I was driving between Casa Grande and Tucson. I remember one dust devil crossing I-10 over me and it took some careful driving and scary moments as it shooked the car.
Dang...we missed you! We were gone when you came over to the DDCW (Dust Devil Capital of the World) and I can see from some of your shots that you were right out near us on our neighbor's field. Our fields are no-tilled and don't blow like that now. Great shots, good info and a very fun video.
@@PacificNorthwestWeather At 2:03 in the video, we're the farm in the distance on the left side with trees, silver tank and a yellow canola field. Be sure to announce in your videos when you'll be in the area in July and we'll keep an eye out for you.😉 Watch you every day, unless we're not at home. 😀 Thanks for the great reports!
Gracias por compartir, Thanks for sharing , so cool to share the experience with your son and develope his skill with drones, meteorology and just the beautiful fun of nature and farming. Best wishes from Baja California
I grew up on the desert of southern California and we have a lot of dust devils. In the sixties, there was a scientist who was running around on the dry lakebeds with a backpack of instruments. You could see the dust devils for miles.
Michael and son, great video! I loved the narration with education. I aleays wanted to know wind speeds and damage caused by those. I loved that you incorporated cultural names and history. I wanted to know if the farmer was like, hey no big deal...or whether he was like, crap trying to out run it but the tractor is too slow.
You have the right vehicle to chase Dust Devils because you never have to worry about the dust clogging up the engine’s air cleaner. Thanks for visiting our area.
Michael- we love your channel! Great weather coverage and special additions as well. We live in Woodland have a place north of Ritzville on Lake Roosevelt and have taken some videos of dust devils and cool cloud formations. Trying to figure out how to share them with you.
@@PacificNorthwestWeatherHe'd Have to!! You know you'd be fun if you were Your dad, plus learning enviable peer type points. Uber extra fun guy, that's only till "teens" hit. Later you will smart and fun again, you can always pull out the baby pictures, to get 'em in the "end". 🎉
I ended up seeing my first dustdevil thats not super tiny when driving by a farm in northwestern Oregon! There was like 3 large ones in the big dirt field.
Worked in Pasco Washington on a high temp evaporator. We didn't get a dust devil but a desert up rising where hot meets cold or a down spout. On the plateform with with supervisor and QC person when I felt the change of temperature. Started yelling run run for your life put my machine on recycle and ran for shelter. More rain then you could imagine, the temp dropped 40 degrees. Wind over 60 mph
Drove through Ritzville twice this summer. Surrounded by dust devils both times. They were certainly a sight to behold, especially the ones with multiple vortices.
Paragliding in washington this year, saw many of them, we used them to climb, we just go above them (if we are high enough) a climb to top of lift (dew point altitude) above the dusties. very cool phenomena, in one day you can see a looot of dust devils all across the state
Hi Mike, I suggest adding dust devil forecasts. They're a lot safer to chase than the Midwest tornadoes! Did the sheriff give you a hard time about the drone? It seems a perfect use case for drones unless you fly through a dust devil!
I used to think so until I got a Jeep Wrangler. Since I spend 5 to 6 months of the year with the doors and windows out, I'm not as crazy about driving through one anymore. 😜 But that won't stop me from doing it with my hand over my nose.
North Dakota gets a lot of dust devils too, due to the same factors such as wide open, flat dry fields, annual precipitation amounts about 10 inches, and just as much solar heating.
Good afternoon officer! Did somebody complain about our drone? Did we leave the public roadways? Did my cat get out and abduct the neighbor's bird? I just wonder why the officer was concerned enough to light you up. 5:08
Them little Devils are like Tumbleweeds, they jump up and scare You. 50 vehicle pileps are another item...... Saw on that I did not Run unto. Dirty Dirt Farmers out there......
Im 16 years old and absolutely love meteorology, and I've always wanted to storm chase, but because i live in Spokane, I've also wanted to chase dust devils, and im so glad I've found ur channel. Love it so much.
Its a great career, especially if you like aviation. Aircraft Dispatching and Air traffic control can be very rewarding if you like meteorology.
@@Fullgram420 as someone who is almost 39 and has loved storms, particularly tornadoes, since the age of four…
…do it. You’ve found your passion- pursue it. I didn’t, and I don’t regret where my life has went, because I have a wonderful son and husband, but I still long to be out chasing. I watch radars constantly to monitor storms over my family. One of my proudest moments was when I was able to tell my momma to get to safety when the tornado hit Slidell, La. a few months ago. I saw the hook echo and rotation and called her. It was never even warned and hit about a block from where they were. Her friend she was visiting said I missed my calling. My mom agreed since she always swore I’d be a meteorologist and storm chaser, but I didn’t. It’s still very much there, I just use my knowledge now to keep my family safe from afar.
And yeah, dust devils still get me hype every. Single. Time. The best part since moving from the South to North Dakota has been witnessing something I used to only get to watch the few and far between videos of constantly- snow devils. 🌪️❄️😈They regularly form in the snow, where the interior corner of our apartment building makes a 90° turn and the wind catches. I watch them from my balcony with the same wonder I would have as a child. I’ve also seen diamond dust, which is where the air is so cold the humidity condensates into ice and it looks like glitter.
Said all that to say- if meteorology has a hold on you, go with it. Keep your grades up, get into a school, and run with it. The technical and mathematical legwork is the hardest thing to learn (for me anyways, but it might be a breeze to you! 🌬️), but once you learn it, you’ve got the basics to build on. We need fresh blood out in the field (not literally; be safe please 🙏🏻) and we need more kids and young adults finding their passion and pursuing it, whatever it is. All the best luck and well-wishes to you, I hope to see you on tv one day ♥️
All I could think of was, "Oh no, I have to wash my car again" 😊
Good up close coverage of the dust devils.
Thanks, Michael, very interesting. Good job
Thanks for sharing these with the world. My grandpa owned thousands of acres up there between Ritzville and Odessa where I spent many years helping him farm wheat.
So you're an expert!
@@PacificNorthwestWeatherI certainly drove through and help create a few. It's a beautiful part of the country. I love the rolling hills of wheat during harvest.
I remember my dad introducing me to dust devils on one of our camping trips while we were passing through the Willamette valley. I was pretty young then but I still remember being fascinated by the swirling dust
This is nothing short of fantastic, thank you Michael, and son for this wonderful video!😄
I grew up in Connell, just a bit south of Ritzville there. The fields in between Pasco and Connell kind of to the east a bit, down Blanton Road...they used to spawn some monsters out there too.
This is one of the coolest videos you've ever done! Thank you so much!
Thanks!
great times, life long memories for you and your son.. that's awesome 💝 great video Michael, had no idea those devils could get so big! fun education.. thanks!
I used to see these sometimes in the plowed fields of northern Illinois while I was growing up! I've seen a few in the same place in WA as me and my hubby were driving along I90!
Closest thing I saw in Illinois was between Bloomington and Decatur. A field with shorter-than-knee-high corn had a tiny vortex hovering over each baby stalk. Blew our minds. I don't expect to ever experience it again, but I will never forget it.
Great video, your son did an awesome job with the aerial photography. Another great place to see dust devils is near Bristol Dry lake. Bristol Dry lake is near Amboy, Ca., in the Mojave Desert.
WAY COOL Michael!!! I have family in Ritzville, so often see some dust devils, although nothing like this!
That was a good one. I’ve always wondered about dust devils and those weird dust storms that just seem to show up out of nowhere.
Wow, this was great. Loved the narration, so interesting! Thanks. I always learn from you 😊
Stunning video! Thanks so much to you and Max for a visual treat.
This is a great video showing dust devils in eastern Washington. I remember often seeing dust devils in Arizona in the summer when I was driving between Casa Grande and Tucson. I remember one dust devil crossing I-10 over me and it took some careful driving and scary moments as it shooked the car.
Amazing video Michael! Reminds me of Pecos Hanks storm videos with the great music
Dang...we missed you! We were gone when you came over to the DDCW (Dust Devil Capital of the World) and I can see from some of your shots that you were right out near us on our neighbor's field. Our fields are no-tilled and don't blow like that now. Great shots, good info and a very fun video.
I'll come say hi in July , which one is yours?
@@PacificNorthwestWeather At 2:03 in the video, we're the farm in the distance on the left side with trees, silver tank and a yellow canola field. Be sure to announce in your videos when you'll be in the area in July and we'll keep an eye out for you.😉 Watch you every day, unless we're not at home. 😀 Thanks for the great reports!
Drove through some in eastern Montana in the wheat fields several summers ago.
Gracias por compartir, Thanks for sharing , so cool to share the experience with your son and develope his skill with drones, meteorology and just the beautiful fun of nature and farming. Best wishes from Baja California
I grew up on the desert of southern California and we have a lot of dust devils. In the sixties, there was a scientist who was running around on the dry lakebeds with a backpack of instruments. You could see the dust devils for miles.
Michael and son, great video! I loved the narration with education. I aleays wanted to know wind speeds and damage caused by those. I loved that you incorporated cultural names and history. I wanted to know if the farmer was like, hey no big deal...or whether he was like, crap trying to out run it but the tractor is too slow.
I've seen those in Colorado along 285. Spellbound.
Do the large Dust Devils ever have the ominous sound of an approching freight train? Maybe like small riding mower?
The big ones are actually pretty loud! Not like a huge tornado, but still pretty noisy
AMAZING footage!! Thank you!
You have the right vehicle to chase Dust Devils because you never have to worry about the dust clogging up the engine’s air cleaner. Thanks for visiting our area.
Great combination of distant, close up, and internal views! Your music choice fitted very nicely with the subject, too.
Cool footage, never knew they were so close. Great to see some good father son time
Michael- we love your channel! Great weather coverage and special additions as well. We live in Woodland have a place north of Ritzville on Lake Roosevelt and have taken some videos of dust devils and cool cloud formations. Trying to figure out how to share them with you.
Twitter you can DM me , SeattleWXGuy
Super informative and interesting!
Thank you guys for sharing!!
Thank you Michael and son. One of your best. So cool. Keep it up! Lots of PNW WX luv your way😘😘
Thank you! Will do!
So interesting. They look so much like a tornado yet have such different dynamics. Used to see them growing up in the Oklahoma/Texas panhandle.
Michael, living on the edge - and dragging your son along with you - in trouble with the law 😂
He asks me all the time to go!
@@PacificNorthwestWeatherHe'd Have to!! You know you'd be fun if you were Your dad, plus learning enviable peer type points. Uber extra fun guy, that's only till "teens" hit. Later you will smart and fun again, you can always pull out the baby pictures, to get 'em in the "end". 🎉
One of these rolled up on 395 and pulled my bumper lose as it disintegrated. lol.
Excellent. Thanks!
Thank you for further (and significantly) inspiring my interest in weather and weather chasing.
I ended up seeing my first dustdevil thats not super tiny when driving by a farm in northwestern Oregon! There was like 3 large ones in the big dirt field.
Worked in Pasco Washington on a high temp evaporator. We didn't get a dust devil but a desert up rising where hot meets cold or a down spout. On the plateform with with supervisor and QC person when I felt the change of temperature. Started yelling run run for your life put my machine on recycle and ran for shelter. More rain then you could imagine, the temp dropped 40 degrees. Wind over 60 mph
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Both times I've driven through that area I have seen plenty big dust devils.
That video blows me away ! 🤠👍 😎👍
Drove through Ritzville twice this summer. Surrounded by dust devils both times. They were certainly a sight to behold, especially the ones with multiple vortices.
Paragliding in washington this year, saw many of them, we used them to climb, we just go above them (if we are high enough) a climb to top of lift (dew point altitude) above the dusties. very cool phenomena, in one day you can see a looot of dust devils all across the state
When I was a kid I grew in the Mojave desert and for fun my friends and I would ride our bikes through dust devils it was fun
Hi Mike, I suggest adding dust devil forecasts. They're a lot safer to chase than the Midwest tornadoes! Did the sheriff give you a hard time about the drone? It seems a perfect use case for drones unless you fly through a dust devil!
No he didn't mind, nice guy
@@PacificNorthwestWeather Thanks for the reply. Nice to know that at least the sheriff doesn't mind.
You could call yourself a dust devil buster. Driving through the dust devil is a thrill.
I used to think so until I got a Jeep Wrangler. Since I spend 5 to 6 months of the year with the doors and windows out, I'm not as crazy about driving through one anymore. 😜 But that won't stop me from doing it with my hand over my nose.
Thanks!
Welcome!
Fascinating. Thank you!
North Dakota gets a lot of dust devils too, due to the same factors such as wide open, flat dry fields, annual precipitation amounts about 10 inches, and just as much solar heating.
Arizona🏜 Dust devils are more better 😆.....awesome video
I saw the biggest dust devil of my life right next to I-5 on my way home from work the other week between Salem and Albany Oregon.
0:26 Oh cool! That one had a satellite dust devil!
Great videography, Michael!
Very cool.
the clockwise and counterclockwise superstition does that mean when looking down or looking up?
How cool!!
I could spot many more dust devils in the background of those videos you got.
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Love this video❤❤❤
Good afternoon officer! Did somebody complain about our drone? Did we leave the public roadways? Did my cat get out and abduct the neighbor's bird?
I just wonder why the officer was concerned enough to light you up. 5:08
I think a farmer had an issue, but he didn't ticket us for anything. He didn't seem to mind much.
Great job!
I guess losing topsoil is not an issue😂
Nope. Not Ritzville. Davenport and west. Amazing.
Got any images?
Them little Devils are like Tumbleweeds,
they jump up and scare You.
50 vehicle pileps are another item......
Saw on that I did not Run unto.
Dirty Dirt Farmers out there......
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thanks!
Welcome!