Storm Spotting Secrets
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This videos covers topics on using the visual cues of supercell structure to anticipate if and where tornadoes will form. This presentation was put together for the 2015 DuPage Advanced Severe Weather Seminar and the 2015 Minnesota Severe Storms Conference. This video may be used without permission for educational and non commercial use.
Though it's taken me *several* reviewings over the past year and a half, the information packed into this has become more and more accessible each time. Super well done and super useful. Thanks, Skip! Awesome work.
This is actually better than most Skywarn classes. Great job Skip!
Well, I think they have to teach the basics and what to report because people don't have the knowledge or a certified weather station.
Derek White k
I haven't been to a Skywarn class since the early 1990's, I hope they have improved since then!
Great gob finding the tornado 🌪
😇😇😇love it
It’s really cool 😎
Agreed.
Skip, Hank and Shaw. The trifecta of amazing storm chasing.
I can always expect a quality offering (content, production, and educational value) from Skip Talbot. While a basic NWS Spotter class must cover A to Z within 2 hours, he has the skill and resources to develop 45 minutes to S, Supercell. Worthwhile viewing for all spotter and chasers. -Skip Voros, Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association.
MilwaukeeSkywarn Pecos Hank too is awesome
Yourself and Pecos Hank, must be the two most knowledgeable & skilled videographers of severe storms in all of North America & most likely the entire globe... MANY THANKS, GOOD LUCK CHASING, AND STAY SAFE !!
Reed timmer is extremely good too, he just has a personality too excitable for some but when hes just speaking to the camera you can tell
You are such a professional with obviously high standards. At 74, I'm a noob at storm chasing, and this is my third time to watch this valuable video. Thank you. I learn more and more each time I see it.
Thanks for the words. Glad you found this useful
@@skiptalbotquestion what are your thoughts about the deadly tornado that went through Rolling Fork MS Friday night?
it seems like that tornado got or caught them folks in Mississippi off guard?☀️☀️☀️🌤️🌤️🌤️⛅⛅⛅🌥️🌥️🌥️☁️☁️☁️🌩️🌩️🌩️⛈️⛈️⛈️⚡🌧️⚡🌧️⚡🌧️🌪️🌪️🌪️
@@aprilbrooks1026 I just got back from vacation and so haven't followed that event closely. It shouldn't have caught anyone off guard. A moderate risk for tornadoes was issued that morning, a tornado watch was issued three hours in advance, and a tornado warning 12 minutes before Rolling Fork was hit.
@@skiptalbot well the reason why I've said that it seems like that the tornado caught them folks in Mississippi off guard
bcuz 26 people was killed by that tornado
but then again them folks probably most likely didn't heed the warning?
@@skiptalbot yeah you're right this should've never have caught anyone off guard
but I guess those 26 people wasn't really paying any attention?
I’m researching for a novel I’m writing about storm chasers and this video was very helpful, especially since I’ve never storm chased or even seen a tornado in real life before. Thanks for this!
Sounds interesting. Happy to answer any questions as you go along with the new book.
@@skiptalbot Thank you! I’ll let you know if something comes up as I’m writing it. In the meantime, I’m going to check out the rest of your videos. :-)
This was seriously awesome. Thank you!!! I’m not remotely interested in storm chasing. But as a road traveler, this is truly invaluable. I need to know the difference between crappy driving conditions and a life threatening situation. Before I watched this, I didn’t know the difference. But thanks to this video, I now know a lot more about ominous, low-hanging cloud formations I’ve often seen but never really understood.
Based on what you described, it’s entirely possible that I’ve plowed right past a rain-wrapped tornado in zero visibility conditions, never realizing how close I was to danger. Out in the middle of nowhere with the windows up and music blaring, I never heard a siren. But I’ve seen the weather conditions you described. Had I known then what I know after watching this video, I never would’ve taken that chance.
This should be required viewing for anybody who makes long, interstate drives across the plains. Knowing what to look for in storm formations makes it so much easier to maintain situational awareness and keep me and my family safe on the road while driving through rough weather.
Truck drivers drive through these conditions frequently.
This is by far one of the best descriptions of how a supercell thunderstorm works,and very detailed compared to what others explain. I think understanding how these massive storms produce the type of destruction they do should be taught to elementary children across America, not just what they are,but exactly how they work, and what they are capable of doing. I live 30 minuites away from where the EF5 that hit Hackleburg,and Phil Campell, Alabama on April 27,2011 and to see the damage first hand really made me respect these powerful monsters. Now I wanna see a tornado at least once in my life.
I have to say that you really are uniquely good at communicating information and teaching. Anyone can relay information, but to take a mass of it, and figure out a way to break it down in to chunks that could be understood by someone other than your own peers, and to find many useful teachable moments like you have is pretty remarkable.
Thanks, Skip! I just finished my classes and I'm a spotter now. There's still so much I don't understand, but after being 30 miles from a F4, I decided I'll take the classes. Tornadoes terrify me.
Had I watched this back in 1974 when I was 7... I'd have been utterly amazed. Hard to believe how much information we have at our fingertips now, that we simply didn't have, or was very hard to get a hold of and research back then. Such a good job. I'm amazed at your enthusiasm and intelligence. Much respect.
The tornado at the start of the video is the fastest ever recorded. Pecos Hank did a hugely informative video about it.
Hey Skip, your videos are very informative, thanks! I’m a big fan. I actually saw you guys the other day in Goodland, Kansas. I was going to say hi but I lost my situational awareness and had to take my escape route.
Top notch instructional and video quality as usual. This is one of those videos that should be a staple in any chaser's education. Excellent work, Skip!
25:05 "All about that base, bout that base, no shelf cloud"
Tommy Sandal with supercells trying to become superstars,it really is about that base...lol
Most run of the mill thunderstorms usually has a very distinct shelf cloud. They look ominous, but aren't indicative in any way.
'Yeah it's pretty clear, I got a horseshoe.
And I can make it make it, spin round and swallow you.'
I always find myself coming back to this video making sure I learn everything I can from this because of how solid this content is.
Fantastic. Skip: I've crossed paths with you many times while chasing, but never actually gotten a chance to truly meet you in person. I just wanted to say that despite having spent a decade chasing and reading other chasers' books, as well as years' worth of met discussion-forums, this video taught me a lot and was very well-done. Some day I'll bump into you and introduce myself... but until then, know that you have my respect.
Did you meet him yet? We need to know.
Absolutely stunning information. The specifics are seemingly always the most elusive when tornadogenesis is the topic at hand.
Skip, you are a true inspiration to me...you do something that you love to the betterment of the community you are chasing in. All I can say is thank you and please stay safe...our world is so much better with you in it!!!
Thanks, Lalonna. That means a lot.
I live in Missouri and were taught to spot from the time we are kids. I am in no way an expert or anything, but your video is very well taught. Also there is a moment you show at 20:22 the updraft base. This went through our town the other day. It was quite calm, but the moment it passed it gained strength as I watched on radar and spawned a tornado 30 miles away.
Best explanation i've seen yet. I've always kinda known how these storms work, but i've never been able to see the important bits. You video made it very clear. I feel I can now stay safely out of the way of a storm when I encounter one.
As a weather enthusiast and amateur meterologist I can greatly appreciate your in depth and thorough analysis of storm/tornado genesis! One of the most detailed and informative videos I have ever seen! I love your work Skip! Great job.
Best Tornado documentation I've ever seen, thank you for your work.
I watch this video at the beginning of every season as a refresher. Great info that has vastly improved both my safety and success in storm chasing. This video and the basic radar interpretation from the NWS Norman YT channel should give you the tools you need to maintain situational awareness and a proper safety mindset at all times.
I'm going to have to watch this video about 10 times before I can soak up all of the information packed into it, and I happily intend to do just that. I never intend to chase tornadoes, but I live in the Midwest in a tornado-prone area, so I like to know as much as I can about what I'm seeing. So often it seems that warnings pop up even without watches, spin-ups occur on unwarned cells, and when you're living in a mobile home, you need to know how to 'read' the sky while you watch the weather station. Thank you for making such an informative video so entertaining to watch and so accessible to the layperson.
This is easily the most informative storm spotting video I’ve seen. I really appreciate the editing, and the fact you used video, overlays, and practical information/mnemonics, instead of the NWS videos of the same 1970’s drawing of a supercell and a bunch of theoretical blah blah. Great stuff!
The way the rain wrapped around that last bit of the storm you showed looks exactly like the high resolution model that Leigh Orf made on the supercomputer (you can find the video here on youtube). It's fascinating to see something from the model happening in real life.
Incredibly good teaching, Skip. I learnt such a lot. Your photos are amazing! You should put them on your website to sell. People would love to buy any of these wonderful storm cell images.
This video was so educational, and entertaining at the same time. Very well explained. I wish there were more like this.
Learned more about tornadoes and cloud formations than from anywhere else! Thanks for this valuable video!
Skip, this is a wonderful and informative video. Your one of my favorite chasers, thank you for sharing this!
Late, but this has been a huge help. Combined with another awesome video on reading radar it has help my storm spotting accuracy by a lot. It has helped me warn folks of dangerous weather 10 minutes before the news in a lot of cases.
I like supercell storms from out of an airplane window. They look beautiful. Especially with the blanket of clouds on the bottom, and then the huge towering supercell. Cool
Superb job Skip and Jenn! This is, without a doubt, the most informative and useful video on this subject that I have personally seen. The only thing that I think might make it a bit better is knowing compass directions (which direction the camera is looking) and what direction each storm was moving (labelled on the video). Excellent point made about trusting eyes over radar when you are THERE (and why). Depending upon how far away you are from the radar, you may only be seeing features far above the ground - while you need to be concerned on what is going on near ground level.
Darren Addy I second this.
Subscribed within the first 45 seconds of starting the video... thats how well put together it was!
Talking about "textbook" horseshoe and so on...if there would only be such a textbook ;) It's really hard to find some solid information about tornados and supercells out there. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Skip!
Still come back to this video, 8 years going now. Informative and entertaining!
I have been studying super-cellular storms for years, and I have attended 2 spotting classes, and graduated online versions of them. At 14, I didn't really understand the content fully, and after this video I completely understand everything! Great content and awesome commentaries! Keep it up, Skip!
-Quinn
This is an amazingly helpful video. Although storms here in Australia are rotating in the opposite direction, the visual cues shown in this video still fully apply and will be a great help this coming season! Thanks so much for posting it
What you want to do is just mirror this entire video in an editor, and then it should work perfectly for Aussie storms
+Skip Talbot's Storm Chasing Chronicles haha yep I've just done that!
Awesome video! Thanks so much for putting it together. I've loved watching videos of tornadoes and been fascinated by them since I was a kid. This filled in so many blanks in my knowledge. So easy to follow. I would give this a million likes if I could. :-)
That was the coolest Timelapse of a storm ever!!! Skip. I seen one of your latest videos of you driving and just venting. You have some of the best footage and ability to explain what we see out of anyone. Please keep it up!!
By far the best video out there about identifying supercell structures and possible tornado genesis
That was absolutely excellent. I have been educating myself for decades in preparation for eventually heading West to try and see something for myself. This is all the best information in one place.
The 16x speed lifecycle at the end was beautiful and so well narrated. It's a different world when one transforms a timescale to something conducive to human sight and cognition.
This may be my favorite-est tornado video ever. So much learning to do! Thanks Skip Talbot :)
I Wish RUclips Had An Option To Rate Videos, I'd Rate This Five Stars.
Not a storm chaser/spotter by any means, just very, very scared of tornadoes and coping by learning as much as I can about what they look like, how they behave, etc - thanks for making such a detailed, informative video. I feel like some of this info is just as helpful for regular folks who might just assume that the condensation funnel or the classic visible tornado is the most dangerous part. I already knew that the wind can be very powerful in a wider radius around the visible funnel, but the concept of the Ghost Train is definitely new to me.
This is great Skip thanks for putting so much time into this! The horseshoe in my opinion is more of a telling feature than the wall cloud when assessing tornado potential. The El Reno example is mind boggling!
Wasn't it the El Reno where a bunch of chasers parked very near the Bear Cage (or in this case I think Shark Mouth more fitting). It was like a UFO from Close Encounters, and the thing just kind of got into gear and started moving over towards them, causing a fair bit of panic. Most beautiful eerie sinister thing that eventually turned into a monster. Nice visibility at that point, with no rain in the area. I think the chasers had no idea how unpredictable that tornado was going to be, and the atmosphere was like they were setting up a picnic, until that thing suddenly set off across the field in their direction.
This video was exactly what I was looking for. I live in Oklahoma.
Thanks very much Skip, that really filled in some gaps - I really haven't seen anything else on tying storm structure to what you are seeing as a spotter - even the simple idea of showing the view, and then the orientation and position of the car, makes things so much clearer.
This is hands down one of the best training videos there is!
Excellent instructional video. I learned a lot. Thank you.
At last a truly informative video that will teach me what I want to know. You have great knowledge Mr Talbot. I have watched other storm chasers drive around utterly bemused by a Whale Tooth ("What the heck is that? etc). I'm in the UK, I would love to see a tornado, and the idea of catching a ride in a TIV, oh wow... Thank you
An awesome job Skip and Jenn, very informative, much better than any Skywarn course that I've ever seen. I'll be viewing this video to my storm chasing crew as I will have all new members. quite frankly you got everything down I know with visual examples and the works in a 45 minute video. as far as directions go I got that covered as several of the storms you have chased my ugly ass was there in position usually not more than a few miles considering your general locations on your videos.
Bro I watched that Tornado in Henryville when I was in the 2nd grade from my house, it’s something I’ll never forget✊
wow incredible job on this video. i felt like i understand supercells on a whole new level. thanks for the great explanation.
Skip, for someone who is brand new to this adventure I want to thank you. I have been looking for something of this caliber for a long time. This provided some much needed basics to learning a safe way for chasing. And understanding what is actually going on and what you are looking at. Thank you, thank you.
This is one of the most informative and understandable videos on spotting storms. Just priceless!
Great lesson!
I'm waiting for more :D Saddly in Poland we have not often tornadoes, but I'm waiting for the day I can catch one of this monsters :D
Living legend. Super informative. Supplemented my SkyWarn training with your videos. Thank you.
Hey Skip!! I liked the last part of your video. The Bowdle SD tornadic event. Uhh I grew up around the Bowdle SD area! In fact, Bowdle and my ht are in the same county. Edmunds County, I know the area WELL. As for non-paved (aka dirt) roads, Yep you're right. NCSD, the gravel roads, WET gravel roads mud over and are in no condition to drive on. (18yrs worth of PERSONAL driving experience) I thank you for virtually taking me home! OH now you see why I say that I got into the spotting thing extremely early like at 5yrs old. The sky was my limit!! 😎😁💖
Thank you for posting. Very helpful for us that live in tornado alley.
The way you said vorticity noodles made me laugh. It's such an odd name but it works so well.
Great work as always Skip, thanks for sharing. As a fascinated storm lover this information enables me to appreciate and understand from afar.
This should be mandatory for any. chaser classes. Brilliant! Thank you Skip
Very well dissected and displayed for us to understand. Thank you. I shouldn’t forget (hopefully) some of the signs and features you have pointed out as precursors to tornadoes thanks to your excellent videography.
THANK YOU SKIP...!! Your time & effort to help ppl to recognize what is really happening and where to spot the real danger....you are helping to save & protect lives. This is an amazing Gift. Vert well done. Appreciate what you have done for us all..!!
Just became a spotter on 12APR. Love this video! Still very relevant.
Thank you for this upload. I learned so much and now know what to look for in a thunderstorm.
This was most definitely the best video I've ever seen on this topic!! Exciting and educational!
I am not a storm chaser or a meteorologist but I still love this video.
Nicely done and very informative. This is what I've been looking for to enhance storm spotter training I received. I will be showing this to my wife, son, and daughters (who are storm spotter qualified too). Thanks for putting this together.
Very cool, yeah, I have been looking for videos like this, I feel a lot of people would enjoy it.
I may not actively storm chase but I do like to photograph distant thunderstorms especially at sunset
Watching videos like this can help me and others know when its to dangerous to continue, but usually I'm miles away usually at a local park on the lake and I know the backroads well enough to escape in all directions if need because every so often I do get taken by surprise
Great lecture Skip. I've learned more from this one video than I have from any other tutorial, something that I can find useful in the field, if I ever make my move from Oregon.......
hahaha hahaha. But seriously , this is something that I'd Really like to do. I'm at the end of my bucket list so to speak and this will help save my life.😇
Thanks for posting this! I'm starting my fifth year chasing this spring but I still learned a ton from this here.
Skip, this is an awesome video. I really appreciate it. Living in central Texas, we see all kinds of storms, but I never knew what to look for to determine if any of them would produce tornadoes. Your video has given me some guidelines to follow. Thanks a lot.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!!! NICE FREAKING JOB! 👍👍👍
Just what I needed to put together all the pieces parts! Thank you!
I learned from reed timmer that if a tornado is not moving from side to side than its coming straight at you.
Herrrrres JHONNY
@@donaldchadd7622 no no no
"here's TWISTY!"
@@pidgeydoodles7549 yea that's more like it
Hey... Thank you Skip for putting this out... While I am definitely not a storm chaser spotter or anything like that I am a trucker who routinely drives through the prairies and Dixie Alley quite a bit... Around late February through May our occasionally watch one of these videos or several just to keep myself sharp and know what to look for... But this video in my humble opinion is more informative than a lot of storm spotter classes which I've watched bits and parts of online... Especially the zoo segment you did... Very very informative and dumbs it down for idiots like me lol.... Again thank you for putting this out and it's hard to believe we're coming up on 10 years since that fateful day in El Reno 😔 keep doing what you doing and perhaps someday run into you on the road somewhere... Cheers for now 😎🍻
Fantastic laymans presentation of tornado structure and formation. Thanks.
Great video!
The band of low level clouds feeding into the supercell at 44:40 could be the "stream-wise vorticity current" seen in the simulations from Leigh Orf. The horizontally oriented vorticity from the forward front outflow boundary is ingested by the updraft, gets stretched and intensifies. At ground level that creates the tornado condensation funnel.
Best video and worth every minute. Many rewinds too!!
Very impressive work. You've covered a ton of info here!
Thank you for creating this excellent, informative video. Tons of useful info!
Awesome video, Skip! But that is no surprise coming from the Tornado Superman. And the fact that this is just a hobby for you is even more amazing.
SkyWardDude Great video.
Ive never heard of the Horseshoe trait but looking back I know I've seen it countless times. Good stuff dude. This will really help for next time(s)
This is phenomenal
Well done and highly instructive, even for the novice...thank you so much!
@ 18:15
The Tupelo tornado happened in my hometown. It was how I'd like to describe as " a rain wrapped carousel of 4-5 suction vortices, dancing around core"
I've chased a few tornadoes in this area and I've noticed that tornadoes in Dixie Alley, tend to take on this form.
That was well done and very interesting! The horseshoe in the updraft column I have seen in many pictures and videos and I have seen how tornadoes will form on the curling end of that. Anyone who wants to chase or storm spot needs to watch this for sure and I would highly recommend it too. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there
Wow! Just woow! I Never watched an informative videos about tornado like this. I learnt a loooooooot. I feel more comfortable after I watched the video. Thanks a lot.
I wish you knew how much I reference this video. I send it to folks all the time who are new to chasing.
Thanks for this info! Watching streams right now and the stuff i learned in the video went a massive way in my understanding and looking at this
That car driving, at what appears, out of the tornado at 40:11 is priceless.
Very very informative. I enjoyed watching this and I learned so much. Good luck on future chases and stay safe man.
30:30 After listening to the dates of tornadoes, I just realized how lucky I was. So on May 24, 2021, I left NC with my wife and we drove to Palo Alto, CA over the course of 4 days. I was in OK, the Pan Handle of TX, etc, and luckily only had one storm we went through the entire trip, and that was in OK. Luckily I drove back to NC in February so no worries there.
This was a great video and taught me a lot of terms I didn't know.
Excellent job. I agree in that this was more informative some storm spotting classes.
This is very helpful information, Skip. Well done. Be safe everyone.