Daily Rating:

1 = no significant weather spottet - nicht viel Wetter gesehen
2 = well, it was rather interesting, weatherwise - war wettermässig doch ganz interessant
3 = a very good day with tons of thunder/hail/lightning - ein sehr guter Tag mit viel Gewitter/Blitz/Hagel-Action
4 = extreme severe weather/rotating supercells/big hail spotted - extreme Entwicklungen/Rotationen/Grosshagel gesehen
5 = well developed tornado or giant hail spotted - gut ausgebildeten Tornado/Riesenhagel gesehen

30.04.2015 Intro

06.05.2015 Zürich - Dallas TX: Travel into Tornado Alley

07.05.2015 Denton, TX - Wichita Falls, TX: First chasing of storms south of Red River

08.05.2015 Wichita Falls, TX - Ardmore, OK: Very active thunderstorm at Red River

09.05.2015 Ardmore, OK - Eastland, TX: Violent tornado south of Cisco

10.05.2015 Eastland, TX - Burnet, TX: Poorly structured HP lightning monster

11.05.2015 Burnet, TX - Carrizo Springs, TX: More thunder and lightning in the south

12.05.2015 Carrizo Springs, TX - Eagle Pass, TX: Quiet day, repositioning to Rio Grande

13.05.2015 Eagle Pass, TX - Sonora, TX: Lightning in the morning and evening, dirty short cut

14.05.2015 Sonora, TX - Hereford, TX: Low end severe but beautiful storms in western Texas

15.05.2015 Hereford, TX - Burlington, KS: Long drive north to Nebraska, average storms

16.05.2015 Burlington, KS - El Reno, OK: Morning convection messes with our I-70 target

17.05.2015 El Reno, OK - Lamesa, TX: Relaxed drive southwest towards Pecos area

18.05.2015 Lames, TX - Odessa, TX: Great chase of Pecos supercell

19.05.2015 Odessa, TX - Snyder, TX: Bust at triple point feature in north Texas

20.05.2015 Snyder, TX - Fort Stockton, TX: Cold front triggers storms which are not visible

21.05.2015 Fort Stockton - Alamogordo, NM: Photogenic storm at White Sands

22.05.2015 Alamogordo, NM - Roswell, NM: Ufo sight seeing and late night thunderstorm

23.05.2015 Roswell, NM - Abilene, TX: Linear storms produce red dust and shelf cloud

24.05.2015 Abilene, TX - Merkel, TX: Cumulus cloud that fights against dry air

25.05.2015 Merkel, TX - Corsicana, TX: Riding a line of storms from early on

26.05.2015 Corsicana, TX - Stephenville, TX: Got on a rotating high precip monster storm

27.05.2015 Stephenville, TX - Merkel, TX: Stay south on other storms, miss tornadoes further north

28.05.2015 Merkel, TX - Dublin, TX: Last great storm that gets undercut by cold air too fast

29.05.2015 Dublin, TX - Dallas, TX: Sight seeing in Dallas, tomorrow heading home to Switzerland

30.05.2015 Dallas, TX - Zirich, Switzerland: Arrived home after one bumpy and one quiet flight

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