Christmas doe

You forgot scud, mammatus and roll clouds. It was always fun to see the panic those caused.
WarrenMN

People always ask why I didn’t become a weatherman. I guess it is because I wouldn’t be covering severe thunderstorms on a daily basis. However, I did look into this back in the days it was ham radios and I wasn’t to excited about that. I live close to Burnsville and they utilize cell phones now, so I might check it out.

I’ve seen one tornado touchdown in my life, the ’86 Fridley tornado.

Listening to WCCO yesterday, I was amazed that they don’t screen the calls, because most people have no clue. Yesterday it was really apparent people don’t know the difference between a wall cloud and a gust front. But then half the calls were by people who did seem fairly knowledgeable and didn’t jump to irrational conclusions. The best part was when a trained spotter chimed in and assured people that they were not even seeing a wall cloud (he was in Maple Grove looking at the same cloud formation).

I could probably go to the class with my nephew who calls me (usually too late) about storms, because he really wants to get into storm chasing. I’ve never been a hardcore chaser. Usually I’ll follow one once it passes where I am at, but I’ll never get up and drive to western Minnesota to follow a squall across the state. The closest I came to seeing anything chasing was one was a small funnel that never amounted to anything. Followed it from Blaine to White Bear.

Misidentification of clouds is one pet peeve of mine as well. Here are a couple more. People who see a storm and wonder if it is heading there way will say, “What way is the wind blowing”. The other is when they look straight up and see clouds moving in different directions at different levels and call that rotation.

I don’t think I need to chase storms…I have a black cloud that follows me.

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I don’t think I need to chase storms…I have a black cloud that follows me.

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I find the occasional shower helps.

I was referring to…you.

Hey!
Weren’t you the one in the Peanuts comic? Pigpen I think???

Just getting ready to hit the River with Critter and Aaron..Maybe see you and your dark cloud out there!

…and you were the one pulling the football out from Charlie Brown.

I’m out with Brad “Grifter” Juaire. I hope he doesn’t giggle when I go over the waves.

I think BrianK is more the Joe BTFSPLK type. I preferred it when it was more ham radio, we had tight group down at Winona and when I was helping out at UND’s Severe Weather Analysis Center. Some time I’d dispatch and some time spot, which was more exciting, but I should have never let them talk me into taking meteorology classess on top my other two majors. Ended up never finishing any of them. But I did learn a lot. Great place to send your kids to school.

http://www.und.edu/spotlights/leonosborne.html

Leon’s a great teacher. I was about 30 when I went back to school and got more out of it than the kids I think being the same age as Leon and some of the other professors.
One time when I was when spotting after dark, which we didn’t suggest for most, looking north towards town while parked up at Wilson by I90 above Winona, I watched this big black “utter” pass in front of me with ever lightning flash.
I quit when I moved back up here and started watching out for the parents. Never know, maybe I’ll get back into it now.

WarrenMN

Your age is showing Warren.

Present #1 – getting to go hunting on Christmas day.
Present #2 – a nice fat doe.
Merry Christmas to me. Doesn’t get much better than that.

Congrats

Nice gifts, congrats man

Lots of snow Good job

Congrats on the Late Season Doe.

Great job!

Nice gift, complete with the green bow on it’s ear

Congrats on a late season kill, conditions have to be pretty tuff

nice!!! good job a late season doe

congrats!

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congrats!

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X2! Nicely done!

Nice job on your doe!

What a great memory! Congrats!