patrick7032 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Fellow chasers - I'm getting ready to purchase a new vehicle, preferably an suv. Any suggestions, looking for something with plenty of room that doesn't get god awful gas mileage. I have a Jeep Liberty 4 x 4 that is great for chasing. Handles great on wet roads, part time 4 wheel drive so you can do 70 or 80 np in 4 wheel (if you had to) and it wouldn't hurt it as the computer doesn't engage it until it detects differential "slipage"....works great when I have been chasing the back country and then you come across a debris area or muddy roads. Plenty of room inside (check with stebo he and I have chased in it many times) and the back seats fold down so if you were on a long hall switching drivers and the seat wasn't comfy enough you can fold down the read seats and throw an inflatable mattress in there and sleep on that. Gas mileage wise I get about 14 highway 19 city BUT I have the 04 model with the larger 3.7L. The newer models with the 2.2L get something like 19 city 26 highway. I definitely would recommend a Liberty as a chase vehicle. Compact yet good ground clearance.....4 x 4.... and the rear seats folding down all make it good for chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I have a Jeep Liberty 4 x 4 that is great for chasing. Handles great on wet roads, part time 4 wheel drive so you can do 70 or 80 np in 4 wheel (if you had to) and it wouldn't hurt it as the computer doesn't engage it until it detects differential "slipage"....works great when I have been chasing the back country and then you come across a debris area or muddy roads. Plenty of room inside (check with stebo he and I have chased in it many times) and the back seats fold down so if you were on a long hall switching drivers and the seat wasn't comfy enough you can fold down the read seats and throw an inflatable mattress in there and sleep on that. Gas mileage wise I get about 14 highway 19 city BUT I have the 04 model with the larger 3.7L. The newer models with the 2.2L get something like 19 city 26 highway. I definitely would recommend a Liberty as a chase vehicle. Compact yet good ground clearance.....4 x 4.... and the rear seats folding down all make it good for chasing. I actually test drove one, but I ended up purchased a 2011 Toyota Highlander. My chase team just scored a big media contract, so I wanted to hurry and get a new vehicle sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Got the new chase accounts from 4/9 and 4/10 up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 A few from the April 14 event in S OK: Structure in the early stages of the Atoka supercell's life (near Madill): Contrast-enhanced images of the Tushka/Atoka/Bruno tornado approaching US-69 (view from the SSE): Mind-blowing RFD cut immediately after the tornado devastated Tushka: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 A few from the April 14 event in S OK: Structure in the early stages of the Atoka supercell's life (near Madill): amazing meso and clear shot pictures, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 My chase buddy Jeremy got our vid from April 9th uploaded. Sorry about all the wind noise lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 My chase buddy Jeremy got our vid from April 9th uploaded. Sorry about all the wind noise lol. Thanks for posting the video. That is an awesome lightning show at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Thanks for posting the video. That is an awesome lightning show at the end. Thanks. The lightning has been spectacular with the early season chases so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Thanks. The lightning has been spectacular with the early season chases so far. Some of the best lightning displays I have seen. Hopefully we catch another tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Some of the best lightning displays I have seen. Hopefully we catch another tomorrow evening. Hopefully we'll be seeing more than just lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Here's my chase buddy Jeremy Ludin's writeup on the April 9th chase. His DSLR camera captured things a lot better than the video I took lol. http://www.furioussk...com/4_9_11.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 not a chase but was caught off guard while at work this morning around 4:40am with hail, some quarter size. sorry for low quality pics (dark + phone camera) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Our pictures from Western Illinois yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMIweather Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 No severe weather here in Norman, but I did get some nice photos of the storms that formed just to my south last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 ^ Well done... I drove all the way to TX to see similarly nice mammatus! Here are a few from the supercell which developed near SPS and seemed to propagate eastward quite slowly, due to lots of backbuilding and mergers with new updrafts. Lots of cool scenes, but ultimately not the best choice of storms, since one much closer to home (Byars) ended up putting down a few 'naders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMIweather Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 ^ Well done... I drove all the way to TX to see similarly nice mammatus! Here are a few from the supercell which developed near SPS and seemed to propagate eastward quite slowly, due to lots of backbuilding and mergers with new updrafts. Lots of cool scenes, but ultimately not the best choice of storms, since one much closer to home (Byars) ended up putting down a few 'naders. Nice pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapperman Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Dryline LPs in the Twin Cities metro last night (5/10). Couldn't decide which way to point the cam as the storm to my south was putting on the most incredible display of mammatus I have ever seen... Updraft on my storm really started cranking about the time it dropped a possible tor in St. Michael: We just don't see this kind of structure up here... This is as close as it got to producing anything while I was on it, probably just as it was crossing the warm front. Nice little RFD slot and a funnel that was spinning pretty good for about 5 minutes: In the meantime, to my south... What an amazing night, considering I didn't get off work until 6, was expecting a cap bust, and put a grand total of about 10 miles on the car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 great mammatus indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapperman Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Sorry Mods I put this in the April thread. Feel free to start a May thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ^ Well done... I drove all the way to TX to see similarly nice mammatus! Here are a few from the supercell which developed near SPS and seemed to propagate eastward quite slowly, due to lots of backbuilding and mergers with new updrafts. Lots of cool scenes, but ultimately not the best choice of storms, since one much closer to home (Byars) ended up putting down a few 'naders. After seeing those pics I decided to check out you website, and I must say, I'm extremely impressed. Pictures, chase accounts, and availability of maps and SPC reports for each day are all excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Probably should have just posted pics in this thread instead of the main event thread. Anyway, here's a few of my pics from today (or I guess yesterday now) west of Parnell Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 -a few photos from 05-21-11 near ulysses, ne (last one is a link to a short video) (video ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Not all that impressive, but here's a clip from our chase this past Sunday the 22nd. If I get time after work tomorrow I'll try to finish my account on my site and post the link here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Illinois Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Here's a couple Shelf Cloud pics I had taken when the leading edge of the squall line was just East of Decatur IL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Full chase long and pictures from last Sunday (5/22) are finished and uploaded to my website. http://qcweather.net/5-22-2011.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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