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Author: Mark Ellinwood

Operational Meteorologist at WeatherBug (Earth Networks). See full bio.
Chasecation 2017, Day 5: How low flow can you go?

Chasecation 2017, Day 5: How low flow can you go?

We found the storms of the day in North Dakota today, which produced some interesting structure and lightning.
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2017, Day 4: Where all the storms at?

Chasecation 2017, Day 4: Where all the storms at?

With little to no storm action in sight today, we headed north to get in position for Friday's chase.
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2017, Day 3: Blobfest yields okay day

Chasecation 2017, Day 3: Blobfest yields okay day

We were not expecting much from today, but we did not get our wish of a happy mesoscale accident.
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2017, Day 2: Just trying to not bust

Chasecation 2017, Day 2: Just trying to not bust

Today we ventured into Kansas to see if we could find the least mundane storm of the day.
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2017, Day 1: Positioning for Tuesday

Chasecation 2017, Day 1: Positioning for Tuesday

We used today as another travel day to get ourselves ready for chasing on Tuesday.
Mark Ellinwood
Chasecation 2017, Day 0: On the road again

Chasecation 2017, Day 0: On the road again

The U.S. Tornadoes crew is REUNITED for 2017! We leave MD today to begin our ~2 week journey to wherever…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 23-29, 2017

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 23-29, 2017

For late May, it's harder to get quieter than this. Aside from Friday and Saturday, tornado threats over the next…
Mark Ellinwood
U.S. Tornadoes on the WeatherBrains podcast!

U.S. Tornadoes on the WeatherBrains podcast!

Last night, James and Mark were guests on WeatherBrains, a podcast dedicated to talking about all things weather.
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 18-24, 2017

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 18-24, 2017

Today and Friday will be active across the Plains and into the western Midwest, with dozens of tornadoes possible.
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 16-22, 2017

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 16-22, 2017

Fairly strong tornado potential today through Thursday before a much quieter pattern takes over this weekend into early next week.
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 11-17, 2017

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 11-17, 2017

Aside from today, it looks fairly quiet through the weekend. Then things start to pick up at the start of…
Mark Ellinwood
Tornado Threat Forecast: May 9-15, 2017

Tornado Threat Forecast: May 9-15, 2017

A slow-but-steady mid-May tornado threat appears to be in the works, mostly favoring the normal May targets of the central…
Mark Ellinwood

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