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ThorntonWeather.com sneak peek – Storm Chasers episode 3 preview

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The three stars from Storm Chasers: Sean Casey - TIV Chief and Champion Storm Chaser, Dr. Josh Wurman - Research Meteorologist, and Reed Timmer - TVN Lead Storm Chaser, Meteorologist

A little birdie with the Discovery Channel popped in with a surprise for me and for ThorntonWeather.com readers – a sneak peek at this coming Sunday’s episode of Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers! 

For those that haven’t seen the show, it is must see TV, even if you aren’t much into weather.  The show chronicles a team of storm chasers as they crisscross the Great Plains hunting tornadoes.  They have an array of high tech gagetry at hand to help them in their chase to further our understanding of the storms including the TIV – Tornado Intercept Vehicle.  The TIV’s primary function?  To drive into a tornado! 

The third episode’s summary says:

Storm Chasers
Mutiny on the Plains
Sunday, Nov 02 at 10:00 pm E/P on Discovery Channel
Tensions mount between Sean and Josh, as Reed offers to chase with the TIV. Reed chases a risky nighttime tornado into the hills of Arkansas, while Sean and Josh return to Greensburg, Kansas one year after a twister nearly wiped the town off the map.

Without further ado, ThorntonWeather.com’s sneak peak of the episode.  In this scene small pieces of debris fall from the sky after meteorologists Danny and Aaron track down a funnel cloud in Rock Valley, Iowa.

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ThorntonWeather.com junior stormchaser chases tornado for 7News

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ThorntonWeather.com junior stormchaser Bobby pursued a tornado in Weld County yesterday and provided live reports for 7News.  Watch the video below (you may need to turn up the sound due to a lot of background noise).

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The DOW - Doppler On Wheels - as seen on Storm Chasers.
The DOW - Doppler On Wheels - as seen on Storm Chasers.

🙂  Okay, so maybe not but it still is kind of fun.  This was taken yesterday at NCAR’s Super Science Saturday in Boulder.  Channel 7 was there with their “24 / 7 Weather Experience” which was a lot of fun as it gives folks a small taste of what goes into a weather broadcast.  Unfortunately Mike Nelson, author of our favorite weather book, wasn’t there when we were but this was probably the highlight of the day up at NCAR for the kids.

There was also a bit of a celebrity there too as Justin Walker from Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers TV show was there with their Doppler On Wheels (DOW) truck – a mobile radar vehicle.  Justin serves as one of the team members from the Center for Severe Weather Research that chases the storms.  He in particular is tasked with placing scientific probes in the path of the tornadoes.  We got to spend a good bit of time chatting with Justin about their chases this past tornado season and in particular the ones in the north central Kansas area where a good bit of my family lives.  He had some fascinating anecdotes to share about the storms, in particular the one that struck near Glen Elder, KS.

Bobby with Justin Walker of Storm Chasers.
Bobby with Justin Walker of Storm Chasers.

For those that didn’t make it up there, you really missed a great opportunity for kids to learn more about not only the weather but also things like energy, the environment and more.

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Storm Chasers premieres tomorrow night – New promo video released

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Our favorite show, Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers, premieres its second season tomorrow, October 19th.  We of course have touted this show before and cannot say enough good things about it.  The new season chronicles the tornado hunters’ as they chase storms across the plains this past summer.  The season was record breaking in the number of tornadoes and the number of deaths and the Storm Chasers team was right in the thick of it. 

Be sure to check out the show if you can.  Here is a new trailer to help get you excited.

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Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers to premiere October 19th

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Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers

Just announced!  The Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers second season will premiere on Sunday, October 19th.  For those that haven’t seen this show before, it is absolutely incredible as you follow a group of chasers trying to – literally – drive into a tornado.  As you know, the 2008 tornado season was one for the record books and the Storm Chasers team was right in the thick of it.  I will be watching with great interest as they spent a lot of time in north central Kansas right where my family is from. 

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