Winter Storm
January 28 and 29, 2010 - It's unusual to get a winter storm event in Oklahoma that drags out over 36 hours.  Much of Oklahoma saw just that with freezing rain, sleet and some snow all occurring on the 28th... and mostly snow falling on the 29th.  In Okarche... the total for the event was 5.7 inches of frozen precipitation with a melt down of 1.34 inches. Gallery.

Severe Thunderstorms
April 4, 2010 - Late evening storms formed about 50 miles northwest of Okarche and tracked across portions of Blaine, Kingfisher, Major and Garfield Counties before moving into the north central part of the state.  Intense lightning allowed storm observing as if it was daytime - despite being well after sunset.  I also measured 1.65 inch hail four miles north of Loyal.

Texas Panhandle Tornadoes
April 22, 2010 - Severe thunderstorms produced at least 72 tornadoes from April 20 to April 25 / from Colorado to North Carolina.  I caught a couple of the April 22nd tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle - southeast of Groom.

A gallery that is dedicated to our efforts in the backyard/garden.

A page dedicated to the Okarche tornado of May 3, 1999.

2010 Perseid Meteor Shower - The Perseids this year were brilliant, due largely to minimal moonlight.  We observed 26 meteors between August 3rd and 9th in Oklahoma, and then 300 while on a trip to Arizona and Utah from August 10th to 13th.  222 of those came on the 13th while we were viewing from Natural Bridges, Utah.  The image at left (click on to enlarge) was taken on the 10th while in Alpine, Arizona.
July 12, 2010 Summer Lightning - An isolated severe thunderstorm dropped south through Dewey and Custer Counties in western Oklahoma.
July 10-11, 2010 - Vince Miller and I chased a couple of days in western Kansas and western Oklahoma... seeing decent storms both days.
June 6 to 10, 2010 - Five straight days of chasing that covered 2,417 miles across Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.  Nice storms were seen each day of the trip which ended with a couple of tornadoes from one of the best looking supercells I have ever seen near Last Chance, Colorado.
June 26, 2010 Partial Lunar Eclipse - Shots taken from just west of Okarche.

Texas Panhandle Severe Storms
May 18, 2010 - Gallery includes pictures of a couple of supercell storms in the Texas panhandle - both of which produced tornadoes.

Severe storms near the Kansas/Colorado border
May 25, 2010 - Doug Speheger and I chased in the far western part of Kansas and far eastern Colorado.  Several severe storms were seen including one very impressive supercell that moved at only about 5 M.P.H.