Welcome to Gaff's homepage.
Here are some links to my computer assignments from Synoptic Meteorology:

Meteogram script
OKC Meteogram from 26 JAN 04
Satelite loop from the March 4, 2004 Squaw line that almost produced some good supercells.
Computer Assignment 9 Overlays
Computer Assignment 12 Vorticity Loop
Computing Assignment 13 Lightning from 4/20/2004
Weather Links (more to come)
Storm Prediction Center
NWS Forecasts
NCAR-RAP
OU Weather Roundup
NexLab - College of DuPage
Storm Chasing Journal
March 27, 2004 So the first real chase day of the season was quite the chase. Not only was this the first chase of the season, but it was my first real chase as well thanks to Rachael and Bob for dragging me along. Not only did we get to see a tornado, but we got to see several other funnel clouds as well. On top of the awesome weather, we stumbled upon a huge fire in Kingfisher, OK. Some crazy redneck asked us if we were with Channel 9. After we informed him that we were not affiliated with them, he proceded to tell us that the building that was on fire was a theatre that had been around for about 500 years. Apparently Native Americans used to spend time at the movies when they weren't hunting buffalo. Other notable events on the trip include, but are not limited to: Red Dirt Roading and squishing hundreds of frogs because they were all over the road (we didn't mean to, really). Hopefully I can get some pics from people we were with. Next important purchase on the list is a digital camera, which is closely followed by a vehicle that is appropriate for storm chasing (I think I'd look nice in a 2 door Tahoe). And the list goes on...

Turns out 8 fire depeartments responded to that fire in Kingfisher, so I guess that makes it an eight alarm fire. Pretty intense.

 April 21, 2004 Second chase of season/ever was kind of a bust. No tornados at least. But it's ok. It's always fun driving around with friends. Today I rode along with Jake and Mary. Things we did see today include: a pretty cool rainbow, a few wall clouds, one crazy little updraft, and a whole lot of palious clouds (or I think that's what they're called, but I don't know how to spell it). We also saw quite a bit of hail, and only managed to get hit by a little bit. The hail we ran into was only pea size, so it wasn't anything too bad. I did see some crazy pictures on the news today of all the hail they got up in Oklahoma City. There were some places where the hail was so deep that cars got stuck in it kinda like snow, and some of it had to be plowed. I also heard that it did cause a few cars to slide off the road. Pretty crazy stuff. I'm just glad to say that my car made it through the day unscathed. Until next time...(hopefully tomorrow).

May 13, 2004 So today I went chasing with my friend, Brian, from home. We went out not necessarily because we were expecing to see great things, but because we both really had nothing better to do and we hoped we'd get lucky. The goal was to get to Witchita Falls and then call Mary, my hail-o-phobic nowcaster for the day. Well, we never made it to Witchita Falls because we got sidetracked by a little developing storm that was forming where there had been some clearing so I was hoping that there would be sufficient lifting. I was wrong, died out real quick. But then after a phone call from Mary we decided to go down towards Throckmorton County. Well, I don't think we ever did make it all the way before being distracted once again. This time it was by the cold front. We could see it pushing towards us, and it was really well defined in the clouds. It looked really cool, so we stopped for a photo op. Hopefully, the pictures will turn out good. After the pictures, all we did from then on was get into some heavy rain and a little hail, so we decided it was time to head home.
8hrs 390mi

My Resume (MSWord doc)