Welcome!

My budget is anything under 650 ( needs to have a camera) and can withstand winds

I’m an ex portrait/equestrian photographer. I haven’t upgraded my equipment in about…you don’t wanna know how many years. I’ve got a Canon Rebel body and three lenses to choose from, which would you bring on a chase? 70-300mm, 50mm, 35mm. I have a lens hood and a tripod. Are these things I’ll want to bring or no? Thanks!

Reasons 4 and against.

I have seen Discovery Storm Chasers and Tornado Alley and am interested in watching the others does anyone know anywhere I can watch the others

https://preview.redd.it/h373evkzvgfe1.jpg?width=830&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5058e462cab55299c147e05b24e4640586a03879

Meso Station, the team that I own and operate, is making different probes. And no, they arent cardboard hunks of junk. And no, we are not government funded, this is solely for our own personal data. We will have certain probes that we are testing for future use. We are putting this system that takes Humidity/Temperature/Windspeed and other data, into certain weather systems. We want to see how they act using first hand gadgets and not reading off some wiki page. We will make a drop probe on our Dodge with a elevator system, a rocket probe, and a RC Probe. The Drop probe will be the easiest to make, a metal shell with lexan dome, and add the technical electronics into it. The Rocket probe will be the most fun but hardest to make as we need a set altitude so that its legal and doesnt break any FAA laws. And for hte final probe, it will be quite experimental as no one has done it, we will use a U.A.S or RC system that will be fitted with weight and such, to fly itself into the inflow band of a rotating system. ALL of these probes haven't been named, and we really need help making a name for them that suits them. Keep in mind, all of these probes will be multi purpose and not solely be for a certain specific weather event, but rather a variety.

I’m looking for someone (preferably in NC/TN/AR) who would be interested in chasing storms in Western Oklahoma and Kansas later this Spring. The goal would be to split both the driving and the costs of gas and lodging. I have a 2018 Ford Explorer almost fully setup for chasing. If you are also an amateur radio operator, we’re off to a good start there.

Shameless plug here. Here's a video I finally put together documenting the May 24, 2023 Grady, New Mexico storm.

https://youtu.be/ufOGCzsez9g?si=8GsCR_SJcl9AAfYC

I know this is kinda stupid but does anyone know where I can by a probe to deploy on a tornado? Preferably under $250 I have tried to make my own but found out the hard way that a wood base doesn't stop it from being flung