Welcome!

I have chance to either go on a tour in late April to early May in OKC or Denver in early June. Which would you go with for a shot an epic tornado chase experience?

Hello, It’s always been a dream of mine to go storm chasing. I used to watch twister and the weather channel on repeat as a kid and just grew up being so fascinated with weather. I wanted to go to college to be a meteorologist and my life didn’t allow me to do that at the time of my college days.. over the past year, I’ve been doing a lot of research and educating myself on storm chasing. Safety, radar readings, tornados and the atmosphere, really just a lot of things. Some random and some definitely needed. Trying to prepare myself as much as possible before i just get out there!

My question today is, before starting this hobby/journey, i wanted to buy a radio to keep in touch with people on the road… I’ve don’t some research on this but very minimal so far but so many articles and websites have given me such different answers.

Which is the best kind of radio to use for storm chasing? Ham radio or CB radio ?

I’m looking to get a new chase vehicle that’s on the cheaper side, really the main things I’m looking for is a slightly bigger vehicle such as a truck or SUV, 4WD, something reliable, and hopefully something that can at least go 90 to get out of sketchy situations, I don’t plan on putting myself into bad spots but it’d be good to have a vehicle that can get me out of a pickle. I’ve looked at getting an XJ for a while now but the 4th Gen C/Ks and 1st Gen Silverados are newer to me.

And if y’all have any other vehicles recommendations that fit the criteria I’d love to hear from y’all. Thanks guys!

So I want to be a storm chaser and I’ve wanted to be one for a very long time. I just don’t know how to start or how long it would take to make actual money.

Any tips or tricks would be great.

Hi everyone, I'm a content creator from the Netherlands. You can checkout my channel here: https://www.youtube.com/darrellsteg

For a new video I want to go Tornado chasing and i'm looking for a guide or a group of people with a lot of experience to chase a tornado haha, if anyone is interested let me know!

I have pro tier 2 but I cant get satellite products. Could it be cause im using them on my phone?

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Hey guys, I have a question, putting a chase car together as old one died. This time around I am looking to put a mobile mesonet like set up. Also cb with nws is going in it and 2m as well (I'm a licensed ham kd5kzv) amber light bar, we boost, 4 k security cameras pointed skyward in all directions, a laptop mount and laptop. Most of this is not hard to find. But what I am having trouble with is finding the past for my mobile mesonet. Where on gods green earth do I find those?

Disclaimer: This post/question isn't meant to be inflammatory, accusative, or political. Sorry in advance for the long post.

So just to start, I am a 22 yo black guy who lives in Western New York. I have always been interested in meteorology, storm chasing/spotting, and weather since I was a kid. I took a break from it when I took up other career interests when I got to high school, but after the Rolling Fork tornado became re-interested in the field and haven't looked back since.

I've always wanted to chase a storm, no matter how big or small. This past spring/summer giving us our record for most tornadoes in NY only increased my interest. Problem was I never had a car, until last month. Now that I do, I want to make that goal a reality.

I plan to go to storm spotter training in about a week with future plans to go back to college to study meteorology.

Now the actual question, should I have to worry or be cautious about being a black dude chasing in the Midwest and rural states? I live in a rural area currently and while most folks are well-meaning and friendly, many aren't - and that's with being in NY.

I'm sure many people wouldn't care, but I want to start chasing storms next year and it's just something that in the back of my mind. Any possible advice? Info I should know? Gear and equipment I need?

Again, I'm not being accusatory (I don't even want to use the r-word), I just know people can be dipsh*ts. I just want to do something that I am passionate about without being harassed. I want anyone to comment and let me know their thoughts. Please don't incite arguments.