Chasing Low CAPE/High Shear Rocketships

Check out our new video detailing a chase in the Texas Panhandle this Spring!

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Heading into 2021, I felt so much uncertainty about the prospect of making a full storm chase season happen again. I had largely taken 2019 off due to some extreme burnout after a (successful) stint doing storms on TV. I wanted to chase again in 2020 but my job situation was complicated by the uncertainties of the pandemic.

So as we moved into 2021, I was certain I was going to chase again. I love storms. I love weather. I love the thrills of chasing. But how much? What would this look like now traveling from just outside of the Plains to chase my old stomping grounds? I WASN'T SURE!

Before I could get too far down the road of extreme introspection about all of this, mother nature decided it was just time to chase.

A big storm system was set to emerge onto the Plains in mid-March with an associated unseasonably high risk of tornadoes. This weekend setup was one I knew I had to give a shot to, despite the fact that storms were certainly going to be pretty ugly and fast-…