Welcome to Titan U
Titan U was originally founded in 2011 as a resource for beginner storm chasers and storm spotters. In 2015, the effort was expanded with the goal of teaching weather to anyone who might be interested with the emphasis still on people at the entry and intermediate levels of learning.
Our goal with this resource is to teach those who seek to learn more about the dynamic atmosphere a bit more about what’s going on when storms happen. The hope is that those who pass through these virtual doors find joy and feel empowered with information.
We hope you enjoy these resources as much as we’ve enjoyed creating them.
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Storm Chase Cases
Go from forecast to chasing the storm and get the inside scoop on critical decisions and forecast strategies in this new series of Titan U videos.
Storm Anatomy Guides
Storm Anatomy Diagrams are one of our favorite features in Titan U. These videos literally diagram storm structure and discuss how the structure informs storm behavior. Check them out!
Storm Chase Forecasting
Learn the basics on how to forecast for a storm chase in this section!
Weather FAQs
A place where your burning weather questions get answered! Have a question you want to ask? Use our contact form!
Storms 101
Learn the basics of how storms work in this section!
Storm Preparedness
Stay ahead of the game with these simple lessons on how to stay informed and safe when severe weather threatens!
The Latest Titan U Posts
How I position around storms to get great photos of supercells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcATU3Rc8tM Storm chasing is a giant game of chess. There are so many decisions I have to make when it comes to chasing storms to get in good position for photos and videos — from road networks to storm mode to storm speed, goodness me! But what if I told you, that despite all of…
What happened? How Two Severe WX Setups Underperformed Expectations
Both October 10 and October 12 saw big severe weather risks introduced over the Great Plains. On both days, the possibility of long-tracked, strong tornadoes was discussed and on both days that threat largely failed to materialize (at least in the highest outlook areas!). What happened? I personally didn’t chase either day — though I…
The Build Up To A Tornado
Just about every chase season, I get to see a supercell do something terrible and miraculous all at once: produce a tornado. The build up to a tornado in most supercells is pretty predictable. How a tornado forms is just incredible to witness. Check out the video we recently posted highlighting four steps of the…
Forecasting the Chase (With Skew-Ts and Hodographs)
Cameron Nixon is BACK with another mind-blowing talk about how to forecast the chase with skew-Ts and hodographs. This lesson covers a lot of ground and if you are still a novice to skew-Ts and hodographs there are plenty of lessons (linked below) to get you up to speed. Also, this lesson is a prequel…
How to Read a Tornado Watch Like a Pro
Did you know that not all tornado watches are made equal? In fact, tornado watches are issued with enhanced products attached to them like probabilities of different severe weather as well as extended information about the threats of the day. In this video, I’ll walk you through tornado watch text and products and explain how…
What a Tornado Looks Like on Radar — March 13, 2021 Radar Breakdown
For wx enthusiasts just getting into the habit of watching severe weather events on radar, discerning a tornadic vs. a non-tornadic circulation on radar can be quite tricky at first. To help you along, we’ll show a few examples from a cyclic tornado producing supercell in the Texas Panhandle from the March 13, 2021 tornado…
Grungy Rocketships – A Tale of March // Storm Anatomy Guide (March 13, 2021)
Whoa! We got a storm chase in this last weekend so let’s get some new content going shall we? Today we’re breaking down the supercell we saw which produced a few brief tornadoes before it outran us on the sparse Texas Panhandle road network. Our initial view of this storm is more distant, which is…
Boom or Bust: A Saga of the Cap vs. High Instability – Storm Chase Case
When it is Prime Time on the Plains, the instability cranks up and the atmosphere’s potential is maxed out. For today’s storm chase case, that was absolutely the case. Today we’re going to Northern Oklahoma on May 25, 2016 — the same day as the Chapman EF4 tornado in Northern Kansas. This secondary target, where…
The ULTIMATE companion app to radar for storm chasing?! | Satsquatch Demo
I’ve been using an app called ‘Satsquatch’ for the past few weeks and I am falling in love with it. I believe this app is the ultimate companion app to a radar app such as RadarScope or RadarOmega for storm chasers. Two reasons why I’m loving this app: 1)The satellite views are really nice. I’ve…
Five Weather Apps or Websites for Beginner Storm Trackers
Want to know the apps or websites we use to track down storms? Then this video is absolutely the video for you! There are numerous weather apps on the market, and also numerous weather radar apps. The simple truth is, you might not be using the best app to track weather — but this video…
Storm Chase Case: Night of the Creepy Twisters
Chasing at night is REALLY difficult — especially compared to daytime chases. When that night chase happens in November in a low CAPE, high shear environment? Buckle up! The November 16, 2015 Tornado Outbreak across the Texas Panhandle into SW Kansas is one of the most prolific tornado outbreaks of the last decade on the…
High Plains supercell grows upscale into a line of storms (360 Video)
Storms are dynamic things! That is one of the most important lessons you can learn about storm observation. This video follows the progress of storms over about 1 hour in Northeast New Mexico. We begin with a supercell that has begun to weaken and end with a developed line of storms. That’s right, we go…
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