Shear Review: The Chase Archive with Cameron Nixon

Join Kyle Gillette and Cameron Nixon as they unveil the Chase Archive—a comprehensive project by the storm chasing community, for the community. Discover how you can contribute to this pioneering database that aims to enhance storm chasers’ experiences, from analyzing past weather events to improving forecast accuracy and chaser safety.

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00:00 Welcome to Storm Chasing Podcast

01:07 Introducing the Chase Archive

02:15 Building a Community

05:59 Chase Archive’s Potential and Features

11:37 Chaser Safety and Data Utilization

16:14 Current State and Future Plans

20:36 How You Can Contribute

23:57 Closing Remarks

In this special episode of the Storm Chasing Podcast, host Kyle Gillette is joined by Cameron Nixon to unveil a groundbreaking new project for the storm chasing community: Chase Archive. The Storm Chasing Podcast delves deep into how this archive will be a comprehensive, user-driven collection of storm chase data, helping chasers analyze past events to better plan future chases. Chase Archive will allow users to contribute their chase experiences, including everything from tornado intercepts to supercells and lightning events, with a focus on collecting environmental data, photos, and videos.

Cameron shares his vision of making storm chasing more efficient by using past storm data to predict the conditions that lead to successful chases. Whether you’re looking for massive HP supercells or photogenic LP motherships, Chase Archive aims to provide insights into storm environments, helping chasers refine their strategies and improve safety. The archive will also include both successful and failed chases, ensuring a complete dataset for analysis.

The Storm Chasing Podcast highlights the collaborative nature of Chase Archive, where every chaser can contribute their experiences and findings, creating a valuable resource for the community. Listen to this episode to discover how this project can revolutionize storm chasing and learn how you can be part of this exciting citizen science initiative.