Vortex2

Many people who watch the Weather Channel know about Vortex2. Vortex2 (for those who don't know) is a group of people that in a nutshell.. chase tornadoes. The chase is well worth it though, for years many brave meteorlogists have been studying this crazy weather phenomena in order to figure out how it works, and how they can better forecast the conditions in which these "vortexes" occur.

Getting back to Vortex2, many "big names" on the Weather Channel such as Dr. Greg Forbes and Jim Cantore are involved (to name a few). So if you watch the Weather Channel at all, you would see these two as very important people. Well, funny thing is that one of Plymouth State's very own undergraguate students got the opportunity to work/study with Vortex2 over the summer! His name is Eddie Dixon, he is also a CA in Pemi this year I believe and he's a very well known person on campus. If I pointed him out to a PSU student, chances are, he/she would know who he is. So Eddie was a very lucky one to work over the summer on these Tornado projects and he also got to meet these "big names" on the Weather Channel. He also got to meet Dr. Wakimoto, the "tornado guy" that I mentioned in a previous post about the Northeastern Storm Conference I attended earlier this semester.

So whats actually going on in the world of Tornadoes right now you ask? Well, yesterday there was a huge multi-vortex Tornado outbreak. You can catch all the lateststories on weather.com right now. However, I would like to add in a link to a video and article written about Dr. Greg Forbes himself. The article explains the past and recent events of tornadoes and just how tremendous they really have been. We're off to a crazy start in terms of severe weather this spring! Forbes Tornado Article