http://www.stormhighway.com Storm Highway Feed en-us http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/august3126a.php The summer months of July and August of 2026 were a fairly busy period for storms in the St. Louis area. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/july2626a.php On Sunday, July 26, the dewpoint at Lambert Airport reached 81F, setting the all-time record for that location. At 1PM, the dewpoint was 86F at Washington, Missouri (KFYG) and 85F at Scott AFB/MidAmerica Airport (KBLV), both potential records for those locations as well. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/june3026a.php Back in 2020, I put together an article detailing the (lack of) bicycle-safe commuting routes around Scott Air Force Base and O'Fallon, Mascoutah and Lebanon, specifically, the missing link of a safe way to cross the barrier of Silver Creek. Six years later, that missing link has been built! On June 27, the St. Clair County Transit District officially opened the latest extension to the MetroBikeLink trail system to MidAmerica Airport. This trail was built in tandem with the Metrolink light rail extension to the airport, paralleling the tracks from the Shiloh/Scott station to the airport. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/great-plains.php What a strange and remarkable spring this was! It was a much longer season that normal, with much of the action away from the typical areas. http://stormhighway.com/illinois-indiana-tornado-outbreak-june-11-2026.php I observed three tornadoes during a historic outbreak in northern Illinois and Indiana. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/may2626a.php As part of my larger page on the copyright infringement issue, I put together this calculator and data table to educate social media users how much money their posts earn for the platform, and how much is taken from creators when their videos are stolen. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/may2226a.php As we move into the climatological peak of tornado season - late May - things are not looking good for storm chasers virtually anywhere in the central United States. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/may1326a.php I've you've followed my chase forecast blog updates over the years, you know why I don't go very far beyond 7 days in terms of chase trip planning. That's because the springtime jet patterns over the USA are notoriously difficult to forecast very far in advance. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/may1026a.php Medium-to-long range models continue to paint a well-below-average picture of severe storm activity in the Great Plains and Midwest for as far out as we can reasonably forecast (roughly 10 days out). http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/april3026a.php March and April of 2026 were very active months for storms in the Midwest. Despite my limitations for chasing out of the area, I was able to observe and capture several memorable events. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/april2526a.php Another pair of classic Plains supercell tornado days looks to be on tap for today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) before the ejecting wave brings the final events of the sequence to the Midwest on Monday and Tuesday. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/april2026a.php Models continue to show a somewhat active pattern across the southern Plains and Mid-South as moisture and fast upper-level flow are colocated. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/april1326a.php We've had many discussions on Stormtrack about how much of the 1990-2010 era of storm chasing has vanished from the internet. This is happening as more and more chaser web sites go offline and modern-day chasers exclusively do little more than make fleeting posts on the unsearchable abyss of social media. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/april726a.php Models indicate a return to western upper troughing for at least 5 days starting this weekend, with attendant Gulf moisture return northward into the Great Plains. A sharpening dryline is shown by Sunday the 12th as the first of several shortwaves ejects out over the Plains/Midwest http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march2326a.php Peak tornado season is finally upon us here in the Plains and Midwest. As anticipated a week ago, we're entering a brief active interval as a couple of shortwave troughs eject across the country over returning Gulf moisture. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march2326a.php As we advance another week into March, the first days of April are beginning to move into the 10-day window of reasonable long-range forecasts. http://stormhighway.com/blog2026/march1726a.php As is often the case with early active severe weather patterns, we'll 'pay for it' with an extended period of downtime afterward. http://stormhighway.com/kankakee-illinois-tornado-march-10-2026.php I observed four tornadoes from Pontiac, Illinois to near Knox, Indiana on Tuesday, March 10, including a significant tornado on the south side of Kankakee.