Welcome to my weather web site!! My name is Kevin Skow, a freelance weather photographer and videophotographer from the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN. I graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in atmospheric sciences in May of 2009 and currently work as a meteorological intern at the National Weather Service in Anchorage, AK. I have had a passion for the weather ever since my early childhood and have been photographing every conceivable weather phenomenon for over ten years.
I designed this site to showcase my best photos and videos in addition to my storm chasing stories and experiences. It is also intended to serve as a platform for storm chasers and the general public alike to access free live weather data for the Upper Midwestern states of MN, ND, SD, and WI (and soon the state of Alaska). Feel free to contact me with questions regarding this site or anything else relating to the weather. For more information on the site or me, see the About/Contact page. Enjoy!!
Photos
Videos
Land of the Midnight Sun
Anchorage, AK 12:40am July 9, 2010
Sunset Scenes over Cook Inlet
Anchorage, AK June 6, 2010
Follow along as I explore Alaska! The Chase Logs page has been redesigned to be more of a weather journal since I will obviously not be doing much storm chasing in Alaska. This page will serve as the place where I will post my photos of Alaskan weather and nature.
For Chase Logs from previous years, please visit the Storm Chasing Page
Case studies of various storms I have witnessed throughout my life using archived weather charts, upper air observations, radar/satellite data, photographs, storm reports, media stories, and my own personal accounts. I will not only cover storms that occurred prior to 2006 (when I began writing Chase Logs), but reanalyze more recent events using new data.
Latest News-
Research:
July 11, 2010: New entries have been posted to the Chase Logs section of the site for June and July, and I have also finished the entries from January to April.
In May of 2009, I completed my senior project that is required of all atmospheric science undergraduates graduating from the University of North Dakota. My project entailed constructing a severe weather climatology for the County Warning Areas of the Duluth and Grand Forks National Weather Service forecast offices. The results of this project were provided to both forecast offices to help aid in their understanding of local severe weather patterns.
Please Note: All of the live data (non-photo or video) on this site is supplied by NOAA or other private companies and may at times be inaccurate or not available.