~ Early Web Links ~

Bill Gargan has documented his storm chasing adventures year by year from 1991 through 2025, creating a detailed personal archive of decades on the road pursuing severe weather. The site offers a rare long-term firsthand account of the storm chasing hobby, with annual chase logs and links to fellow chasers in the community.

Lowell Highlands Weather is a personal weather station site for Lowell, Massachusetts, delivering live temperature, humidity, wind, and barometric readings powered by WeeWX software. Beyond real-time gauges, the site offers an impressive array of resources including historical climate data, radar and satellite imagery, tropical storm tracking, and local astronomy almanac information.

TwisterData.com is a meteorological data tool built in 2008 by storm chasers David Demko and Donald Giuliano, offering RAP, NAM, and GFS weather model forecasts with detailed atmospheric parameters like CAPE, hodographs, helicity, and sounding data. Designed with a clean, data-first philosophy, it pulls from NOAA datasets and is especially valuable for storm chasers, meteorologists, and serious weather enthusiasts who need raw model output without distractions.

Meteorologist Tony Laubach has documented his storm chasing adventures since 1997, with detailed chase logs spanning from the early 2000s all the way through 2026, including tornado intercepts and TWISTEX-era events. The site is a remarkable long-running record of a professional storm chaser's career, covering tornadoes, tropical weather, and celestial events alongside a regularly updated blog.

Run by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this site provides real-time satellite-based analysis tools and data products for tracking and studying tropical cyclones worldwide. Researchers and weather enthusiasts alike will find an impressive suite of tools including intensity estimation algorithms, microwave imagery composites, and a full archive covering Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific storm basins.

Stormgasm is the storm chasing hub of Jim Bishop, Juston Drake, and Simon Brewer, featuring dramatic tornado videos, supercell photography, hurricane footage, and storm chase galleries. Visitors can browse or purchase stock footage from real-world chases across Tornado Alley, making it a go-to resource for weather enthusiasts and filmmakers alike.

Maintained by storm chasers Michael Bath and Jimmy Deguara, Australia Severe Weather is a comprehensive archive of severe weather photography, storm chasing reports, tornado and waterspout pictures, and tropical cyclone tracking maps covering Australian weather events. With over 35,000 photographs, timelapse webcam videos, flood history records, and storm chasing news, it serves as a serious reference for anyone fascinated by extreme Australian weather.

StormDig is storm chaser James Hammett's personal site documenting over 15 years of severe weather pursuits, featuring detailed storm accounts of tornadoes, supercells, and hail events dating back to 2003. Visitors can explore chase maps, video footage, equipment specs, an aurora monitor, and a glossary, making it a richly detailed record of one dedicated chaser's adventures.

Jeremy Perez's Cerulean Arc is a detailed storm chasing blog featuring firsthand summaries of tornado intercepts and severe weather events across the American Southwest and Great Plains, stretching back to 2009. Each entry combines narrative field accounts with meteorological analysis, road network strategy, and storm photography, making it a compelling read for weather enthusiasts and chasers alike.

A community message board dedicated to hurricane tracking and tropical weather forecasting, covering Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific storm systems. Members discuss current tropical cyclones, share National Hurricane Center updates, and maintain seasonal archives dating back through multiple hurricane seasons.