The World of Mike Mathia

Storm Chaser Feed

• Santa Enlist Help of StormChase.com Forecasters for Christmas Flight 2009
  We just received a high priority phone call at the StormChase.com forecasting center from the North Pole. It was Santa's lead elf meteorologist, Dr. Bouncy Sugar Socks. Poor little guy was freaking out!! It seems that Santa is very worried about the Christmas Eve forecast for supercells and possible tornadoes over parts of Oklahoma and Texas, as well as […]
• Florida Braces for Potentially Strong Winter Tornado Season
  At the possible expense of sounding “alarmist”, I am personally concerned over storm safety of Florida's seasonal winter residents. Having been one myself for several years now, I'm surprised at how many people invade the sub-tropical state each winter to escape the harsh cold air and winter storms of the Midwest, although I fully understand their […]
• Tornado Warning Rocks Southern Florida
  The National Weather Service in Miami, FL has issued what might just be the final tornado warning of 2009 at 10:27 EST Friday, December 18th.
• New Poster Print Available
  Due to (I'm not kidding) HUNDREDS of request for a poster print of our Hyannis Supercell panorama from May 20th ealier this year, I'm pleased to announce that we have put the amazingly gorgeous image in the inventory of our store on Zazzle.com. Buy direct from our Zazzle store and save, while also be able to immediately select from dozens of great […]
• Storm Chasing Lecture at Hamilton College
  Last week I had the honor of being invited to Hamilton College in upstate New York to give a lecture to a group of students and members of the community.
• Missing Boy and Colorado Balloon
  We’re dealing with a high volume of phone calls and emails at the moment due ...
• Russian Roulette in Tornado Alley
  My storm chasing tour guest come from all over the world and to a person who is visiting Tornado Alley for the purpose of chasing storms, they sometimes go home with the feeling that a person must be mad to live here. From their point-of-view, if the weather cooperates with the tour during their visitation - they'll see extreme weather at its best, or s […]
• Global Warming isn’t Cool
  Global Warming is big business. And no matter which side of the aisle you stand on you can point your finger at various companies and industries about their influence in shaping policies in regard to Global Warming. If you're a believer then you're going to point your finger at the oil and automobile industry and say they are trying to prevent the […]
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  Get ready for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs from Columbia Pictures and Sony Picture Animation! It will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book by Judi Barrett, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
• Southern States Receive Rain & Floods
  A slow moving system centered over Texas appears to not be in a hurry to go anywhere fast. The lingering system is bring rain and flooding to much of the southern states and even into the central plains. The Norman, OK WFO has issued Flood Watches for most of central Oklahoma as periods of heavy rain are dumping up to an inch per hour in some areas.