SIUE Geography and Geographic Information Sciences

05/29/2025

We had a great crew this year that saw some amazing sights and learned a lot about forecasting and chasing! Photos by Dr. Martinez

05/29/2025

On the last day of the chase, the crew saw multiple storm cells that combined that developed into a squall line. It produced three inch hail and several tornados were reported. The bottom left shows a funnel cloud we spotted that likely developed into a tornado while we were watching, though we couldn’t say for sure from that distance (bottom right is high contrast version).

05/28/2025

Yesterday the storm chasers were in New Mexico and saw mammatus clouds (caused by rapidly descending air in strong storms), a land spout tornado (bottom right photo) and about three epic supercells! Photos by Jo Schmidt, Laini Bommarito, and Dr. Martinez).

05/27/2025

Yesterday the team witnessed a rainbow in hail on the storm pictured here that reportedly produced five and a half inch hail!! The chase continues today… 🌈⛈️

05/26/2025

Yesterday, the crew spotted other chasers, a mobile radar, a Texas panhandle dust storm, and a super cell that reportedly produced baseball-cap sized hail. Photos by Claire Iott, Sierra Hoffmann, and Jo Schmidt.

05/25/2025

Days always start with a weather discussion before heading out. We saw some small storms yesterday but are hoping for more luck today! 🤞🏼⛈️

05/24/2025

The storm chase crew found themselves in Oklahoma near a filming location! Can you name it???

05/23/2025

And the storm chase begins! Follow along with Dr. Black’s GEOG 429: Storm Chasing as we travel over the next week. 🌧️🌪️🌫️

07/02/2024

FYI, SIUE geography students – NGA has reopened their summer internship application for the next two weeks. Please check your SIUE email for more information. We hope everyone is having a great summer! 

06/11/2023

06/10/2023

This past year Dr. Martinez was selected to be a River Scholar in the River Field Studies Network that gathers river scientists from all over the US to learn field teaching methods. The River Rendezvous began with a five day raft trip down the San Juan River in Utah. River Scholars learned to organize river trips for 20+ students, about swift water safety, and about the southern Colorado plateau while admiring the river scenery.

05/24/2023

The SIUE storm chasers are back after an epic chase! Until next time! ☔️🌪️