Storm Chasing Holidays - Thrill Seeking Holidays For Adventure Hunters!

By Nick Beesley

Storm chasers love to chase storms and witnessing a tornado is usually the biggest prize any storm chasers can wish for. To achieve this goal you find this elusive bread tracking and hunting down thunderstorms and hurricanes over large distances.

Storm chasing is a real scientific challenge. The art of trying to understand the storm, work out the rout a storm will take and the level of destruction they will cause is a real skill. Many people have now established that one of the ultimate thrill seeking holidays is to follow these storm experts with the hope that they can join the excitement and see a tornado happening right before their eyes!

Tornados usually exceed a 100 mph and can reach speeds of 300 mph making them the most violent and scary storms on earth. They can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards. The USA is the hub for Tornadoes although they can happen anywhere. Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming are known as the "tornado alley" because of the high occurrence rate of tornado activity amongst them.

An average of 1000 storm's occur each year in the USA and can make land fall at any time of the day or night. The most active time of year is spring and early summer particularly May & June and as such they have been given the name of "Hurricane Season". This time of year makes Tornado Alley the perfect location to take a Storm Chasing holiday.

Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms, the increase in wind speed with increasing height of the cloud creates an invisible horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere. Rising air within the thunderstorm, then are critical mass the updraft tilt the rotating air from horizontal to vertical to generate one of mother nature's most violent and yet beautiful weather occurrences.

Storm chasing often involves driving thousands of miles whilst tracking a storm just to witness the short time of high activity. During the Hurricane season many chasers stay in key areas to be on hand for when a storm appears. You can now book storm chasing adventure tours, however many chasers plan their own trips renting villas and apartments in key areas ready for any storm activity.

The first defined storm chaser is David Hoadley who began chasing storms in North Dakota in 1956 and ever since the thrill seeking hobby has grown in popularity.

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