Growing up in the midwest, I have heard a lifetime of tornado sirens (mostly on the first Tuesday of the month at 10 AM sharp). There have been a few rare occasions where I have been able to observe my hometown shortly after a small tornado rolls through, observing every lifted shingle and dented silo with fascination and curiosity. My journey into meterology and forecasting has taken the long way around, and I am far from formally trained (yet), but my hunger to learn as much as possible about tornadoes is proving insatiable.

I am J, a cyclone-enthusiast from central Illinois trying to make weather cool again. I believe that weather is the most common thread among communities and one of the most important determining factors when planning ahead for the day, the week, or even the month. Nothing on this blog is meant to be taken as full-fledged fact. It’s very important to me that I remind readers that I am not formally trained in weather (yet), and am usually drawing my own conclusions because it’s my blog and I can.

Forecasting? Maybe someday

Though I am independently learning to read and interpret weather maps (thank you Convective Chronicles on YouTube), I do not feel comfortable providing any forecasting data at this point in my journey. The best I could do would be to parrot what I hear from other actually-educated-and-qualified meteorologists, and that doesn’t feel right to me. I’ll stick with compiling breakdowns of past weather events.