The plan for me today was to capture some storm scenes for this website. Chasing storms across north central Oregon is like playing Whack the Mole; they appear and then they disappear. I’ve been following the storms throughout the area on a tiny Blackberry screen, going for the “blood,” or the red on the weather radar that indicates a potential thunder cell.

First, it was to a cell over Hood River, but that cell fizzed out. Then it was to Condon where a severe thunderstorm warning was issued. About forty minutes later during a stop at Biggs, the storm was drifting east and away from I-84, making the catch-up nearly impossible at legal speed limits.

“Blood” began to appear on the northern Oregon Cascades and near the Columbia Gorge back towards the west. I’m heading west anyway to call it a day. When I passed through the Gorge an hour later, those cells fizzled out too.

The end result was nothing more than plain gray clouds and the typical Oregon rain. I did see one lightning flash over Welches and nothing more. Today was dismal and frustrating for storm photography.

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