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Girls Who Chase

@girlswhochase.com
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We inspire, empower & equip girls & women to pursue storms, the sciences & their passions. www.girlswhochase.com

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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 13/10/2026
Want to learn more from Vincent and 10+ other experts? Don’t miss out — Capturing Awe is in only a few weeks! 👉 girlswhochase.com/capturingawe 📆 December 12-13, 2026 — 1.5 days days of inspiration, education and connection. Virtual live sessions that are recorded — rewatch whenever you like!
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 13/10/2026
Vincent is passionate about sharing his love for the northern lights with others. He runs an aurora photography workshop in Fairbanks and owns a northern lights tour company. He is also an expert in timelapse photography and real-time video recording of auroras.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 13/10/2026
Vincent’s research focuses on what causes auroral “substorms,” and part of his work involves leveraging participatory science data from aurora chasers who can provide valuable insights into how particularly rare auroral phenomena are created.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 13/10/2026
Vincent is a professional photographer and aurora chaser based in Alaska. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in space physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and sits on the U.S. Space Weather Advisory Group as its first-ever student representative.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 13/10/2026
Capturing Awe, the summit to start your journey in weather, volcano and aurora photography, is coming up fast — and we’re super excited to introduce our summit experts to you! Today, meet Vincent Ledvina! 🧵⬇️
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 08/10/2026
🤓 In his presentation which will kick off our event, Mike will be sharing his tools of the trade — and tips for how he knows where to go — for capturing dramatic and unique weather-related events, which are core to his photography.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 08/10/2026
He has been featured internationally in outlets such as National Geographic, Science Magazine, BBC Magazine, and more. Mike is also an experienced educator and leads workshops around the world, guiding photographers of all experience levels in dramatic and sometimes extreme environments.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 08/10/2026
Mike is a Colorado-based extreme nature & landscape photographer. He is a Nikon Ambassador whose work includes documenting some of the world’s most powerful natural events, most especially volcanoes and severe weather.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 08/10/2026
Capturing Awe, the summit to start your journey in weather, volcano and aurora photography, is coming up fast — and we’re super excited to start introducing our summit experts to you, starting with Mike Mezeul II! Check out the event: www.girlswhochase.com/capturingawe
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/03/2026
If you missed All Things Radar earlier this month and are regretting your life choices... Good news: The fully recorded package is now online and ready for you to access anytime! 🤓 More info at girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop
All Things Radar
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 08/03/2026
Do what brings you joy. Happy International Women’s Day. 🌪️💜
Woman with tornado
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 06/03/2026
LAST CALL -- All Things Radar is TOMORROW, Saturday! We'd love to see you there! ⏬ www.girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 04/03/2026
GWC is proud to announce our partnership with the American Weather Enterprise Association (AWEA) because weather impacts literally everyone -- and it's time for an organization to advocate for the weather enterprise in a sustained, unified way. More info in thread ⬇️
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 03/03/2026
Our next live is tomorrow - Tuesday, March 3 at 6pm CT! Join us for a discussion about protecting content & the advent of AI with copyright pro Brandon Clement — on the GWC YouTube channel! youtube.com/@girlswhochase
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 23/02/2026
Thank you to @wmo-global.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on our severe weather education programs (especially Spring Training!) with our partners @comet-meted.bsky.social at the Weather & Society Conference on Thursday! 🧵⬇️
Weather & Society Conference
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 12/02/2026
It’s more important now than ever that we shout it from the rooftops: We belong here. You belong here. And they will belong here, too — because we lit the torch. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 💜
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 11/02/2026
The 2026 GWC "All Things Radar: Severe Weather" specialty workshop offered in partnership with @comet-meted.bsky.social (COMET/MetEd) will offer interactive in-depth sessions, case studies and tech tips for all experience levels on key radar products to prepare for and chase severe weather.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 11/02/2026
🚨ALL THINGS RADAR SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 We're thrilled to have atmospheric scientist and mobile radar expert Dr. Karen Kosiba of @dowfacility.bsky.social (DOW Facility) back with us for this special workshop! Website: www.girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop More info: ⬇️🧵
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/12/2025
YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TODAY! Check out how NCAR has changed our understanding of weather and share this information widely. Our graphics are free to download and use. #SaveNCAR
You can take action right now!
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/12/2025
Any plans to dismantle the Center would set back our ability to predict, prepare for, and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters.
Weather warnings systems for aviation safetyWildfire behavior modelsThe Community Earth System Model (CESM)
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/12/2025
NCAR has been integral in the development of technologies, models, and systems that have progressed our understanding of weather. NCAR’s research is crucial for protecting lives and property and supporting innovation.
The dropsondeOperational weather models
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/12/2025
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen. 🧵⬇️
Five ways NCAR has changed our understanding of weather (& saved lives)
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 12/12/2025
More great news, this time in Enews form — we’ve launched a newsletter! 🥳🆕 Make sure you always get the latest from us by subscribing: eepurl.com/jpLYew
Girls Who Chase launches e-newsletter
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 10/12/2025
Additional sessions will cover tips and tricks to get the most out of your phone or desktop radar application, and a chase case study that details out the application of these various concepts.
Doppler on Wheels with rainbow
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 10/12/2025
This half-day specialty workshop on March 7, 2026, offered in partnership with the meteorology education experts @comet-meted.bsky.social will focus on the use of radar to aid in storm spotting and storm chasing. Bonus points if you know what Oklahoma weather event this DOW capture is from!
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 10/12/2025
GWC training season is here, ya'll -- and we're kicking off with a new kind of event to answer your requests for more time to learn about radar! 🥳⛈️📡 More info in thread ⬇️, but all the details also at girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop
GWC radar workshop March 7, 2026
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 03/11/2025
What’s up, Bluesky? After some time off to rest, reset & retool, we’re back online with some really great stuff coming over the next several months! More very soon! 📜💜
A storm is coming headline
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 14/05/2025
Hey all! If you’re in Colorado on Saturday we’d sure love to see you at the @nsficechip.bsky.social field day! Come see @dowfacility.bsky.social & check out all the instrumentation before we hit the road on Sunday! ⛈️
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 06/05/2025
Big news! We’ve got some special content coming your way, as both Jen (GWC founder) & Anastasia (intrepid GWC intern & all around badass) are participating in the hail-focused @nsficechip.bsky.social (In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail in the Plains) field campaign! ⛈️ ⬇️more
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 28/03/2025
If your local National Weather Service office has paused or canceled spotter training this year, here’s a great option! 🌪️ @comet-meted.bsky.social has teamed up with the National Weather Service (NWS) to develop a (totally free!) online storm spotter certification course. 🌪️⛈️⚡️ More info: 🧵⬇️
COMET spotter training
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 14/03/2025
🚨NEW CHASER FEATURE ALERT! Today, “Meet The Chasers” chatted with @chriskridler.bsky.social & Alethea Kontis, a longtime storm chasing duo who deftly weave science, writing and chasing into creative writing and books. blog.girlswhochase.com/chris-alethea/
Chris Kridler & Alethea Kontis
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 13/03/2025
Iiiit's here! The complete recorded package for Spring Training 2025 in partnership with @comet-meted.bsky.social is now available! 🤓🌪⚡️ If you missed your chance to register & were waiting to access the training, your time has come! Get it: girlswhochase.vhx.tv/products/spr...
Spring Training online
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 09/03/2025
No matter what is going on in the world, today is a day for celebration. Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. On this day, we honor the social, economic, and cultural achievements of women worldwide. We see you, and we honor you. 💜
Woman with mammatus
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 28/02/2025
Please see attached for our statement in support of NOAA’s National Weather Service. This is an issue that affects us all, as chasers, weather enthusiasts, scientists — and anyone who experiences weather. That’s literally all of us.
Page 1Page 2Page 3NOAA NWS
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 27/02/2025
📣 HEY PROCRASTINATORS…now’s your time to shine! 🔔 SPRING TRAINING - the “storm chasing 101 for everyone” - IS THIS SATURDAY!! All the details in the below thread, but to recap: - Yes, it’s being recorded - This is for EVERYONE - all ages, genders, & experience ➡️ girlswhochase.com/springtraining
Spring Training
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 26/02/2025
We are SO incredibly grateful for the support of our Spring Training sponsors & partners — their contributions & assistance allow us to put on a high quality, professional AND affordable event so we can bring severe weather education to everyone! 💜
Spring Training sponsors & partners
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 25/02/2025
Here's your Spring Training 2025 SCHEDULE FOR THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 1! 🌪️⛈️🌈⚡️ This event is for EVERYONE so don't hesitate to get signed up. ALL sessions and panels will be recorded this year! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday! More info: girlswhochase.com/springtraining
Spring Training schedule
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 20/02/2025
We're thrilled to welcome @radarscope.bsky.social to the GWC family as our newest Spring Training Title Sponsor! 🙌🏻👏🏻 We share a similar education-oriented philosophy -- we both believe that when it comes to weather, knowledge is power & learning is empowering. 💜 🧵⬇️
GWC x RadarScope
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/02/2025
🚨SPRING TRAINING PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT! Super excited to share the first of TWO panels taking place during our March 1, 2025 event. More info: girlswhochase.com/springtraining This panel includes experts who work in field research and extreme weather chasing. ⬇️
GWC Spring Training extreme weather panel
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 16/02/2025
🚨SPRING TRAINING SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! We're excited to welcome 30-year chasing veteran and photography expert John Sirlin to deliver a much-requested session on how to pack, plan and prepare for a chase called "Take It To The Field: How to Prepare to Chase" at the entry level. 🧵⬇️
John SirlinSpring Training
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 14/02/2025
A BIG thank you to our Spring Training title sponsor the American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org!! We’re so grateful to you for your steadfast support of GWC & our educational events. 🫶🏻🙌🏻 🧐 Want to check out Spring Training? girlswhochase.com/springtraining
American Meteorological Society
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 11/02/2025
We’re incredibly proud of our mission to inspire, empower and equip girls & women globally to pursue storms, the sciences and their passions. Our work matters not just because we’ve done this for us, but because we do it for them. Today, more than ever, it matters.
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 11/02/2025
February 11, 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 💜 Gender equality in science is crucial for building a better future for all, yet women and girls continue to face systemic barriers and biases in pursuing scientific careers. 🧵⬇️
Storm chasing girls
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 06/02/2025
We love this quote from Marcie:
Marcie Gray quote
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 06/02/2025
🚨NEW CHASER FEATURE ALERT! Our new interview series “Meet The Chasers” meets Marcie Gray, a longtime chaser who has paved her own path to finding joy in the skies. ➡️ blog.girlswhochase.com/marciegray/ 🧵⬇️
Marcie Gray
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 04/02/2025
🚨SPRING TRAINING SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 We're thrilled to have expert chaser & educator Skip Talbot back with us for a session on "Strategies For Safe and Successful Storm Chasing" -- including information on storm structure identification, escape route planning & avoiding accidents. 🧵⬇️
Skip TalbotSpring Training
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 30/01/2025
Hey! 👋🏻 The Spring Training "storm chasing 101" event is ONE MONTH AWAY, and North America's severe season is approaching fast! HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET? 🌪🌪 All the details & to register: girlswhochase.com/springtraining Answers to all your questions in 🧵⬇️
Spring Training
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 28/01/2025
🚨TONIGHT, MONDAY 8pm ET! Please join us LIVE for a chat about storm chasing with our friends the WeatherBrains podcast (sadly not on Bsky yet) - should be a good convo! YouTube livestream: www.youtube.com/c/WeatherBra...
WeatherBrains post
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 25/01/2025
The Girls Who Chase platform launched three years ago, today. 💜 Our role today continues to expand and evolve, and becomes ever more important as we recognize the growing need for training, support and community in the weather space. 🧵⬇️
Three year birthday
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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 23/01/2025
🚨NEW COOL INFO ALERT🚨 Today we’re rolling out a new blog-based interview series called “Meet The Chasers” — & our first piece covers longtime chaser Laura Hedien! Look forward bringing you many more stories of badasses capturing storms via this platform. 💃 ➡️ blog.girlswhochase.com/laura-hedien/
Meet the Chasers
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