LMolineuxLM1 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am now trying to network out to all the fine people here in our regions sub-forum here. The reason for this thread is simple. As you people know my failures last year, this year I intent on not repeating my failures. Thus now asking for advice on great locations to where I should go to for the best filming with great views in all directions without much of obsticals in the way of filming, open land or such. I am prepairing for this thunderstorm season we will be entering, thus starting this thread early enough to get the best reaction and support and suggestions to put into my places to go during thunderstorm times. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I always think of the King of Prussia Mall parking lot, or maybe a more open section in Valley Forge National Historic Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM22 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am now trying to network out to all the fine people here in our regions sub-forum here. The reason for this thread is simple. As you people know my failures last year, this year I intent on not repeating my failures. Thus now asking for advice on great locations to where I should go to for the best filming with great views in all directions without much of obsticals in the way of filming, open land or such. I am prepairing for this thunderstorm season we will be entering, thus starting this thread early enough to get the best reaction and support and suggestions to put into my places to go during thunderstorm times. Thank you. well, its all relative to where the bands of severe weather setup, but a good place I like to go is Valley Forge Park...very open and you can see for miles in some spots...I got caught in a thunderstorm there 2 summers ago, and It was incredible, the rain was so hard I couldn't see past the front of my car, and the wind was shaking the car back and forth, It was actually bad enough I got a little nervous, but I always go there when T storms are in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 As those have stated, K.O.P mall parking lot (over near Best Buy and the movie theatre) has a great view facing north-northwest. Also Valley Forge is a great recommendation. Also, if you are heading east on 422 between Collegeville, PA and Oaks, PA there is a great view facing south-southwest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Best view has to be right in center city on broad street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Best view has to be right in center city on broad street Yeah ok that area sucks lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Valley Forge Park. Depending on how adventurous you want to be, you can hike up to the tops of a few of the highest ridges. However, you'll need a fast route out sooooo, maybe by vehicle would be better? Some of the ridges are accessible by road and a really short walk. I do alot of taping up there myself. Message me during severe season and we can meet up if you'd like. Another one of my all time fave spots is bayside in Town Bank (North Cape May) New Jersey. Got some of my greatest footage there last summer on 2 occasions, one mid-afternoon (awesome shelf cloud and funnel activity under a tornado watch at the time) and one around midnight late in the summer. When they roll across the Delaware Bay, the sky is the limit and you can isolate cells in a range from OC Maryland North thru Allentown depending on cloud height and distance. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am not familiar with this area at all, so I just went on google maps. Plotted out a circular parameter of the furthest I am willing to drive. Then looked at satellite to spot out larger parks and other open areas throughout my "zone". Then using the street view feature, found a spot for each area to safely park and a sheltered location for my car in case of hail... typed that information up, along with their addresses to plug into the GPS on the go. I keep a copy of it all in my car. My next step is to plot them all in a placefile to display on grlevelx. Sure, it's a lot of work, but if you want to get good weather photography you can't be worrying about locations. If the storm moves in an unexpected direction, I can just reference my booklet to find another location and can be on the move. Storm chasing in an area like this is a laugh but I try to make the best of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Depending on how much driving you want to do you might want to try the farmlands in W Chester or Lancaster Counties. Depending on terrain or farming you can get some good views almost to the horizon and you can move around somewhat on country roads without too much traffic. Also the environment for storm development tends to be better and storms tend to hit earlier in the day. Last summer I had a great view of a supercell while it developed near Harrisburg and then as is moved across Lancaster and Chester counties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 besides my center city location suggestion... i told lee he should try mt penn where the kaboda is in reading, pa. If he's willing to drive to cape may, i think reading is doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Side note also I want to put cameras onto my house that will serve dual purpose of security and also be good enough to film storms with so I can grab the lightning content anyone have any good suggestions which type to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mforty Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Not a good place for 360 degree views but in Delaware, Skyline Dr. in Pike Creek (between Wilmington & Newark) has awesome views of due west between Farimont Dr. and Fairway Dr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Bump. I am also in need of suggestions for Camera's that i can mount on my house here to do 2 things one for the security and such, and 2 for Lightning and Storm Recording. I need a decent setup that will be very clear and can film pretty far away, I will be having 4 or more camera's installed. But I def. need the suggestions pretty quickly now that we are heading into spring, I'd prefer to get this project done before the middle of March, and to have all the kinks worked out as well before thunderstorms do start rolling in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Bump. I am also in need of suggestions for Camera's that i can mount on my house here to do 2 things one for the security and such, and 2 for Lightning and Storm Recording. I need a decent setup that will be very clear and can film pretty far away, I will be having 4 or more camera's installed. But I def. need the suggestions pretty quickly now that we are heading into spring, I'd prefer to get this project done before the middle of March, and to have all the kinks worked out as well before thunderstorms do start rolling in. Lee, im not sure you're going to find this information on here, try an electronics forum or something. Most people, if they do mount a camera just mount one not 5-10 to catch every angle of the earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehens Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 In Delaware there are some nice stretches of open area if you head down Rt. 1 towards the beaches. Plenty of great views to the north, south and especially west. My in-laws live right on the Chesapeake up by Turkey point on the eastern shore in MD and they have the greatest views for severe. The bay is like 5 miles wide at that point with no obstructions. You can see storms coming from tens of miles away. It is awesome. I was down there last year for the storms that wrecked Delco with those 90 mph straight line winds that caused all the damage. That storm you could actually see the gust coming across the bay for miles along with mini-water spouts. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Can I suggest a great place for storm-chasing? It's called Kansas. Head west on I-70, you can't miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Needs the bump. Time to gather the best places regionally to chase or setup shop/stage at for the best views for lightning with great distances and good full 360 degree view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM22 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Valley Forge Park wont dissapoint, I will reiterate that. I am sure therse gotta be somewhere open out in Lancaster Cty, plus they always get destroyed there so It may be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Needs the bump. Time to gather the best places regionally to chase or setup shop/stage at for the best views for lightning with great distances and good full 360 degree view. Delaware river gap, at the bottom of the gorge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 There's actually a decent hill near my house, but it faces south so it wouldn't be of much help. In the Parkland section of Langhorne there's a park from which you can see the PA Turnpike bridge over the Delaware River in Tullytown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Goodtime to get this thread bumped back up to get more updated ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I prefer to stay here in Kansas to watch my storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 I prefer to stay here in Kansas to watch my storms. Yeah you def. have awesome storms out there, too-to bad i cant affoard to get out there and work that area. But for my region i wanna focus on some great spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 try going in some caves, good lightning in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 try going in some caves, good lightning in there. LOL. Caves wont work, try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 LOL. Caves wont work, try again. Fuel Islands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Fuel Islands? Try again. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jims Videos Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The lightning machine at the Franklin Institute in philadelphia. They also make tornados out of water vapor in the weather center! Great pic opportunities there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 The lightning machine at the Franklin Institute in philadelphia. They also make tornados out of water vapor in the weather center! Great pic opportunities there. Actually they moved all the weather stuff down into the "Changing Earth" section so that it's 80% Climate Change and 20% Meteorology. I was just there 2 weeks ago and I spent a long time looking for the huge weather room until I realized it's not there anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 So to get this back on track of the reason i started this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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