The deliberate pursuit of severe weather phenomena, most often for curiosity, adventure or scientific interest rather than for any professional forecasting role. A person who does this is called a storm chaser. Witnessing a tornado is the single biggest objective for most chasers, though many pursue thunderstorms for their own sake, watching cumulonimbus cloud structures and lightning, while a smaller number intercept tropical cyclones, waterspouts, blizzards or ice storms.
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Storm spotting and storm chasing are closely related severe-weather observation practices, the former typically stationary and trained, the latter a mobile pursuit.
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Storm chasing is broadly defined as the deliberate pursuit of any severe weather phenomenon, regardless of motive, but most commonly for curiosity, adventure, scientific investigation, or for news or media coverage.
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