The storm system bringing seriously severe weather to points west of Virginia this weekend will have enough punch left to create a couple of chase opportunities in and around the Old Dominion this week. The mitigating factor for most of the state will …

I knew that eastern VA and NC would have better environments than my chase area today so the fact that I didn’t score on tornadic storms didn’t bother me. What did bug me was being out of position on a really good meso and not having enough hands, eyes…

Conditions look even better for a chase this morning. And as I’d suspected the Storm Prediction Center expanded its Slight Risk and tornado probs further westward to cover most of southern Virginia between the coastline and the mountains. Here’s what I…

With a hundred or so bottles of beer in the basement fridge, and an equal amount in boxes nearby, it’s hardly believable that sometimes there’s just “nothing to drink.” I’ll occasionally stand at refrigerator digging through closely packed bottles, loo…

I’ve been (somewhat) patiently waiting for this morning’s 12Z runs to become available and have just now finished reviewing both the NAM and GFS results. Yep, it’s a go for tomorrow. To save time and space I’ll just post an overall graphic – the Superc…

When it’s an ice “cube” produced by Suntory Whisky. The Japanese whisky maker is running a campaign featuring what are billed as 3D Printed Ice Cubes.While the computer engineered ice is certainly attractive, I’m not sure how practical it really ice fo…

I suppose it was fitting to storm chase on Earth Day even if the setup wasn’t conducive to seeing much. A cold front crossing the mountains created a lee trough that fired up some cells that didn’t amount to anything given a paucity of moisture (DP’s o…

Fredericksburg’s third craft brewery, Adventure Brewing, will open Thursday, May 15. Brewers Tim Bornholtz, Stan Johnson and John Viarella have been hard at work doing construction on the brewery and developing their beers. The Adventure Brewing w…