I still haven’t kicked off the 2012 Virginia storm chase season mainly because I haven’t found anything to chase! The current summer-like pattern is not conducive to strong storms, and even the ones that I originally thought might fire this afternoon …
Today (Thursday), tomorrow, and Saturday all hold promise of some thunderstorm activity according to the models. The combination of moisture, warmth, and lifting mechanisms (a “normal” cold front passage tonight and a couple of “backdoor” cold fronts …
Why should the Fredericksburg area pay attention to the upcoming March 2oth statewide tornado drill? This video was taken June 18th 2009 looking northwestward over Dahlgren VA and is sped up 4 times to show the rotation in the cloud base. Note two th…
The indications are that the latter half of next week will feature a broad return of Gulf moisture into the Mid-Atlantic region under very warm (near 80 degrees (F)!!) conditions. That, coupled with the possibility of a frontal passage and some upper …
This video clip is from May 8th 2008 and was taken during my storm chase near Palmyra VA, southeast of Charlottesville. Now why would this qualify as something Fredericksburg should be concerned with? The supercell that produced this evening tornado …
I finally finished the 10 year compilation (2002-2011) of Virginia storm chase accounts. It’s now available at my Blurb bookstore and the first 15 pages can be previewed there. Or you can navigate there by clicking on the badge in the right column. …
After Friday’s severe weather outbreak not far west of Virginia that produced a record number of March tornadoes I felt it was once again time to point out that the Old Dominion receives its share of big storms every year. The statewide tornado drill …
A sight guaranteed to put a smile on every chaser’s face: a slight risk already posted for Day 3. I don’t think I’ll be able to chase this setup, but this is evidence that the Virginia chase season is nearing!
I’ve been slogging through the final checks for grammar, spelling, formatting, and several other “-ings” and am just about to declare the manuscript ready for uploading to the Blurb.com site. After I do so I will order one copy as a “proof” so I can f…
Another “non-chase” but this afternoon was noteworthy in that these convective showers were popping up all over the area. This is one of them approaching from the northwest. I saw some more impressive tops south of here but didn’t get any photos of t…
