You know, Nature just isn’t fair! I headed out this afternoon to chase a lone cell in Fauquier county that was severe-warned, but it died down pretty quickly after I intercepted it in southeastern Fauquier. I checked radar several times and saw no ot…

As the graphic shows the SPC has Virginia bordering a slight risk and under a “SEE TEXT” label, meaning roughly a 5% chance of severe weather in our area. An approaching front, a lee trough, high dewpoints, and a strong sun may combine to provide yet …

As I wound up mowing the grass this evening I noticed a cell just to the east, so I grabbed my cameras and darted off to a couple of observation points. These showers, growing under an upper level cold pool of air, didn’t provide much (if any) lightni…

This video was taken looking southeastward from Rte 1 in KG county. It has been sped up several times. Check out the wallcloud formation and possible funnel spinups under the rain free updraft, then watch as a cell in the foreground shows up and exhi…

Here’s the video of the funnel I witnessed this afternoon. (The funnel starts out in the left center of the frame.) This was taken just after I swung the chasemobile around from facing west to facing east after the rain free base had passed directly …

These are all views of the rain free base of the cell I chased today as it approaches my location from the west. The updraft this base was part of was most definitely rotating, so it assuredly kept my attention.Trying to produce a wallcloud!Getting cl…

Wall cloud over eastern KG county.Nice structure shot.Gathering scud.Funnel over eastern Stafford county.Chased a cell on the cold front today that had a nice mesocyclone signature and rotating rain free base that literally passed over my head…I wasn…

After reviewing the video that was rolling as the wallcloud approached Dahlgren this afternoon I remembered that I may have witnessed a funnel but wasn’t sure. (A disadvantage of solo chasing is that there’s only one pair of eyes to watch everything.)…

As I indicated in my previous post I had set up shop on the banks of the Potomac to watch the northern complex pass by over Maryland when the southern cell shown above flared and exhibited this Tornado Velocity Signature (TVS) on radar. Not being able…

I’m sitting on the southern bank of the Potomac at the Rte 301 bridge watching as a large TS complex streams southeast across the river over Maryland. Southern MD is not my favorite place to chase so I’m staying put for a while. The only other chasea…