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A little bit of spring, a little bit of summer

By Chris From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • May 31st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Today and tomorrow are the spring part, with comfortable temperatures and low dew points. Tuesday is another story as the humidity climbs and the temperatures strain toward the 90 degree level. It seems that yet another cold front will seep into our …



Tuesday? Hmmmmm….

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 31st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

At least one forecast model is calling for some interesting conditions in northern VA late Tuesday afternoon. A combination of good instability, wind direction veering from southeast at the surface to south and southwest as you look upwards, and a hin…



29 May chase under a Severe TS watch

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After all was said and done yesterday I was a bit miffed at myself for not being patient enough to wait out the storms in the original intercept spot I’d selected in southeastern Fauquier county. I knew the line was building just east of the Blue Ridg…



The warm front passeth, the cold front approacheth

By Chris From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • May 28th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Bad melodrama, but a good description of today’s weather. A line of storms plowed thru the vicinity mid-afternoon, dumping heavy rain and at dropping at least one funnel cloud that I witnessed from southern KG county. The conditions that created the …



28 May King George county funnel sighting!

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 28th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

So go figure…I spent all sorts of time and money on a chase trip to Tornado Alley without seeing a funnel cloud, and I go on a last-minute ho-hum so-what chase in my figurative backyard and see one on a day when little or no severe weather was foreca…



MORE cold air damming!

By Chris From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • May 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We can’t seem to catch a break this spring from the #$%#$$%&($*% cold air damming wedge that keeps setting up on top of us. It has been a bit unusual this May having cold fronts stall out in our vicinity, since they are usually zipping through and…



13 May Anadarko OK tornado reprise

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 25th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Powerflash!Okay, I am beating a dead horse…I admit it. After some more thought I decided to investigate the 13 May power flash we videoed to see if it was realistic to assume that was from the tornado that hit Anadarko OK that night. Per the map ab…



Chase tonight near home(?) plus feeling empathetic

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 25th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Current radar shows a healthy convective line headed generally in our direction. If it holds together and gets close enough I may scoot out to observe, especially if there’s any lightning involved.Meanwhile I’m feeling empathetic toward both the Vorte…



Memorial Day’s Eve B-U-S-T

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 24th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Even though the chance of decent storms today was slim I gave in to the temptation to head west early this afternoon as a few updrafts hovered near the Blue Ridge. By the time I got to Culpeper these had fizzled dramatically and I was left with a deci…



More pix from 12 May TX panhandle chase

By Chris From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is another look at the downed powerpoles we came upon during our Texas panhandle chase. One pole had snapped off during the strong outflows from the storms we were watching, thus dragging down a series of successive poles and shutting down power …