Archive for May, 2009

Funnels from 8 May; prepping for some long drives

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 11th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sitting here in the hotel room in Midland TX I’ve been vacillating between two undesirable choices:(1) Head south to the Ft.Stockton area and chase expected late afternoon / evening convection and then face a five hour drive north to Lubbock to set us …



Frazz on the relative insignificance of the human race

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • May 11th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local


Movies tonight, storms tomorrow

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We finally reached clear blue skies and warm temperatures as we continued west on I-20 into the distinctive High Plains of west Texas. The temperature here today in Midland TX was over 90 degrees, a far cry from the overcast 60’s we left behind in Wea…



Video clip of lightning from Friday

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Enjoy!



Sunshine!!

By From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s good to see that the sun is finally shining today in Virginia. (I can’t say the same here in Texas as a late season cold front has socked in most of the state under a low cloud deck.) It looks like some nice spring weather will make an appearance…



Today’s target(?) is Midland TX

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

With the front having pushed much further south into Texas than expected the prospects for chasing today in west Texas are slim. If we realllllly wanted to we could probably chase again in northeastern Texas under the low overcast, but then again, no …



Market Statistics April 2009

By From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Fredericksburg City:

95 days on market – this is 85 days less than in April 2008
Sellers received, on average, 90.50% of their list price when the home sold
There is 12.85 months of inventory on the market
13 homes sold in April 2009 – this is 1 more than in April 2008
The most popular price range was $100,000 and under and $200,000-$249,999 
The median sold price was $210,000, compared to $277,500 in April 2008
4 homes […]



Northeast Texas crudfest

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Well, neither one of us wanted to chase northeastern TX today but that’s where the only activity was. The MCS that formed over southeastern OK and extreme western AR extended a line of storms along the Red River that contained both heavy rainers and h…



Nice One: Obama to apologize to the Germans for the bombing of Dresden.

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Of course, the Brits were the ones originally response for bombing the city. No word if he’s also going to apologize to the Poles for the United States selling them out to the Soviets for 45 years, which ranks a hell a lot higher on the list of United States failures than the bombing of […]



9 May interim update

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Currently speeding east on I-30 in NE Texas trying to get into position on what looks like a developing MCS. We are under a severe TS watch, so things could get exciting shortly. After we chase this for a while we’ll drop south to get on the warm sid…