I had not made it out for shooting practice in several weeks. All my practice between matches has been dry fire, so I was thankful for some free time, and coolish weather on Saturday. It had been raining off and on all day, but I managed to time my tri…

With a “wedge front” boundary along the Blue Ridge mountains providing ~30 kts of deep layer shear and with surface-based CAPE near 1500 my interest was piqued when a broken line of storms fired over West Virginia and moved southeast. Initially I pushe…

I enjoyed dinner and a few beers at my local watering hole last night. It was an interesting evening watching the crowds roll in and out, and most especially overhearing the conversations of the 20 and 30-somethings.”Oh God, I’m going to be forty soon….

But poorly targeted, I’m happily married.
[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]

Video of third storm on June 20th. This is a view of the western lowering/wallcloud sped up 8x. At the time I started the video this storm had almost no radar reflectivity so this activity came as quite a surprise when I approached close enough to see …

I wasn’t sure what yesterday would bring chase-wise (I never am!) but I actually chased three separate cells. Heading south toward Rocky Mount around 1:30 I came across a storm near Wirtz that had recently split. The left-hand split looked more energet…

The promotional sample Agave Cerveza arrived earlier this week from Flying Dog Brewery. It’s the latest in their Brewhouse Rarities series of limited releases. Opening the package, I was a bit surprised, as I don’t recall hearing about this beer previo…