Archive for August, 2014

A stint as a WeatherBrains guest panelist

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Aug 23rd, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After several days of processing events – and having watched the video and listened to the podcast – I’ve gained some perspective on what it was like being a guest panelist on “WeatherBrains” episode #447. Mostly it was a bit intimidating being on the …



Five O’Clock Friday: Old Timers Bar

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Aug 22nd, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Four old retired men are walking down a street in Yuma, Arizona. They turn a corner and see a sign that says, “Old Timers Bar – ALL drinks 10 cents.”They look at each other and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true.There’s a fully st…



Virginia Hit and Run is a Serious Charge

By From https://www.andrewflusche.com • Aug 22nd, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What Is A Hit And Run In Virginia? Virginia has a very complex set of laws that govern your duties if you’re involved in an accident while in a motor vehicle. Altogether they’re referred to in the slang term of “hit and run”; however, by law, it is called “leaving the scene of an accident.” […]

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Harley, retired Marine sniper Rob Richards’ bulldog, bids him farewell following his funeral in St Petersburg, FL.

By From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Aug 22nd, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local


Aug 21 shelf cloud video and vid caps

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Aug 22nd, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Finally got a chance to go thru at least one video from yesterday’s chase. This clip – sped up 4x – was recorded looking north from a parking lot ~2 miles NE of Goode VA (west of Lynchburg):Along with the shelf cloud came a lot of cloud-to-ground light…



East route no go but storms made it over the mountains

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Aug 21st, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I headed east to Appomattox this afternoon to position for what looked like a good chance of storms. Several short range models indicated that convection would fire along an old frontal boundary in that area as an upper level impulse pushed east across…



Color schemes and warnings

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Aug 20th, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is my personal preference / bias coming out but I continually find myself doing a doubletake when I see a severe thunderstorm warning graphic posted somewhere with red shaded polygons. To me the color red represents worst case scenarios and thus s…



Spencer Devon Brewing Fund Raising

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Aug 20th, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I know I posted about a craft brewery fund raising project very recently, but as the number of Virginia craft breweries grows, we’ll probably see more news like this. (Remember, these aren’t recommendations, I’m just reporting.) That said, this on…



Spencer Devon Brewing Fund Raising

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Aug 20th, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I know I posted about a craft brewery fund raising project very recently, but as the number of Virginia craft breweries grows, we’ll probably see more news like this. (Remember, these aren’t recommendations, I’m just reporting.) That said, this on…



Radar evidence of a stalled front

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Aug 19th, 2014 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I chose not to chase today but this complex of storms on radar near Lexington VA caught my eye:When I looped the image there were two different motion vectors apparent (the white arrows I’ve added). This complex was very slow moving and produced > 1…