Yep! Storms and a chase of sorts happened. I noticed on radar a nice looking cell crossing northern Stafford county that appeared to be turning right – a good sign of severity – as it neared the Potomac River so I pointed the chasemobile to the n…
A few showers rolled through the area early yesterday afternoon, preempting later convection that may otherwise have been more vigorous. Tired from a very busy weekend, I first headed out with the intention of just stopping at a local school park…
Today is another pleasant June day with blue skies, a nice breeze, and dewpoints in the low 60’s. Enjoy it today and tomorrow because the stickiness will return on Saturday for another round. In fact, the latest model runs seem to be slowin…
Current conditions at the Stafford Airport: 73 degrees, with a dewpoint of (bless you) 54 degrees. Please, sir, can we have some more?
Now this is more like it! Low dewpoints (meaning low humidity), temperatures in the 70’s, and bright blue sky with puffy cumulus clouds scooting along on a northwest breeze is how this part of June is supposed to be. We’ll get one more day …
I positioned myself in Bealeton just off Rte 17 around 2:30 pm this afternoon, plotting my trajectory against the oncoming storm trajectories via radar. Given that a nice-looking cell was moving east from the Culpeper vicinity I chose to move eas…
The system that has dropped tornadoes and other severe weather across the northern Plains and Upper MidWest this week is finally here, and it looks like a chase day to me! More later…UPDATE 1:45 pm: Tornado Watch!!! I’m heading out …
The title isn’t meant to disparage the county or its residents, but it does refer to the undesirability of storm chasing there due to the lack of roads and the plethora of trees that prevent a good field of vision most places. I waited to leave t…
The early June surge of storminess looks to continue both today and tomorrow, with most of the models for today calling for our area to be at the southern end of a “lee trough” which should fire off convection near I-95 between 3: 00 and 4:00 pm. …
We’re under another Severe Thunderstorm watch until 10:00 pm local time tonight. Right now radar is showing a short line of cells just east of the Blue Ridge, lined up from Culpeper county down through Greene county. Just got back home from…
