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Night chase, anyone?

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Aug 1st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

If I was so inclined I’d be paralleling the southern cell of this complex on Rte 20 in Orange county. It looks like a beauty, with some rotation indicated on doppler at the southern edge as well as some hail. Bet there’s a wallcloud there…but I don…



July tornado maximum for Virginia

By From http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/ • Aug 1st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Now that July 2009 is in the weather books it still startles me that July is the month that Virginia experiences the maximum number of tornadoes. One would think that April or May would provide the most, and certainly the strongest tornadoes tend to h…



Fredericksburg’s Friday Fallout

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

The porta-pottie in the lower right corner symbolizes where things went for today’s chase opportunities. We were under an SPC-issued Slight Risk for severe weather with conditions similar to Wednesday’s setup, but Mother Nature didn’t cooperate today….



Tomorrow to be yesterday reprised?

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

The SPC Day 2 text discussion and at least one forecast model indicates that we could have a repeat of the storms yesterday, with a decent chance of tornadic activity in the area. The hitch for me is that I have dinner and movie plans for tomorrow eve…



29 July Fredericksburg funnel video

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is a video clip showing the funnel and wall cloud I observed just before 6:00 pm today. I’ve edited the clip and darkened it to show the feature a bit better. It actually lasted longer than I remembered!



Funnel just east of Fredericksburg

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

When the SPC indicated a 5% tornado probability for our region I immediately checked the models and verified the chance. Thus when cells began firing this afternoon I was able to head out to attempt a mid-afternoon intercept of one in eastern King Geo…



July has made an appearance!

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

Here we are at the end of July and summertime heat and humidity have finally made more than a passing appearance in our area. With dewpoints in the low to mid 70’s and high temperatures at or near 90 degrees we have more typical Fredericksburgian (is …



B-U-S-T for a Sunday

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Jul 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This was representative of the radar all afternoon: storms to the north, storms to the south, and none reachable from my chosen departure point (Culpeper). Oh, I never made it there as I jumped on a lone storm that exploded over Spotsylvania county …



A modified forecast

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

Today wasn’t supposed to be a chase day. The upper level support via a shortwave trough was to stay far to the north, with a cap in place further south in our area. However, as witnessed by the rain and thunder outside my window right now, the models…



Another Thornburg intercept

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

Okay, I caved and decided to intercept the short line of storms shown in the radar view in my previous post. Since it was moving basically eastward I saw that I could intercept the south end of the line by heading down to the Thornburg vicinity, so th…