I’m currently watching this short line of storms to our west. If they hold together and/or intensify I could be tempted to head out for a look. Otherwise it’s a Friday afternoon, traffic stinks, and I’m tired…any one of which is enough excuse to no…

Having been out of town most of the week it has been a while since I last posted. I was actually out in the great state of Utah, “enjoying” the heat of the desert. Whoever first said “but it’s a DRY heat” needs to stick their head in an oven…it’s p…

This video has been sped up 8x normal speed to show the rotation as the first wallcloud wraps up and then another one begins to form in the foreground. I witnessed several wallcloud cycles from this supercell. (I apparently didn’t mute the audio on t…

This graphic is a good representation of the vast temperature difference between the Western and Eastern U.S. this summer. This is the forecast by one model for next Thursday evening (East Coast time) which shows the ominous purple shading of 100+ deg…

I was hoping for a good chase setup today, but the SPC, the local Sterling forecast office, and the short range models all combined to quash any hope I had. Thus I gave up and trudged home after work, noticing an updraft to the west that I didn’t thin…

I was actually chilly this morning when I left for work in my short-sleeved shirt. I didn’t think much about it until it hit me that today – Bastille Day – was July 14th, and the word “chilly” shouldn’t be in the Mid-Atlantic vocabulary on this date. …

Not much popped up on radar away from the Bay breeze this afternoon, but one cell did go up just west of Fredericksburg about 1630. I stopped in southern Stafford county to watch the base as the rain shaft strengthened, seeing some interesting motion …

There were several decent cells that rumbled through the area today that I could have chased except for timing, a prior engagement, and a vociferously complaining back muscle. I did get out to spot check one storm at the local elementary school, but …

Given a pre-frontal trough forecast east of the Blue Ridge I rolled out of my driveway just before 1500 today to head for Culpeper. The local short range models had indicated convection firing over the Piedmont around 1600, and I wasn’t disappointed. …

I’ve noticed that all my July posts have been punctuated with question marks, and maybe that reflects this unusual summer weather the Mid-Atlantic is experiencing. I will try to be more creative and not continue along that rut….The short-range model…