Despite the chase opportunity this graphic might indicate the activity doesn’t look all that promising. The main lifting mechanism – a cold front – will be east of I-95 by 1 p.m. and peak heating won’t factor into this setup. There may be a few decent …
This storm is the Olympic equivalent of something that just won’t quit. After it dumped ~10″ at our house we had a break so I trudged outside to begin the shoveling marathon. Of course the upper level low created several heavy snow bands that look like…
I pushed the button today to upload the latest storm chasing book to Blurb.com and have ordered a copy for final proofing. If all looks good it’ll be time to open it up to the public. This edition is much more photo-heavy than prior books wi…
Despite the fact that we’re still dealing with potential snowstorms bobbing and weaving their way through our region it’s time to think about severe weather season. The statewide Virginia tornado drill is scheduled for March 11th. Now I realize many Ol…
The aftermath of yesterday’s snowstorm and resulting transportation debacle in both Atlanta and Birmingham is the genesis for this post. There is currently a lot of finger-pointing going on in social media circles regarding who was at fault, the foreca…
This photo – unless I change my mind! – will be on the back cover of the 2012-2013 Virginia storm chase book, which itself is now in the final editing phase. I am obsessing over grammar, spelling, phrasing, layout, and photo framing and cropping but ot…
Just to set the record straight I did NOT chase last Saturday’s (1/11) setup as everything happened east of the I-85 corridor. So now I’m relegated to hoping for one or two March chases as the longest cold air invasion of this winter is due into the ea…
Until I peeked at yesterday’s SPC Day 3 this setup had escaped my notice. Now it’s on my personal radar and I may have to roll out the driveway before noon tomorrow to head east toward the Virginia Piedmont. Not only is this supercell composite map loo…
Given that I’ve switched storm chase regions here in the Old Dominion I am publishing another chase book to both document results in the new territory and to provide a mental break from this winter’s doldrums. This time I decided that pictures are inde…
Given the proximity of Christmas I’m wrapping up my summary of the 2013 Virginia stormchase season in this post. I actually had a rather busy rest-of-August, with chases on the 9th, 10th (5 wall clouds sighted), 13th, 21st, 24th, and the culmination of…
