The blogpost title seems to be the 2013 theme. It was no surprise that today’s Slight Risk convection lined out quickly as there wasn’t much shear to foster discrete cells. What was a bit disconcerting was that the storms lined out before c…
A long wave trough will sag eastward across the Mid-Atlantic late this week, dragging a surface front with it into the steamy air hanging over the Piedmont. Thus it would seem the best Virginia chase days this week would be Thursday and Friday.&n…
Checking out a couple of models provides hints that the upcoming week could hold several chasing opportunities, possibly Monday (ehhhh), Thursday (okay), and Friday (looking good). The long wave trough moving into the eastern U.S. at the end of t…
The severe thunderstorm that rattled Roanoke Valley residents on Wednesday June 19th was rotating as it approached the valley and lowered a wall cloud during its passage in addition to dumping hail, heavy rains, and high winds over the area. Here…
The Hokie Storm Chasers have only been back two weeks and I’m already longing to be back out there, this time in the Northern Plains:The lack of chaser convergence up there plus the wide open spaces exert a tremendous draw on the psyche. I may ha…
A severe thunderstorm blew up just north of the Roanoke valley so I ventured out to observe. The hail core split, weakened, and went around me before re-intensifying so I didn’t get to experience the one inch hail that was radar-indicated but I d…
A”dry” slot (relatively speaking) did make its way north of the Virginia border today but conditions still weren’t volatile enough for strong discrete storms ahead of a cold front. I headed out anyway for a relaxed chase with little expectation o…
Will this dry slot move into southern VA in time for some afternoon storms to fire?Watching and waiting…
The 0Z GFS has very nice things to say – or hint – about the potential for chasing here in Virginia on Tuesday 6/18. Check out these two forecast graphics for 8 pm Tuesday:Supercell Composite ParameterSurface MapHowever the Storm Prediction Cente…
As far as chases go this one left a lot to be desired. I knew the storms wouldn’t stay discrete long and would line out quick (shades of the 2013 Hokie Storm Chase) but I’d hoped I could catch one cell before that happened. Observing the ac…
