NAM Supercell composite parameter forecast for 7 pm WednesdayDespite a lot of buzz about potential severe weather for Thursday – including quite a few mentions of the “D” word (derecho) – I think tomorrow may provide a decent chase opportunity in the O…
Today kicked off the post-Hokie Storm Chase half of the Virginia storm chase season. An upper level shortwave trough provided lift to an already soggy atmosphere to fire storms today. The low level shear and instability levels were such tha…
Back from storm chasing in the Great Plains it is now time to focus on local setups here in Virginia. Granted, the CAPE (instability) and shear aren’t as great as they tend to be out west but nonetheless there are plenty of storms to chase here.&…
The second trip of the 2013 version of the Hokie Storm Chasers arrived back in Blacksburg safe and sound just before noon today. Although I’m positive that all the drivers / instructors felt the strain it is likely that team leader Dave Carroll a…
After the chaotic events of Friday’s chase we (the Hokie Storm Chasers) took a couple of down days this weekend to (a) let the pattern reload and (b) recuperate. After leaving Lawton OK Saturday morning we moseyed westward to the Texas panhandle …
Yes, we were in southern Oklahoma to chase this past Friday when the disaster unfolded in the OKC area. No, we were NOT chasing in the OKC metro area since we don’t chase in or near cities. The traffic, congestion, and limited escape routes…
I have had precious little success storm chasing under Moderate Risk designations by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) but May 30 2013 may have broken the jinx. The Hokie Storm Chasers started the morning in Arkansas City KS before dropping south…
The second batch of Virginia Tech meteorology students headed west yesterday on a storm chase trip from Blacksburg, winding up in Columbia MO for the night. I tagged along as an extra driver / mentor for the group which consists of 13 students wh…
After a 5000 mile journey that touched 11 states the Hokie Stormchasers are home…so I am too until Monday when the second trip rolls west. Tuesday’s chase (5/21) involved yet another Moderate Risk with discrete storms that quickly lined out, me…
I’ve rarely had real success chasing Storm Prediction Center Moderate Risk setups and today was no exception. We started in Paris TX where we had overnighted and targeted an area south and east of the Dallas/Ft.Worth metroplex where short range m…
