A few showers popped up east of I-95, but nothing spectacular happened within chasing reach today even though we were under an SPC-issued mesoscale discussion (MD). MD’s are sometimes precursors to weather watches, but this one didn’t pan out. Tomorr…
I’ve come to the conclusion that Fredericksburg needs a weather blog so I am stepping into the gap. This will not be as much of a weather forecast site as it will be a place to discuss the why’s and wherefore’s of the weather phenomena that affect our…
I’ve decided to separate regular weather posts from my stormchase blog, so here we are. More to come later…
Models still show some convective potential in the region tomorrow, but not many other severe weather factors exist. So, we’ll probably see some thundershowers but no severe storms. South of Richmond it looks like there could be some action Saturda…
Local forecasts are calling for a cold front to ooze through here tomorrow (Wednesday) and stall near the North Carolina line before pushing back north of our area on Friday. This would put us firmly in the warm sector, and the above graphic shows som…
My target for tomorrow would be just north of Plainview TX in mid-late afternoon. The models look like they’re predicting a dryline bulge in that area along with high CAPE (convective potential) levels, so that’s where I’d locate by 3:00 pm tomorrow a…
I confess to being lazy last night and not looking at models, but I had been thinking about northwestern OK as a target location (Woodward again?). The forecast discussion sounds like the storms in this area will initiate late this afternoon into the …
Radar-indicated rotation is circled in this doppler image of a storm approaching Beatrice NE. Told ya that was a good chase target today!!
Space tornado articleCool! Can you imagine chasing these?
I confess…I did see Beatrice mentioned as a possible target on another chaser’s blog. However, after reviewing models and an Omaha forecast discussion I decided to jump on the bandwagon. With a cold front pressing southeast, plenty of moisture, and…
