Planning and Forecast for the Storm Chase Expedition
The start date for chasing is being finalized as I type this, but it looks like Jason, Ian (will be bio’ed later) and I will head out from Maryland on April 30th, with the plan to start actively chasing on May 2nd (so long as there are storms on that day). We be out chasing [...]
Chasing a Possible Tornado Outbreak in NC today
Jason and I will be heading out to North Carolina around 8:00 this morning, and our target area that was picked 2-3 days ago is in the heart of the Moderate Risk area today, which includes a strong risk for tornadoes. A full chase log will be posted later today or tomorrow. It’s potentially going [...]
Mid-Atlantic Discussion – Mar 23, 2011 and this weekend
TOMORROW: A rather unusual severe weather setup as a low pressure system rides along a frontal boundary that is NW-SE oriented from central OH into central MD. Warm-sector instability on the order of 500-1000+ J/kg SBCAPE will develop over WV and western VA during the afternoon, which will help initiate a few areas of showers [...]
Mid-Atlantic – The Week Ahead (Feb 27 – Mar 6)
Temperatures will be above normal today as the sun peaks through scattered clouds southerly winds push warmer air into the region. The birds are chirping this morning as spring tries to get going early in our region. Enjoy today, because tomorrow will be a different story. ***** IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING MONDAY’S WEATHER ***** After [...]
Tornado videos from today’s storms
Videos are emerging of today’s tornadoes. Rolla, MO: **WARNING: NSFW LANGUAGE** Fort Leonard Wood, MO: With 8 tornado reports and 41 total storm reports, this is already the biggest severe weather outbreak/event to occur in recorded history on New Years’ Eve. Let’s also not forget about the snow! Some areas in the Northern [...]
Forum Outage due to AmericanWx Server Upgrade
In case you are out of the loop, the American Weather Forums performed a server upgrade last evening, similar to what happened during the first week of the mass migration. You can go to AmericanWx’s twitter feed or The Forty South Forum thread and read up on how to fix this issue. If you don’t [...]
Mid-Atlantic Discussion – November 30 – December 1
The SPC has been slowly creeping the Slight severe area northwards, as is no surprise. At this point, I think that the Slight will end up along the SE PA and through the northern parts of NJ going into Wednesday morning. SNE may also have a “See Text” threat past 14Z. Anyway… As we get [...]
