WHERE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, LIGHTNING, BLIZZARDS, AND FLOODS ARE NO MATCH!
Monday, August 6th, 2010 at 11:08pm EDT
Co-Production and website with Mark Ellinwood and Jason Foster
Just a quick note that Mark Ellinwood and myself are working on a co-production blog style website that will focus on our shared experiences and chase activities. The site is meant to provide an interesting perspective on severe weather forecasting around [...]
Mon, September 6 2010 » DC area weather, summer 2010, web updates » No Comments
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 1:04am EDT
NWS Survey details events of August 12, 2010 double round of storms that hit the greater DC region
FREDERICK AND CARROLL COUNTIES…
…EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE MARYLAND…
LOCATION…SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE IN FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND
–DATE…12 AUGUST 2010
–ESTIMATED TIME…503 PM
–MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF-0
–ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…80 MPH
–MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…50 YARDS
–PATH LENGTH…0.25 MILES
–BEGINNING LAT/LON…39.4403N/77.1837W
–ENDING [...]
Wed, August 18 2010 » DC area weather, NWS, severe weather coverage, summer 2010, tornado » No Comments
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 11:25pm EDT
Good Chase Today in South-Central Virginia
Today, Mark Ellinwood and myself once again ventured out to chase some Regional/local storm possibilities in the Mid-Atlantic. Today it was central and south-central Virginia. About my third time in the area and Mark’s first the chase went pretty well. We did not make [...]
Thu, August 5 2010 » DC area weather, hurricanes 2010, lightning, severe weather coverage, storm chasing, summer 2010, tropical storm coverage » No Comments
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:28pm EDT
Weak Storm helped me get in the mood for tomorrow.
Some pulse type storms came through today. Decent when the line of storms form to the west in the far western Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania and adjoining counties in West Virginia, but diminished after crossing the Potomac River and entering Montgomery [...]
Wed, August 4 2010 » DC area weather, lightning, summer 2010 » No Comments
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 10:35pm EDT
A slew of updates and quick discussions.
First up, Tropical Storm Colin left as quickly as it came:
Early today at the 5pm National Hurricane Center update, they concluded from various data sources (buoys mostly) that Tropical Storm Colin was short lived, issuing it’s last discussion and classifying the system a [...]
Tue, August 3 2010 » DC area weather, Jason personal, hurricanes 2010, other news stories, storm chasing, summer 2010, tropical storm coverage » No Comments
Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 10:32pm EDT
Good chase, decent images, lots of power outages for the DC area. Recovery still underway.
While no tornadoes were reported with this severe weather event, there was lots of damage and power outages throughout the region. Wind reports in excess of 70mph were reported and during Mark and I’s [...]
Mon, July 26 2010 » DC area weather, severe weather coverage, storm chasing, summer 2010 » No Comments
Only been about 25 minutes, and still awaiting confirmation (likely from the US Geological Survey / USGS) on the earthquake that struck the Washington, DC metro area. I felt it pretty good here in Gaithersburg, MD at around 5:05am this morning.
It woke me up with a bang and then a shutter that gradually decreased in [...]
Fri, July 16 2010 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Hurricanes 2009, earthquake, other news stories » No Comments
Monday, April 26th, 2010 at 12:45pm EDT
A summary of yesterday’s local storm chase.
A short chase/intercept with (I believe) less than 100 miles driven. The most interesting part….actually having a chaser convergence in Maryland.
WHAT? Yup, Bill Hark and myself happen to run into each other in Maryland, west of Frederick, Maryland after following some [...]
Mon, April 26 2010 » DC area weather, Skywarn, Spring 2010, severe weather coverage » No Comments
Not a tornado people!
Neither is this!
Kinda looks like palm trees…but they are baby walnut trees.
This is a sample of the hail that I reported to NWS at quartersize.
0009 100 BEALLSVILLE MONTGOMERY MD 3918 7741 (LWX)
Mon, April 26 2010 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Hurricanes 2008, Hurricanes 2009, Spring 2010, severe weather coverage, snow, storm chasing, summer 2009 » No Comments
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at 11:01am EDT
Rescue works, red cross, and more in the devastated town of Yazoo City, Mississippi.
The town is now in recovery and rebuilding mode as the main storm threat is over. All kinds of government and civilian assistance organizations are on scene helping the many residents affected by this 1/2 [...]
Sun, April 25 2010 » DC area weather, Spring 2010, severe weather coverage, storm chasing, tornado » No Comments