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To date this spring has been a ho-hum storm season here in the Old Dominion. Although I admit there have been at least two setups this month (May) which I haven’t been able to chase for other reasons, this has been a very disappointing chase year so far. In fact, the last couple of years have resulted in rather scanty chase results. The sole saving grace in 2024 was the last ...


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After several days of well above normal May temperatures a backdoor cold front was forecast to sag southward across the Old Dominion. The SPC outlook for Thursday May 21st showed a Marginal Risk as a result:

Although instability (CAPE) values weren’t impressive – with little wind shear to boot – I was particularly interested in storms which would interact with t...


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I wasn’t expecting much today, and it certainly fulfilled those expectations. The SPC Day 1 outlook had parts of Virginia along and west of the Blue Ridge under a Marginal Risk as a cold front pressed across the Appalachian Mountains:

Neither the CAPE (instability) nor the shear values were notable, but the prospect of actually seeing a storm during this very qu...


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