In an earlier post I hinted that we may be expanding our storm chasing into southern and south-central Virginia. The reason is that my son and daughter-in-law (and soon-to-arrive grandson!) are moving to Roanoke early this spring. As such we'll have to plan ahead in order to chase together, especially given that my son is starting a new job and will have a somewhat less flexible schedule...but there's always weekends!
Not being familiar with the Blacksburg WFO area we'll have to come up to speed on the best routes and regions to chase in that part of the state. I have picked up a hint from Kevin Myatt of the Roanoke Times (a fellow Virginia chaser) who indicated that when in doubt as to where to chase in southern Virginia just head to Danville. The open farm country and reasonable road system there combined with the climatology seems to provide good chasing territory. Even though that is a few hours south of here it provides an opportunity to cover an area of Virginia that appears to be relatively unexplored by chasers. I will still be chasing here in the northern part of the Old Dominion for the most part, but the storms down south better watch out!!
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