What will the 2009 storm chase season bring?

June 30 2008 Shelf Cloud, Fauquier county VA

Good question. Will this be a repeat of the very active 2008 Mid-Atlantic season which provided a number of eye-catching storms, or will this year resemble the drought years of 2005 & 2007 during which we were pretty much shut out? Only time will tell, of course, especially with the possible expansion of our chase territory into south central and southwestern Virginia (more about that in a future post). To bide my time until convection returns I have been working on volume two of my chase account "Confessions of a Storm Junkie" that will cover the 2007 and 2008 Virginia chases plus the April 2008 mini-chase in the Southern Plains. I am just about finished editing and am ready to begin the publishing phase using the software provided by the folks at Blurb.com. Hey, it's something to keep my mind off the winter doldrums!