Not today, either

The few Virginia storms that did fire today didn't begin to be chase-worthy until about 90 minutes before sunset, and these storms were - you guessed it - about a 90 minute drive from me and heading away. So I've been gazing hopefully at the radar and personally willing a run-of-the-mill shower near Culpeper to grow, but no dice. The last radar frame shows an almost nonexistent return, the signature of an updraft dying on the vine with the loss of solar heating. The next chance of a stray rumble of thunder may occur this weekend, but after that I don't see anything thru the middle of next week. We need a strong cold front to punch through the area with some decent Gulf moisture ahead of it!!