Neither the SPC nor the local models provided me with much hope for strong convection today in areas that I could chase, and so far they've both been right. The really "good" stuff was north of DC this afternoon so I settled for a generic cell that plowed northward through Caroline, King George, and Stafford counties. Close to 4:00 pm I had stopped alongside the Port Conway Road in King George close to the Rte. 3 intersection to watch this cell and was rewarded with a CG strike recorded on video:
The only other excitement came from a lowering that appeared to be organizing northwest of my position, so I relocated to Fairview Beach for a better look. I arrived just as the rain did and didn't see any evidence of the lowering. After the rain lessened I headed for the barn, stopping to check out storm bases at a local school and snapping a photo of steam rising off the cooling parking lot:
All in all it was a basic local chase, but the good news is that my backyard rain gauge indicated total rainfall of 0.5 inches for today. We needed it!
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