I don't think I'll publish this season's results in book form as I have previous years. There simply wasn't enough action to put into manuscript form. I summarized the season in a spreadsheet and discovered that I actually did spy five definite wall clouds and two funnels this year in Virginia. (That's not an abundance of results even for Virginia, and chasers in other more fruitful areas probably saw as much in 2 weeks worth of activity.) The first chase was on March 22nd, and the last "real" chase was October 27th. The monthly summary is as follows:
March: 1 chase
April: 3 chases
May: 3 chases
June: 9 chases
July: 5 chases
Aug: 2.5 chases (the half chase was walking out my front door to observe an approaching cell.)
Sep: None
Oct: 1 chase
The extreme heat and drought this year contributed mightily to these sparse results, plus the fact that I didn't make it out to Tornado Alley. That, at least, will change next year!!
2 comments:
Having read your blog this past year after reading a certain comic this morning:
http://xkcd.com/831/
... I felt it was necessary for you to see it.
Charles,
That captures the essence of storm chasing! Thanks!!
Chris
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