Getting closer!

SPC has a slight risk for tomorrow's East Coast storm creeping into coastal NC. Granted that we have several more weeks of winter to go, but can Virginia spring storm chasing be far away?

California tornado

Wow, can the Mid-Atlantic chase season be far behind?

"1257 PM     TORNADO   HUNTINGTON BEA    33.69N 118.01W  
01/19/2010      ORANGE     CA   PUBLIC            
  
  TORNADO SPOTTED ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY JUST SOUTH OF   
  ANDERSON STREET. THE FUNNEL CROSSED THE HIGHWAY AND   
  HEADED NE. A BLACK LIMO WAS LIFTED UP AND AN SUV WAS   
  FLIPPED AND THROWN INTO A TREE. DOWNED TREES AND ROOF   
  DAMAGE WERE ALSO SEEN IN THE AREA.  "

Only in Southern California would a tornado report include both
 a limo and an SUV!

2009 storm chase writeup...published!

Finally got it done. Click on the badge in the right column to get to this pictorial walk through of the 2009 chase season both here in Virginia and in Tornado Alley. I just ordered my proof copy and I still reserve the right to make changes if the print version doesn't look like I want it to.
Now, I'm ready for the 2010 season to begin!!

2009 chase writeup

I'm still plugging away at my 2009 chase photo book, aiming to upload the manuscript to Blurb.com before the 2010 season starts (e.g. by mid-March). I've finished with the first photographic run-thru of the season's chases and I now need to read through the limited amount of text to see if it all hangs together. Then I need to pick the photos that will grace the cover and other assorted pages, followed by a final review of the layout. I really need an editor!
As far as chasing goes, unless I want to chase snow showers I don't have a prayer of getting out in the next several weeks. Oh well!

Deep sigh of long-sufferance

From the long range Storm Prediction Center site:

" ZCZC SPCSWOD48 ALL
  ACUS48 KWNS 010838
  SPC AC 010838
 
  DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK 
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  0238 AM CST FRI JAN 01 2010
 
  VALID 041200Z - 091200Z
 
  ...DISCUSSION...
 
  POLAR AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS NEXT
  WEEK.  VERY LITTLE DEEP CONVECTION...MUCH LESS SEVERE...WILL BE
  NOTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
 
  ..DARROW.. 01/01/2010"

Bleakness and despair rendered to a chaser's soul...