Sunday, January 02, 2011

Now for the 2011 storm chase outlook

I don't have a clue.  How's that?  With the models performing as poorly as they have so far this winter here in Virginia I won't even hazard a guess as to what this year's chase season might look like here until we get a lot closer to spring.
The good news is that I won't be strictly confined to Virginia chasing this year since I'll be part of the Virginia Tech Hokie Stormchase team this spring.  This is actually a field class out of the Geography department at Tech that will take us to and from the Plains with the students doing the forecasting.  I'll be along to (a) drive one of the vans, (b) help out Dave Carroll (the instructor) any way I can, and (c) provide another pair of "experienced" eyes to help keep us out of harm's way.  It's still a few months away but I need some happy thoughts to get me through the brutal combination of cold weather and lack of chasing over the next couple of months.

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