Chesapeake Bay Breeze

One of the factors in Mid-Atlantic storm chasing is the presence of the Chesapeake Bay.  It affects both storm access - bridges are few and far between - and storm initiation and intensification.   The latter two are a direct result of the "Bay breeze", a localized phenomenon that occurs when the overall wind field is light and a circulation develops between the water and the land.  The air over the warmer land rises and is replaced at the surface by cooler air from atop the Bay waters.  The result is a mini-cold front that can both create storms and intensify existing ones.  Here is a radar depiction of today's Bay breeze:

The weak radar return inside the yellow oval is the Bay breeze.  It is advancing toward the northwest and will likely meet the storms heading southeast from Pennsylvania.  The result could be an intensification of said storms, possibly resulting in low level rotation.  I'm sure the NWS Sterling mets are keeping their eyes on this.