July 8th chase: Part 2

After I pulled off the storms east of Fredericksburg I dove south to Thornburg to intercept the tornado-warned cell that continued to show rotation on radar in Orange county. This cell was moving to the east as part of the frontal line scouring out the tropical air mass. Unfortunately for me I was cut off from a clear shot at this storm by another storm ahead of the front that was scooting to the northeast. I relied heavily on my GR3 display plus GPS to put me in a position to rescue something worthwhile out of what was becoming a royal rainy mess.

I finally wound up near the intersection of Gordon and Brock Roads in western Spotsylvania county to watch the approach of the area of interest in the approaching line. The cloud deck ahead of the line looked like cold air had already partially stabilized the air mass:
Since radar still showed some rotation in the line I stuck with it and wound up watching an area of scud building into what may have become a wall cloud if conditions had been a bit riper.
And here's a video of the gathering scud (again sped up 4x):


I still have a bit more video to review in hopes that I caught a CG or two, but the chase was over by 5:30 after the frontal passage. Some July fun!