More storms to chase soon?

Here at the height of the summer doldrums it's hard to scare up a storm or two to chase. Recent activity has stayed well to the south across central and southern Virginia as the racetrack around the heat dome over much of the country has steered storms away from the Fredericksburg region. None of the recent setups have had enough severe potential to provide the incentive to travel several hours in the heat and humidity to intercept ordinary storms. However with a couple of weak fronts on the way hopes are rising for local convection both Monday and Wednesday of this week. The overall setup doesn't look promising for severe storms either day but anything that provides rain at this point is of interest.

Meanwhile the tropics are becoming more active so that too is an area to keep an eye on for severity. Not wishing severe weather on anyone, but it is true that some of the best chasing in the past few years has been during the passage of tropical storm remnants through the area.