First Chase of 2013 Highly Likely!!!

Well, the real first chitter chatter of a true chase-a-tunity is happening.  Odds are very likely that we will be chasing Wednesday, unless the models change (I am completely ignoring the 12z model run right now!!!! ICK!)

Right now, it appears that a significant multiday severe weather event will be occurring starting in the Great Plains and moving east over into Dixie Alley.

No Plains chasing this time, but we do currently  have plans to chase the lower MS valley Wednesday.

The 12z run placed the system a lot further east than any of the other runs, and if this were to come true, chasing would be impossible due to the timing since it would be moving through overnight.

Here's the SPCs Day 4-8 Probability Map:

Updates to follow!  :)  Spring is here!

What's Up!

Well, here's what's up with me!  Busy with work.. unfortunately I have not done too much work on ye olde thesis, but I have a plan for that!

Let's see here.. tomorrow, I will be doing my first 5K.. I might run some, but for the most part my goal is to walk fast and finish.  The race is the Rump Run to benefit the Chattanooga Colon Cancer Foundation.  I'm very excited to be participating in this event, because as many of you know my sister had stage 3 colon cancer and she is healed!  My mom, my sister, and my great niece will all be participating in the race!  I'm very excited and happy that THIS is my first 5K!!!  By this time next year, my goal is to run the entire race!  We will see...

Hmm I feel like there is something else.. OH yes.. That's right!  This little nugget..

 In all actuality, there isn't much in the way of directional shear, but I do believe a very intense squall line could develop and cause wind damage in the area.  So stay tuned!  The timing on this is looking like 3-6 pm, but it is a long ways out and things can always change!

So in order to spice up my blog in between weather nerdiness, I have decided to include my other hobbies as a part of this blog.  So mostly, I will focus on cooking, travel, and photography in addition to weather with a few other nuggets thrown in here and there.

I will be sure to post again this weekend to discuss the severe potential on Monday!!!  Spring is trying to spring!

Severe Weather.. WHATTT?

Well, we've had two of the weakest "winter" weather events I've seen.  It's been a very Chattanooga winter, with surrounding areas getting snow or ice while we remain just above freezing.. enough to make the poor weathermen around here look like dummies.

Anyway.. I kept seeing a few other weather weenies mention next week's setup, so I caved in and took a good look at the models.

Here's SPC Outlook for Tuesday and Wednesday..

Here's my take on the whole thing...

It looks pretty good.  I'll definitely be bringing my camera along with me to work on Wednesday, just in case.  However, experience tells me that this time of year brings swift moving linear systems with embedded tornadoes.  So, I'm not buying any of this isolated supercell stuff, right now.  Stranger things have happened though!

So we'll see what happens.