Okay... Not one but TWO distinct chase-a-tunities are in my near future. Wednesday looks kinda weak right now, but there is a chance of some large hail and a SLIGHT possibility of tornadoes. Very slight...
Regardless... I am chasing, especially since the storm motion doesn't seem to be out of control for a change. At this point, I'd chase a rain shower if it happened after work! Right now, my target is somewhere between here and Knoxville, so I'll be driving NE on I-75 as soon as I get off work! If I bust, I've decided to reward myself with a treat just for trying on such a "meh" setup.
Saturday... More stormage! I will definitely be out and about on Saturday. Thursday/Friday all school work must be complete!!!
:)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wacky Weekend
Well, I'm off to Athens today for our yearly GMP conference! The commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Margaret Hamburg is supposed to be there. That's huge! I hope I can get my picture made with her!
Anyway, I finally got my Nikon D3100 camera!!!!! I'm so in love with it, and I'm still learning! I want to spend 30 minutes to 1 hour with it every day so that I will learn quickly!
And unfortunately, that is all I have time to say today! I'm running behind for work this morning!! Gotta run!
Anyway, I finally got my Nikon D3100 camera!!!!! I'm so in love with it, and I'm still learning! I want to spend 30 minutes to 1 hour with it every day so that I will learn quickly!
And unfortunately, that is all I have time to say today! I'm running behind for work this morning!! Gotta run!
Monday, March 7, 2011
No Chasing in the Near Future
For the next couple of weeks, I'm out of commission on chasing. :( I have so much going on. I have two big projects due for school and then I'll be in Atlanta one day this week, Athens next week, and another trip to Atlanta the week after that!
But I think I already blogged about how busy I'm going to be.. :) I just have to hope I don't miss some huge opportunity. And really, if it is something close to home, I'll find a way!
Wednesday MIGHT be a severe weather day for us in Chattanooga, but I'm thinking the more severe weather will be to our south. Tuesday in the Plains will be interesting and I'll be armchair chasing and watching the live streams while trying to focus on my projects!
For now, no chasing for me. Hopefully, we can get some BETTER MORE CHASEABLE severe weather events AFTER everything settles down a bit. :)
But I think I already blogged about how busy I'm going to be.. :) I just have to hope I don't miss some huge opportunity. And really, if it is something close to home, I'll find a way!
Wednesday MIGHT be a severe weather day for us in Chattanooga, but I'm thinking the more severe weather will be to our south. Tuesday in the Plains will be interesting and I'll be armchair chasing and watching the live streams while trying to focus on my projects!
For now, no chasing for me. Hopefully, we can get some BETTER MORE CHASEABLE severe weather events AFTER everything settles down a bit. :)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Busy Days Ahead
March is typically a pretty busy month for me. Not only is it MY birthday, but it is also my brother and my dad's birthday!!!
The week of my birthday will once again be spent in Athens, Ga at the University of Georgia's International GMP Conference! I will spend my birthday with the FDA! It's not all work though, because we tend to make a good time out of it after the conference is over.
Also, this month begins my preparation for taking the RAC exam, which is equivalent to the bar exam for people in my field. I have three sessions in Atlanta beginning next Thursday where they prepare me for the exam. So all that and school work makes March a very stressful month for me!
We finally booked our vacation to San Francisco!!!! We finally scored a lower airfare than what had previously been available and a flight that IS NOT A RED EYE! hahaha! That's part of the problem flying from here to the west coast! A lot of the flights back east are red eyes! I do not want to fly all night! We did that going to London and it is miserable!
Weather wise, this weekend is going to be super rainy. In fact they are predicting we will get 2-3 inches of rain. The chart below is 24 HOUR accumulated precipitation!!! I think we'll be hanging out around the house this weekend!!
The week of my birthday will once again be spent in Athens, Ga at the University of Georgia's International GMP Conference! I will spend my birthday with the FDA! It's not all work though, because we tend to make a good time out of it after the conference is over.
Also, this month begins my preparation for taking the RAC exam, which is equivalent to the bar exam for people in my field. I have three sessions in Atlanta beginning next Thursday where they prepare me for the exam. So all that and school work makes March a very stressful month for me!
We finally booked our vacation to San Francisco!!!! We finally scored a lower airfare than what had previously been available and a flight that IS NOT A RED EYE! hahaha! That's part of the problem flying from here to the west coast! A lot of the flights back east are red eyes! I do not want to fly all night! We did that going to London and it is miserable!
Weather wise, this weekend is going to be super rainy. In fact they are predicting we will get 2-3 inches of rain. The chart below is 24 HOUR accumulated precipitation!!! I think we'll be hanging out around the house this weekend!!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
2/28/11-Chase, Then Be Chased
Yesterday was my longest chase to date. I drove NW 20 miles from downtown Chattanooga to where the squall line was hanging out. It is really insane, when I think about it. I was about 5 miles from that squall line.. no warnings at that time. I literally only saw one lightning bolt and got close enough to be sprinkled on.
Little did I know as I turned around and headed back to work, the line began to strengthen. I quit paying attention, because I was pretty busy at work when I got back from lunch. Luckily, one of my weather BFF's sent me a FB message. A tornado emergency had been issued for right outside of Chattanooga!!
...A TORNADO EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND MOORE COUNTIES...
AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED JUST EAST OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
GROVE...ESTILL SPRINGS AND WOODS RESERVOIR.
Franklin County is where Monteagle mountain is and is literally a couple of miles from where I was only an hour before! Of course, I went to the window. The tornado warning was issued for Chattanooga, and then I pretty much planted myself in front of the window. Very very dark skies were seen to my northwest. Finally, I went back to look at my radar, and saw the storm was approaching. I never saw rotation on the radar, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. I didn't have my GRL3.
I went back to the window and then a crowd had gathered. I saw plenty of scud bombs. No rotation on anything I saw, but then the squall line hit. The wind was nuts and the rain..... It got so bad you couldn't see. I heard two really loud sounds. One was of our main doors blowing open, which now when I think about it, is INSANE because they are locked unless you have an access card. Then the crash came. I don't know how the window blew out, but it did! THEN they sent us to the tornado shelter.. hahaha.
I'm going to need to learn that I shouldn't chase storms. The storms chase me!!! I'm better off saving my gas money and waiting for them to come to me!
Little did I know as I turned around and headed back to work, the line began to strengthen. I quit paying attention, because I was pretty busy at work when I got back from lunch. Luckily, one of my weather BFF's sent me a FB message. A tornado emergency had been issued for right outside of Chattanooga!!
...A TORNADO EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND MOORE COUNTIES...
AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED JUST EAST OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
GROVE...ESTILL SPRINGS AND WOODS RESERVOIR.
Franklin County is where Monteagle mountain is and is literally a couple of miles from where I was only an hour before! Of course, I went to the window. The tornado warning was issued for Chattanooga, and then I pretty much planted myself in front of the window. Very very dark skies were seen to my northwest. Finally, I went back to look at my radar, and saw the storm was approaching. I never saw rotation on the radar, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. I didn't have my GRL3.
I went back to the window and then a crowd had gathered. I saw plenty of scud bombs. No rotation on anything I saw, but then the squall line hit. The wind was nuts and the rain..... It got so bad you couldn't see. I heard two really loud sounds. One was of our main doors blowing open, which now when I think about it, is INSANE because they are locked unless you have an access card. Then the crash came. I don't know how the window blew out, but it did! THEN they sent us to the tornado shelter.. hahaha.
I'm going to need to learn that I shouldn't chase storms. The storms chase me!!! I'm better off saving my gas money and waiting for them to come to me!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
HIGH RISK OF DISTRACTION
It is here.. Spring severe weather season!!!
First, tomorrow will be a chase day providing the following things:
I digress...
Based on my limited knowledge, there doesn't seem to be much directional shear for tomorrow. So I think the primary threat is straight line winds, especially based upon the speed this system will be rolling through! A tornado or two can't be ruled out. I'm still playing in the weather, though! :D
I want to also thank all of my wonderful TVN buddies, because really I couldn't have learned all this junk without you. I'm starting to see more and more every time I look at the models. :)
First, tomorrow will be a chase day providing the following things:
- I can get a couple of ours off of work in the afternoon
- The storms roll through late afternoon
- Did I mention work needs to be super slow so I can take a couple of hours?
I digress...
Based on my limited knowledge, there doesn't seem to be much directional shear for tomorrow. So I think the primary threat is straight line winds, especially based upon the speed this system will be rolling through! A tornado or two can't be ruled out. I'm still playing in the weather, though! :D
I want to also thank all of my wonderful TVN buddies, because really I couldn't have learned all this junk without you. I'm starting to see more and more every time I look at the models. :)
Monday, February 21, 2011
First REAL Chase-a-Tunity of 2011
Well, maybe.... We'll see.
Right now, the models are showing it to be a early to mid morning event for us here in the Chattanooga area. I'm going to be patient and watch the timing of this thing. Early to mid morning is still chaseable in my opinion, but there is a much higher likelihood that it will be a pile of linear garbage moving through here.
Regardless, there should be a significant severe weather outbreak on Thursday. This is a little scary, because it looks like most of the action is going to be in the overnight hours which is so so dangerous.
Although I enjoy my storms, I am really still relatively scared of overnight systems. I don't like not being able to see what is heading my way. Sure there is radar, and you better believe, if these storms roll through in the overnight hours, I'll be up all night with my radar and cell phone handy.
Chase-a-tunity?? It remains to be seen!!!
Right now, the models are showing it to be a early to mid morning event for us here in the Chattanooga area. I'm going to be patient and watch the timing of this thing. Early to mid morning is still chaseable in my opinion, but there is a much higher likelihood that it will be a pile of linear garbage moving through here.
Regardless, there should be a significant severe weather outbreak on Thursday. This is a little scary, because it looks like most of the action is going to be in the overnight hours which is so so dangerous.
Although I enjoy my storms, I am really still relatively scared of overnight systems. I don't like not being able to see what is heading my way. Sure there is radar, and you better believe, if these storms roll through in the overnight hours, I'll be up all night with my radar and cell phone handy.
Chase-a-tunity?? It remains to be seen!!!
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