If I Had a Tail ---- I'd Chase It!

Howdy, weather drones,

It's been awhile since my last post; I've had a few unfortunate misunderstandings with various credit and utility companies....ergo, I'm now jacking my neighbor's ISP, with permission. The only thing worse than being without weather is being without weather AND money at the same time.

The last week has been very odd for weather here (odd, not awesome). The first part of the week saw temps in the 90's (F). That sucked since I work outside; then the back half of the week cooled off and today we had rain. Culminating in our brief 15 minutes of fame on the SPC/GRL3: A severe thunderstorm warning. I got so excited that I snapped the GRL3 screenshot and will lovingly display it for you now.




I was online with some other weather kooks and nearly peed myself when I saw this. Of course it means nothing, but hey, if I had a tail I'd chase it. There was no rotation associated with this storm - the cells flared and died just as quickly, but I did get this snappy screenshot!

The story isn't the same in the Mids however. The SPC has issued slight risks for most of the alley and everyone including the dead are going chasing tomorrow and Sunday. One of my aquaintances even posted an open seat for the weekend...maybe more later. TTFN

SacraMESO! April 7, 2009

Fer Shear, fer shear, dudes!

Greetings minions. Before you take the exclamation point thing too seriously, I would like to state for the record that we do not have tornadic supercells occurring. We are, however, enjoying some cold-core mesos performing a little rotation ritual for us. This radar pic was generated with GRLevel3 software - thanks for the free trial, dudes.

Now this radar shot will show you something you
don't see everyday in the central valley of Calif.
6 - count 'em, 6 mesos just over downtown
this evening. While I didn't include all the
pertinent data, those familiar with GRL3 will
know that at least 3 of these were pretty
strong. It's not often that we get better wx than the mids in early spring!

Speaking of the high plains, the past few days haven't panned out for any good chasing, but April 9 shows good potential. See ya! ts

Ooooooo! Weather Frenzy in CA!

Ok, well maybe not; a girl can dream though can't she? So we aren't having a weather frenzy here today...in fact I'd be hard pressed to find a cloud today. As non-sucky as that sounds, it isn't a lot of fun for someone with my condition. What's that you ask? SDS. The need for ever-changing and rapidly developing storms and phenomena that our eyes can't believe.

California is great; it's beautiful with so much to do, but chasing storms just isn't one of the things we're known for. In fact, the closest I've come to being hit by lightning is when my blowdryer shorted out last week. Intense rotation is something only med students encounter and a dry line is still something that you hang your clothes on with pins.

Perhaps if I wait a few milleniums California will be located in the mids and then I can enjoy some REAL weather! Until then I guess I'll just have to be content with full sun, no clouds and temps in the low 70's for early April --- BORING!!!!!!!