24 February 2012
Severe Thunderstorms on The Chesapeake Bay- In February??
Posted by Dan Satterfield
The Terminal Doppler Radar at Andrews AFB indicated winds over 60 crossing the Chesapeake Bay Friday afternoon. (The bright pink area)
The SPC Severe weather outlook for Friday.
I’ve been tracking some very strong storms across the Chesapeake Bay and into the Delmarva Peninsula this afternoon. A rare moderate risk of severe weather was outlooked by the Storm Prediction Center today for the region. What a crazy winter it has been!
There is also a tornado watch over much of the region, with the greater threat of tornadoes over North Carolina. The crazy weather is not just on this side of the Atlantic. It has been a wet and windy winter in the UK as well. See the video below from my friend Alan Williams who shot these pics of the Lower Aygarth Falls near Howse. Alan is a professional photographer who lives in Wales.
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
The UK this winter effectively cut in half with a wet north and west and a dry south and east. Currently drought conditions prevail in the latter.
PS the falls are near Hawes in North Yorkshire.