It's Chase Day... Storm Chasing in South Georgia!!

(Hey, if you click on the graphic above, it will loop for you.) OK... woke up late this morning... was hoping to get some stuff done ahead of the approaching storm. Granted, I will still get stuff done, just not as much as I had initially hoped. Looks like a squall set up, with some embedded cells. The line now is being briskly moved through Louisiana. One long tracking warned cell looks to have lined out. I am thinking it will die soon. Locally, I am looking at overcast skies with a steady mist (SPC refers to this as the maritime tropical air mass/boundary layer which is slowly creeping it's way up, spreading itself through the Southeast, offering up some moisture reserve), but a quick look at the radar loop tells me that it's scattered and could... read that... COULD clear up enough to let a bit of heating in. As you can see, the SPC has added a slight risk area and expanded mine. Here is the cool wording...

LONG ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVED HODOGRAPHS WITHIN THE NARROW INLAND WARM SECTOR APPEAR SUPPORTIVE OF EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AREA AND SPREAD NEWD ACROSS SE GA BY THIS EVENING...REACHING THE COASTAL CAROLINAS TONIGHT.

Here is what the guys are saying in Tally...

WE ARE LEFT WITH THE SAME OLD QUESTION FOR THESE LOW END EVENTS. WILL WE HAVE THE NECESSARY SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER? AT THIS POINT IN TIME...IT STILL REMAINS A LITTLE UNCERTAIN. IT IS EXPECTED THAT AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD...WE`LL SEE A FEW BREAKS IN THE LOW DECK THAT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME HEATING TO TAKE PLACE. THIS WILL BE THE KEY. HOW MUCH HEATING OCCURS WILL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR OUR SEVERE WEATHER PROSPECTS THIS EVENING. THE DYNAMICAL FIELDS ARE SUFFICIENT TO YIELD SEVERE STORMS.

Looks like Rick and I will be in for an evening chase. Too bad Meso Magnet Mike is busy shooting birds... we could use his help against the storm killing powers of the Dewvoid. Now, I just need to line up some radar support, perhaps one of the guys from the team... Oh yes, there it is, the Happy Dew Dance... Nothing like a little slight risk area over your region to aid in the treatment of those overwhelming SDS symptoms.

I will keep you posted. Got bunches to do...

Happy Chase Day!
~Dewdrop