Here's the best of what I saw yesterday, which was our final storm:
We did get a big lightning show, but Heidi's camera was flaky so she didn't get any lightning pictures (she's the one with the lightning trigger).
And here's the best pic I've found of the Boston storms:
I think Boston was better!
That's mother nature for you! She is so unpredictable.
The GPS track for the day is here. As you can see, we started in Garden City, KS, and was all over southern Nebraska before settling in at Kearney, NE.
Today (day 3, Wednesday) we plan to chase in eastern Iowa, where there is a significant tornado threat. Thursday should bring us back somewhere between there and Denver, and Friday and Saturday should be spent in eastern Colorado. Friday looks like kind of a down day, and though Thursday we would like to spend in Colorado, it is probably too far to get to for that day.
The last time Heidi and I chased in Iowa we saw ***twelve*** tornadoes in the same day! Nine of those were after dark, where we saw some EF-3 wedges lit up in the copious lightning. I know I'll never get a night like that in the rest of my life.
We're hoping we'll be good luck for Iowa, which our guide says is spelled B-U-S-T -- "bust" being the term for setups that look great but don't pan out at all.
When you are on the road, you get awfully hungry. My diet is pretty much shot for the week.
On to Iowa!
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