Amazing contrast and mammatus with the intensifying storm near Hays. Golden hour in full effect

Heat/instability axis continues to nose through KS =
with an
absolute sauna out there (mid 90s temps, around 70 dewpoints). Winds =
have
surprisingly remained relatively backed along and just east of the US81
corridor with near due south flow observed.  We continue to like =
the
prospects between Concordia KS and Superior NE where we hope a =
slow-moving tail
end supercell will develop, and be aided by the left exit region of a =
secondary
upper jet max coming into the southern Plains over the next 3-4 hours. A
surface heat low to the west should maintain enough backing to the low =
level
flow to yield great hodograph structure toward late afternoon into the =
early
evening. At this point we head to Concordia for a late lunch and hope =
patience
and thinking “outside the box” pays off. Good luck to all =
those up
in the Great North! – Evan

I decided to chase close to home since I had a day off and it appeared
storms would form along the cold front with fairly high CAPE and
marginal shear. Well, convective initiation did occur near Ashland…
but as soon as storms developed in Clark County, they rapidly
dissipated. I decided not to chase all that far from home since it
appeared that only marginal chances for organized supercells existed
across the western/central plains. Since storms have dissipated where
I sit here southeast of Ashland, I will likely begin my short trek
back home. My next chase day will likely be Day 1 of my second chase
vacation, which begins June 17th… next Thursday.

North of Raymer colorado at 535pm cdt