Well yesterday, June 2 was another down day with respect to storm chasing. After discussion within our group, we decided to hang tough with this marginal pattern vs. blowing off the rest of the chase. We are taking things one day at a time. Anyway, yesterday it looked like Saturday June 3 might be a decent enough opportunity for high based supercells in northwest flow aloft over southwest Nebraska. With this in mind, we optioned to drive around and do more sightseeing in the Rockies.
After Rob and Jon dropped off Mitch at Denver Int’l, they met back up with Jay and me in Estes Park. We spent the afternoon driving through the park with nice scenics and wildlife. The snowfields are pretty nice right now above 10,500 ft. or so. After driving through the park we headed back to Estes Park then to our final destination of Fort Morgan, where we are this morning. Driving to Fort Morgan last night, we noticed on the internet a couple of really interesting supercells in Northwestern Nebraska in the Sandhills. These supercells were in a fairly weak flow environment with meager moisture. This gave us some hope for today’s chase in western Nebraska/Northwest KS.
Jon, Rob, and Jay from left to right.
