High Plains Drifter

Currently on the road, entering Colorado from Kansas on I-70.  We debated whether to target the Raton Mesa to our southwest or southeastern Wyoming.  Both areas look favorable for severe storms (The Raton Mesa area probably moreso), however given the fact that we plan on staying north for the majority of this trip, we’ll hedge north.  It doesn’t look that much more spectacular down there anyway — in fact storms may tend to be more HP-type in nature due to a bit weaker upper level flow down there.  We are planning to stair-step our way northwest toward the CO-NE-WY tri-border area.  There’s already a weak storm developing along the northern end of the Laramie Range at midday.  There’s decent sunshine/heating occurring in the target area.