High Plains Drifter


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June 14, 2009

nice lightning photography so far, storms about to hit moisture

Filed under: chase mode updates — Mike U @ 6:07 pm

We are 11 N Arriba on farm roads photographing high-based storms with
photogenic lightning. The storms are about to ingest lower 60s
dewpoints, so we are hoping for a transformation of sorts toward more
significant severe storms. We are heading to I-70 and then east again
to stay ahead of this stuff. We realize we missed the tornado(es) in
SW KS. This was a misforecast on our part. We overanalyzed things,
but that’s part of chasing. Day is not done yet though!


Mike Umscheid Photography

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2 Comments »

  1. Good luck…hoping that the storms transition for you!

    Comment by Charles Dalton — June 14, 2009 @ 6:22 pm

  2. Well Charles, it did transition, but not in a favorable manner for us. Way too much low level stratus in the inflow region, so we had to drop wayyy south toward Karval, CO. We caught the tail-end of decent supercell structure before both storms bit the dust.

    Comment by Mike U — June 14, 2009 @ 8:58 pm

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