Cloud 9 Tours
Cloud 9 Tours

The fun side of storm chasing

May 24, 2005


We started out in Burlington, CO. There was a stationary front to our north, so we went NW in hopes of a supercell riding along the front. There was a cluster of storms that started to look interesting SE of Sterling. We saw several dust plumes and a nice base and wall cloud, soon outflow undercut the storms. We had to drive thought the core briefly and saw some quarter size hail. The cluster of storms merged together and it looked like any photogenic storms were over with for the day. We headed back to Burlington and saw a storm near Kit Carson that looked interesting on radar. We continued south to intercept this storm. There were two cells that appeared very interesting. By the time we got just south of Cheyenne Wells, the storms were right turning. When we got to a good vantage point, we noticed a nice "upside-down birthday cake" appearance. We could also see the rounded base of the storm to our west. These storms were very photogenic, but soon they were undercut by outflow.