August 29th

I headed to central Nebraska August 28th to chase a somewhat marginal set up. I arrived near York mid afternoon and waited for storms to form. I recently purchased a Canon 10-22 MM lens to try out for wide angle photography. I wasn't dissapointed! Stunning quality and clarity from this lens!

Storms formed late afternoon and quickly became linear and outflow dominant. I encountered high winds, hail to quarter size and respectable lightning.

It looks like we will be going through a period of calm weather before a potential large system effects us by Sept 6-9 period.

We could also see a few storms today, but due to lack of wind shear and instability, no severe weather should occur. But, this IS Colorado and anything is possible!

Roger

Update, August 24

After two days of wild weather in Colorado and Wyoming, things are settling down for a couple of days.

August 22nd took me first north of Cheyenne, then east of Cheyenne for two pretty supercells. Both storms produced hail to golfball size. The storm east of Cheyenne gave me quite a scare. As I was standing outside the van under power lines, a bolt of lightning hit a power pole about 50 feet away from me. The shock wave from this almost knocked me down and I certainly could feel the electric discharge.

August 23rd took me south of the Palmer Divide, initially near Simla, then farther south to north of Ordway. Both supercells were classic Colorado hailers, producing golfball sized hail. The storm north of Ordway produced hail up to 6" or more deep! Quite a sight!

Roger