12 – E Colorado Supercell
June 19, 2009
John Moore and I chased with Matt Crowther/Betsy Abrams/Chuck Fallis, Greg Breneman and Steve Sponsler. Waited a fair bit at the Blue Spruce in Lamar before heading up to Kit Carson, Aroyo, and then W on 94 towards Punkin Corners. Watched cell development and chatted briefly with Roger & Elke Edwards, Mike Umschied/Jay Antle, and Ed and Jerrine Verkaik, who I finally got to see in the field – they were the first chasers I met, as they had me up for pie in 1991 and to look at some of the 50, 000 slides they had at the time! See their great galleries at Skyart.
Back tracked E to W of Aroyo, CO, where the eastern took on some very nice Supercell characteristics:
Cell really improved as it moved SE and developed a nice collared wall cloud NE of Eads:
Which also provided a nice opportunity for a group portrait of us watching a great storm in awe (l to r: John, Matt, Steve, Betsy, and Greg):
And later another shot from S of Sheridan Lake (l to r: John, Matt, & Chuck):
Where I was also lucky enough to get a handheld lightning shot – the only one of this trip!
Turned out to be a very nice day – ‘cept for the stupid Penquins winning the Stanley Cup. Grrrr.
