Here are some pictures and a brief account of my May, 31 chase...One of many good chases i was on during 2006.
Ok, this is when the 2006 year really began to take off for me. It was a slight risk day, and there was a severe t-storm watch out for eastern CO, and there was some serious 40kt shear, coupled with some ok instability...This storm initially began as a linear system but as it moved east to better moisture and better shear, it got organized into an HP supercell. i had followed it* past strausberg. It looked pretty hairy from the rear...
I kept going east on 70 into the rear of the storm...I was going to go through the core of the storm and attempt to get ahead. It proved a worrisome experience...
Hail up tp quarter size was accumulating up to 6 inches deep on the highway and we were hydroplaning on the hail struggling to get ahead of the storm. Eventually, we got ahead of the storm...And it was looking good. There was a grip chasers around too.
You can see the look of the hail core, and the updraft...Pretty heavy s#it...
Eventually, the storm began looking really good...Just look at the colors on this thing! I really enjoyed being on the chase...And the really cool thing was seeing the DOW. It was out scanning the storm. It was heavy, thats all i can say.
The storm really began to get some rotation, and a big ass tornado began to form. It never touched down, but it almost got really serious...It was missing alot of spin though.
Then came the downdraft...And let me tell you...It got a little windy.
Outflow winds were pushing 70...
Heres a BW enhanced version of the tornado...You can clearly see a tube.
Not a bad day at all, id say