Storm Chasing - Day 5 (Part 1) 
Thursday, June 11, 2009, 05:07 PM
Posted by Charley
Stayed in Colby, Kansas for the night and now we are headed for Greeley, CO. Woke up late this AM because we got in late last night (2:30 AM) and I was spent. The farther north we need to go the earlier in the day that supercells form. So we drove extra last night to get us in position for todays early weather.

The first supercell of the day was at about 2:00 PM CT near Greeley, CO. The storm grew and then fizzled when it ran info another cell. The storms are combining and reforming. The temperature dropped from 72 to 39 F in about 20 seconds as we let the front over run us. I've been wanting to get some hail so Todd positioned us and I ran out in the hail with my hard hat on while all the guys were laughing. I'm running around picking up hail and yelling Ooow, Ooow and laughing myself. More later


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