Initial storms ... forming a uneventful bow echo northeast of Deer Trail, CO.We followed the storms as they coalesced and bowed out north of Limon. I was not pleased with the structure and quickly made the decision to venture south in anticipation of more storms firing near Pueblo, which had good heating and a growing source of instability for any storms that rolled of the higher terrain. As we headed down south on SR-71, we kept our eye on developing convection near Pueblo. As we arrived in Ordway (where I was stung by a bee on the lip while pumping gas! How the hell does that happen? Argh!), we noted the storm to our immediate northwest was high based, yet appeared "nice" on radar reflectivity. A new cell formed to our southwest and we latched onto this baby for the remainder of the night. Long story short, we followed two mammoth supercells as they eventually coalesced and produced an absolutely stunning solo supercell at sunset. Mid-level rotation was truly mouthwatering ... as a storm structure nut, I was in heaven. We kept with the storm(s) from Ordway, to Manzanola, to La Junta, to Las Animas, to Lamar, where we rode out the core after sunset. Ahhhh ... I'm sure this storm will make an appearance or two in my dreams! What a joyful evening!
"Seedling" supercell southwest of Ordway, CO. 
Northern supercell of the pair ... north of La Junta, CO. 
Southern supercell flanked by the northern supercell. 
Mammoth beast after the supercells joined. 
Crawler, wall cloud, and bell ... man, I'll take this view any day! 
The "bell" at sunset.Time lapse video of the day's action. Includes video of early storms northwest of Limon followed by the amazing supercells near La Junta onward to Lamar. For a higher resolution video, please email me and I'll provide a link for download.
3 comments:
simply breathtaking
What a great day. You got on some awesome storms. Love the time lapse. Wish I were there!
Wow! Very picturesque in nature....
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