Wednesday 21st June 2023 - WY/CO (Enhanced Risk)

After a 4 day break at the end of the Tours it was time for 3 days of back to back chasing before I headed home to the Uk after a long tough season, today featured some pretty exceptional moisture content which had made its way up into the High Plains. Whenever you see a Dewpoint reading of 73f at Fort Morgan you take note and stick close to Colorado Right ? Right ?

Well thankfully my biggest cock up in over 5 years happened when I had no tours with me so why of why did I go for the Laramie Supercell which after evaluation only really had low 50s dewpoints to work with, of course storms to the East of Fort Morgan went on a Tornado Festival with some of the most incredible pictures in years. Thing is it wasnt just me being stupid in Wyoming with pretty much 95% of the worlds chasers up there in the cold stratus as well whilst just 3 chasers were clever enough to pick NE Colorado. Things like this happening are good though and makes us better chasers for the future so although I was apart of the red dot walk of shame coming back south into Colorado in readiness for tomorrows Day 2 of the DCVZ it will make me better for future chases.

We still did see a kick ass Supercell but storms to our east cut off the moisture flow and we were left with a Storm that never left the mountain before it lined out and a decent little sunset storm near Fort Collins just before we called off the chase for the day. In good position for tomorrow though which should be around the Denver area.

Pic of the Day below.