6/22/08 CHASE SUMMARY

It was a relatively short chase today. I got out of the house around 5:30pm or so and headed north to get outside of Amarillo. I saw a high based storm north of town, and I wanted to get a better look. It looked ok visually, but on radar, it looked like a pimple on a teenager's face. It was absolutely ridiculous. I looked to make sure the radar was updated, and sure enough it was. I sat and looked at the base for a while and decided to head west on I-40.

As I got to Wildorado, I began seeing a decent shelf cloud with the squall line coming in from the west. It wasn't anything to write home about, but it was something. I began driving south out of Wildorado and got about 5 miles south of town. I took a few photos of the leading edge of the storm. After a while, the storm died and I came home. I told ya, not much of a chase, but hey, it's summer and the conveyor belt of NW flow is still hanging in there. Below are photos from the day:

PHOTO #1 MY TRUCK WITH STORMS TO THE NORTH AND WEST
PHOTO #2 BASE OF STORM NW OF AMARILLO, TX
PHOTO #3 LEADING EDGE OF STORMS TAKEN SOUTH OF WILDORADO, TX
PHOTO #4 SAME AS PHOTO #3, ONLY A DIFFERENT ANGLE