USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 7th June 2011
I can't believe I made
it into North Dakota, VIA Montana!
Entering some small
storms to get to the big one.
Nice landscape.
I see a very flat
rainbow.. weird.
Storm core... Kind of.
Mammatus cloud
Great colours.
Another "Double
Rainbow"
Nice.
Time to see the real
storm of the day.
Mental note: This road
(Escape Path) is subject to flooding.
Nice updraft..
Getting closer.
Closer...
Scary looking shelf
cloud.
Might be time to escape
soon.
Oh that's right, the
hail does not worry me anymore..
Ohhhhh... I
wonder what might happen. (A Sheriff actually pulled up next to me,
looking very worried)
I signalled that there was very little rotation, and to wait it out for the fun
of it.
In the baby core.
Now I am just playing
with the storm.
In the storm..... out
the storm.... in the storm.... out the storm... and so on.
This was quite fun.
All outflow.. no
tornadoes.
We actually got talking
every time we stopped, he enjoyed the ride once he realized that
there was no real threat to his community.. Nice Sheriff, and he actually
enjoyed "riding" the edge of the storm.
I decide to get ahead
of it for more photos.
Nice..
Getting ahead of it.
Me.. Need to diet
(Just a little) I blame Las Vegas entirely....
Waiting for the core to
hit (again)
Great action shot.
PLEASE... no
trains.... no trains.......
Scary looking...
All this outflow, ended
up taking in some inflow and soon became tornado warned..
Very little threat and
excellent road network.
Great lighting.
Looking north.
My Car..
Turbulant.
I was having an
absolute ball with this storm.
Another shot of the
"deployed" hail sheild.
I see a tree.
Can you spot the sun?
Hail core...
0.88" (Tiny)
Storm is dying..
One last colourful
shot.
Storm is almost dead.
Dead!
Why am I taking a photo
of my feet you ask?
Well, I have only ever been in the state of Minnesota once, and I drove through
a 6 mile section of it.
This was the first time I ever stood in this state... So, hence a photo of the
road (and feet).