We left Broomfield, CO, and headed south on I-25, not expecting much of anything today. Along the way, they had some Dutch Bros coffee, and I had my standard Rockstar energy drink. We also got some nice breakfast burritos from a food truck.
As we approached Pueblo, we reevaluated and refueled. There were storms firing, but we still needed to get south. We continued south, crossing into a little rain.
In New Mexico, we reevaluated again at Raton, and decided to head southeast along US-64/87. We stopped and watched the southernmost Colorado cell as it split away and became a right mover.
From there, we continued down to Clayton and watched the conglomerate mess to our north and west. We then left for Dalhart.
At Dalhart, we looped back west to meet a cell that was splitting. It put on quite a show and tried to get organized, but it was low contrast. At one point, it looked like there might be a funnel.
On radar, it was all a mess:
We headed back into town, and afraid of some large hail, we took cover under a carwash.
While the hail never materialized, one of the multicell clusters started rotating right in front of us, producing two funnels not very far away. I didn’t take pictures of the funnels, because I was planning to reposition us if we needed to, but a few minutes before, I took pictures of the mess.
We spent the night at the Best Western in Dalhart, TX, after unsuccessfully searching for food. I had left overs in my cooler, so I was fine.
There were several clusters of storms, including some tornadoes near Clovis, but they were out of play for us. Here is the SPC Storm Report image for the day.
This was our route:
…and here was my route according to APRS.fi. I rebooted the system probably in Texas.
Thank you for reading my post.
High Plains Chasing 