Yesterday provided the goods, but I let impatience get the best of me as storms out west eventually did fire, some packing quite the punch, but the storm of the day blew up around sunset about 90 minutes and change north of Kearney, becoming an impressive supercell that did carry a tornado warning for the better part of an hour or so.  Unfortunately, it was far enough from me here in Kearney where I knew the likelihood of it maintaining itself as a supercell was unlikely, so I opted for the lightning consolation prize from about 40 miles or so…

As of today, 8/16, I sit at 30,991 miles, which currently sits at 8th highest all time.  With what likely will be a 1000-1500 mile round trip after Monday/Tuesday, I will likely break into my top 5 highest single-season miles.  And while unlikely I reach upper 30K, a Top 3 ending is definitely plausible.  Below are the season stats for the years that rank ahead of 2026.. #8 – 2026: 30,991 #7 – 2025: 31,018 (28 away) #6 – 2010: 31,676 (686 away) #5 – 2016: 31,835 (845 away) #4 – 2022: 33,387 (2,397 away) #3 – 2007: 33, 934…

Yesterday was another bleh day for me, all the while Denver took another day on the chin.  I just wasn’t feeling it, and despite those feelings, I did push myself out the door to make a short couple hour round-trip on some storms that fired along the northern Front Range.  Other than a couple clouds pictures and a couple bouts with some torrential rain, my best views came much later in the evening as the golden hour set in and offered up a full rainbow and brightly lit storm backsides.  Denver, particularly southeast Denver, once again took the brunt of…

That was my view on southbound Weld County Parkway heading toward Keenesburg as a seven-minute landspout tornado was ongoing in Denver proper north of Dicks Sporting Goods Park.  That was pretty much all today really produced, but that is a pretty big production.  No, a landspout, one that was likely didn’t do any damage, isn’t a headliner in 99% of cases, but one in the metro definitely moves up a couple notches.  Beyond that, sporatic reports of street flooding was about it.  My storms, while advised for landspout potential, all rained themselves out pretty quick, and I ended up in…

Another marginal setup overperforms in 2026.  The theme continues!  I mentioned yesterday ahead of the chase how there was potential for something, but I would ultimately scrap together whatever I was dealt.  Well, shocker; I got more than I bargined for.  Ended up stationing in Hudson, and never really got off the Front Range.  Initial storms developed in the Foothills southwest of Denver, and my initial storm intercept was a slow-moving meatball that ultimately went severe when copious, and I mean COPIOUS amounts of 1″ hail buried areas around Centennial.  I played the Metro area, which is rare given that…

On paper, today doesn’t have quite the spunk that yesterday did, but I am still going to venture out and see what I can scrap out of this.  Today’s setup seemed more focused around the I-70 corridor in eastern Colorado verses yesterday’s I–80/I-76 play.  I will probably depart here in a couple hours, heading down toward Bennett, and following things out east.  SPC keeps it at a marginal, although they’ve teased at the idea of a wind-driven slight.  Regardless, that doesn’t really change the overall setup, but worth noting the potential is there for something.  My guess, I will probably…