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Driver Matt is excited!
Roger goes over the day's forecast before heading out
Mooooooo
Matt checks data
The real storm stories
Justin snagged some bananas and cookies for dinner. Yum.
Guide Bill checks some data on the road
Rockies to our west
Our view from Van #2
Snazzy seat covers
*muffled laughter*
Shooting the breeze
Supercell number one near Cheyenne, WY
The man. The legend. Roger Hill.
Rawr
Nice-looking cell gets closer
Check out that clear notch
Shear funnel! (no resemblnce to a funnel cloud)
?"Hey, look up ahead!"
Zero visiblity
Things are blowing up to the northeast
Beautiful day, for a while!
We dine at only the finest establishments
Van go
BOOM
Cell number two with some lightning
The crew looks on
Super supercell
One more look
GAH! Train!
South of I-80. Check out the precip dumping out of the left cell
Welcome!
Updraft tower in the shade of its own anvil
A look at the radar. We're the small white circle in the center. Southerm storms are out of reach. We end up core-punching the stuff coming in from the north
Getting our first real look at cell three - wow!
They know what's going on!
Awesome awesome structure!!! Inflow band on the left.
So amazing
Un. Real.
Crazy inflow band / roll cloud thingy paralleling the road that passed south right over us
"You are approaching a twisting storm. Please, exercise caution!"
Not a funnel or a tornado... just scud
Another core punch!
Days Inn, Ogallala, NE
180-degree panorama of supercell two