Severe Storm Photography from Spring 2005
All photos copyrighted by Dave Chapman
May 23rd - May 24th:
| May 23rd: Two small cells develop east of Colorado Springs on a low-potential chase day. |
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| Although it looks good on radar, the storm never gets organized. |
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| However, four approaching Palominos will make this a unique storm photo opportunity. |
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| As I stand by a barb-wire fence on an isolated dirt road, they trot straight towards me. |
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| Closer and closer.... |
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| ...and closer. |
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| Okay! Close enough! Now go pose for me. |
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| Thunderstorm on the high plains of Colorado. |
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| May 24th: Rest stop north of Goodland, as I head towards northeast Colorado to intercept a likely MCS (Mesoscale Convective System, i.e. a large area of non-tornadic thunderstorms) under northwest flow aloft. |
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| As I get ready to turn left, a caravan of chase tour vans and doppler-on-wheels tornado researchers goes by. |
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| This fellow in the nearby town is probably wondering what all the fuss is about. |
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| Turbulence on the southern edge of a storm approaching Akron, Colorado. |
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| Shelf cloud approaching town. |
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| A minute or two later (also a good comparison of the difference between film camera in this photo and digital camera in prior photo). |
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| I head south and then east, but find myself behind the next storm to develop in the MCS. |
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| As I drive east, I find myself in postion to overtake this slow-moving, slowly developing storm. However, within a couple of minutes a downpour covers the road. After a brief wall cloud, a line of storms develops and ends the chase. |
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2005 Storm Pages:
Dave Chapman's Storm Chasing and Outdoor Photo Galleries