Worked out the forecasting mothballs today with a decent severe storm in Northern Colorado.

I had almost written off the severe storm potential today because I had to teach until late afternoon. My initial forecast was for severe thunderstorms north of the city of Limon because surface heating was ongoing in the morning, while the western urban corridor was locked under stratus. Indeed, the most severe storm of the day crept southeast across the Wyoming border toward Fort Morgan early this evening. Beautiful structure and golf ball sized hail kept it severe warned for at least half an hour. After watching the earlier storms to the south on the Palmer Divide fizzle, I stuck to my forecast and stayed north. Sometimes, the most basic meteorological (and climatological) parameters are the ones to pay attention to on chase day. Hopefully, I can pull another rabbit out of my hat as I head northeast into western Nebraska tomorrow, and probably again on Saturday.

EDIT: Michael Carlson actually got some great shots of the southern storms on the Palmer Divide - click on his name to the left to see them.