{"id":12960,"date":"2015-05-02T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=12960"},"modified":"2015-11-14T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T04:02:53","slug":"may-2-2015-east-central-colorado-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2015\/05\/02\/may-2-2015-east-central-colorado-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2, 2015  East-central Colorado storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9886bw_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12963\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9886bw_Beechers.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9886bw_Beechers\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9886bw_Beechers.jpg 433w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9886bw_Beechers-81x123.jpg 81w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9886bw_Beechers-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Severe prospects continued to be rather poor (just a &#8220;marginal&#8221; risk), but at least we would have something to chase today, maybe somewhere from southwest Nebraska to east-central Colorado along a weak trough. \u00a0Moisture was again on the low side, so high-based convection was expected.<\/p>\n<p>We began in Yuma and killed some time at Beecher Island, south-southeast of Wray, CO. \u00a0 The U.S. Army battled Indians<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/co-beecherisland.html\" target=\"_blank\"> at this location in 1868<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9891_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12961\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9891_Beechers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9891_Beechers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9891_Beechers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9891_Beechers-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9891_Beechers.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9890_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12962\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9890_Beechers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9890_Beechers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9890_Beechers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9890_Beechers-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9890_Beechers.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881bw_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12964\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881bw_Beechers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9881bw_Beechers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881bw_Beechers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881bw_Beechers-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881bw_Beechers.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12965\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881_Beechers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9881_Beechers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881_Beechers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881_Beechers-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9881_Beechers.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9877_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12966\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9877_Beechers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9877_Beechers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9877_Beechers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9877_Beechers-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9877_Beechers.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9879_Beechers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12967\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9879_Beechers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9879_Beechers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9879_Beechers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9879_Beechers-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9879_Beechers.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We squeezed in a fine Mexican food lunch in Saint Francis, and eventually wound up on a strong-to-severe storm south of I-70. \u00a0This one was moving east-southeast from about Eads to Wylie (near Lamar).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9900.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12972\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9900-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9900\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9900-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9900-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9900.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12971\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9909-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9909\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9909-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9909-190x123.jpg 190w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9909.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12970\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9923-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9923\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9923-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9923-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9923.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12969\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9928-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9928\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9928-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9928-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9928.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9943.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12968\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9943-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"150502_9943\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9943-300x161.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9943-228x123.jpg 228w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/150502_9943.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Severe prospects continued to be rather poor (just a &#8220;marginal&#8221; risk), but at least we would have something to chase today, maybe somewhere from&#8230;&nbsp;<a 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