Start: Kimball, NE
Lunch: Chadron/Taco Johns and Subway
End: Gettysburg, SD
544 miles
The early May chase woes are in full force as Tour 2 continues. The shear is modest and the moisture is meager, with dew points in the 40s! Whoopy!
High-based storms were developing around Devils Tower, and we waited in the area with the best air and instability, near Rapid City. A storm that approached from the Sturgis area looked strong for a bit, and we headed east on 34 from 79 to stay ahead of it. We stopped, spotted another good-looking cell to our northwest, and I elected to get close to it, north of 34 on 79. Soon, a handful of storms seemed to be going up, and they were spilling a lot of cool outflow. We blasted east on 212 from Newell to Faith to try to stay a little ahead of the activity. I think that the warnings had the cells moving east at about 50 mph. We tried to squeeze in a quick pit stop at Faith, and wound up watching a lot of wind and dust sweep through, with a little lightning. From here we continued to the east, hoping for maybe something pretty around sunset near the Missouri River, but the sky was not cooperating. We found a decent eatery on the western edge of Gettysburg (along the river) to end the day. I never picked up the camera, so there are no photos for this entry!
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