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Leaving North Platt today we headed back along our old favourite route I-80 west, a road that has become rather familiar over the past few days given the amount of chases that have centered around the East to West Nebraska areas. We headed to Ogalalla first of all for lunch in the western style saloon then once things started initiating we moved west towards Kimball. Realising that storms to the south had more potential, we took the decision to head south towards Brush and began chasing a huge supercell into North East Colorado which became tornadic spinning up a quick funnel captured by all of us on camera. Today was definitely the day of the Rainbows, or should I say Hailbows. It seemed everywhere we looked there was a rainbow and set against the stunning colours of the Colorado plains it looked quite amazing. [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18367] We stopped at a great vantage point and [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7RFjFx-ewA"]watched the mesocyclone over a farm[/url]. The wind was being drawn into the system and dust and small debris was being blown around. Quite an amazing experience with the ever present Hailbows always in shot as shown in this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7RFjFx-ewA"]YouTube Video.[/url] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18368] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18369] The cell lost energy and we drove off, however as we followed a small county road towards Burlington it pulsed up again covering the fields with Hail as if it had been snowing. [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18370] Definitely a day to remember and hopefully to be repeated soon. Tuesdays Target looks to be Eastern Colorado again. Visit todays [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9qb5ckmqu727jap/hcc-mcipgT/Day%205%20-%20June%2017th"]Headcorn Weather Dropbox Gallery[/url] for all the latest Photos!

We begun Day 4 in Sterling Colorado. Initially planning a chase into Nebraska then dropping south into Kansas. After meeting up with experienced chaser David Ewoldt, we watched the development of the cells near Madrid Nebraska from initiation to formation of supercells and a very deceiving formation which caught the eye of many viewers ... Our Scudnado! We then moved North to Ogallalla and Arthur as a large hailer developed to our North. Limited time to get the blog done today, however a few great photos online at the following link: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9qb5ckmqu727jap/M7vYyrRATh/Day%204%20-%20June%2016th"]Headcorn Weather Day 4 Dropbox Gallery[/url]

After a very late night of chasing down what seemed to be the last remaining hotel rooms in the state, we left Eastern Nebraska headed west for the risk area developing in North East Colorado. As we headed west, tops of the developing supercells were clearly visible over 200 miles away. Initially we headed towards Cheyenne then dropped south to intercept a line of promising cells. They were pulsing every few radar sweeps and just when we thought the storm was dead it burst back into life with an even greater amount of energy. Although some brief funnels spun up, the main feature of these cells was Hail. As we passed through the edge of the core we were greeted by ping pong ball sized pieces bouncing off the roof and road however just behind just this increased to baseball size and one of some of the other chasers weren't so lucky with a few broken windshields to mend. [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18351] One distinct advantage of traveling with an experienced team like Netweather is the equipment used. The barons radar system provides the latest radar information available allowing us to get close to the action but far enough away from anything that may cause problems! Heading further south into clear air, we had a great view of this majestic storm over the Colorado plains. [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18352] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18353] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:18350] As always, for all the latest photos visit the [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9qb5ckmqu727jap/pu1luZ7OFJ"]Headcorn Weather Dropbox Gallery[/url] Sundays Chase Target looks to be Kansas... We're hoping the Wizard can deliver something special over the plains today.