When we woke up in Salina an MCS was making its way over eastern Kansas. Once again we were required to head west if we wanted to see some clearing. We followed a similar route as the day before and waited. Our two favorite spots were a pretty, little park in the Town Square of St John and this bird refuge. You can see the biologists were quite at home:
Around 3pm we left St John and made our move on one of the southern storms. We were excited to finally see the beginnings of a thunderstorm as we moved west:
At that point it was clear that everything was becoming somewhat linear, so our plan was to stay on the southern edge. We followed our original storm for a couple of hours, before retreating south two consecutive times for stronger storms.
Kaitlyn and Emily got their first taste of chaser convergence on the last storm. (They happened to be in a lot of our pictures, including this one:)
When we started losing daylight we sat under an overpass and let the final storm's core blow over us (just dime-sized hail) and then enjoyed the show that nature put on for us. (Note: All of our pictures were taken with an iPhone or iPad, so the quality isn't the best.)
Finally, we finished our day with a storm chase tradition- the Wichita hooters. Sorry guys, we don't have pictures.
Salina!
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