May 6th: Northwest Texas Storm

I intercept a storm in far southwest Oklahoma, but it stalls out and begins merging into a line extending into northwest Texas. I leave this scene to head south, hoping to find a morepromising storm at the southern end.

Near Thalia, Texas, southwest of Vernon, I find this little storm.

Lacking sufficient wind shear, downdrafts begin taking over.

Cool outflow hits me as the storm moves east.

May 8th: Southern Oklahoma Squall Line

A mild spring day with east winds ahead of a weak upper low.

When a squall line approaches my campground west of Lawton, Oklahoma, I decide today might be worth going storm chasing.

Storm clouds approaching the small town of Mountain Park.

Quarter-size hail is reported.

Reminder that the beauty of the storm is often in the midwestern landscape.

May 13th: Ogallala, Nebraska Storm

The jet stream is over Montana and deep moisture is confined to the Gulf of Mexico, but a dryline on the High Plains still offers hope of a stray storm.

Near sunset, slow-growing cumulus northwest of Ogallala.

Looking further to the right, across Lake McConaughy.

It looks like a garden-variety thunderstorm, but lightning is surprisingly frequent.

Nebraska once again offers great storm scenery.