Back in Kansas after yesterday's clear sky bust in Nebraska. We came back and managed to tack on another tornado to the count for this trip. This was a weak little spoutish type thing south of Bison, Kansas that most of us blew off considering its location in the storm. However Verne and other chasers showed impressive video of it with a hollow tube extending a quarter way up from the ground, so it saved us from two days of busts. The chase overall was a pretty cloud picture chase and later ended up a blowing dust sampling when I took our mesonet into an area of blowing dust at the leading edge of an approaching gust front.
Tomorrow, the play looks to be south-central Kansas, possibly extreme northern Oklahoma. After that, it looks like a couple of quiet days before returning to action late week.
Goodnight from Great Bend, Kansas!
