I carpooled with Andy R, Shawn Hewitt, and Joel Lampe to Iowa on what would be the first severe chance 'locally' for the year. This was a very late start indeed, and the day disappointed. We saw high based storms and some small hail and mammatus, but had fun anyway.
Video with a time lapse:
Photographs:
Joel ponders why people still put up with Iowa
Taking a time lapse while waiting for the storms to start
High based storm
Flat, wide, updraft base
Nice mammatus on the way to mexican food in Mason City
Return to the chases of 2009
- Tony Perkins
