Wyoming Monster

Watching these storms fire up in the distance was something out of this world. It started in Gillette, Wyoming as low precipitation thunderheads began to go up south of Gillette. The air was warm as I drove south down highway 59 towards one of the larger, but weaker thunderheads that were firing up in Eastern Wyoming/Western South Dakota. I pulled up next to a tour group for a bit as the storm matured, lightning striking here and there as the skies grew darker and the thunder became louder. Soon the cell began to split, the northern cell weakening as the southern cell began to dominate. I quickly drove down south hoping that the southern cell would stay nice and organized enough for me to get in the path of. Upon arrival, it was an ominously beautiful lp supercell. This storm slowly bubbled and rotated over the Wyoming landscapes, the grass bending and flowing as the warm air was being pulled up and ingested by this storms updraft, beautifully defined as towers went up into the anvil. The storm started out only dropping half dollar sized hail, but once the core of the storm moved over and to the east, it gained strength and produced tennis balled sized hail. Incredible day chasing storms in Wyoming, I hope you enjoy!

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