June 23 Pics - Down Day - Lake McConaughy

A nice little side trip today driving from North Platte, Nebraska to Fort Morgan, Colorado where I'm staying the night. This is a very comfortable and "cozy" motel and a comfortable bed. It's big change from the previous two nights for about the same price. Looking forward to a great night's sleep! They also have a restaurant here too that is pretty darned good. Fort Morgan is a pretty nice town in of itself. I feel pretty secure here and able to really relax and unwind. This place is in the tops of my preferred places to stay.

Anyway, I checked out Lake McConaughy near Ogallalah Nebraska. This entire area is beautiful with lush, greenery and rolling hills. The weather is pretty nice too which helps. :-) I should also note that North Platte is a pretty nice place overall and would be a good place to live. A very clean town with all of the amenities nestled in some beautiful country. It doesn't hurt that it's well located for a stormchaser. I'm just sayin' ;-)

So, about to hit the sack. Looking forward to a potentially great chase day with good upslope conditions setting up in E and NE CO. Shear shoud be pretty good and this time, the mid level winds look to be more westerly. This on top of low level S to SE flow, the veering profiles should be excellent. The overall preciptable water values in the atmosphere should be low, so I'm hoping this will reduce the HP tendencies and create some impressive structure at the very least. We'll see.

Some pics!