5/27/2012 - COD Trip 3 Day 3

Sunday's storms were high-based and largely unorganized, which was no surprise given the large dewpoint depressions and lack of significant low-level shear.  Nevertheless, any day with storms is a good day. We took advantage of the day by intercepting several multicells around Red Cloud, NE, experiencing near-severe winds in Franklin, NE, watching the development of a shelf cloud that rolled over us northwest of Smith Center, KS, and even witnessing a unique funnel cloud along the leading edge of the shelf as convection above tugged on the shear along the outflow.  We grabbed some late night pizza in Osborne, KS before heading to Salina, where we overnighted.

View northwest of Smith Center, KS

Shelf cloud forms and races east.

View behind shelf.