Wyoming Storms Deliver Beauty

There's something about chasing the northern plains that is really special, even on the most marginal days.  You can go into it expecting little or next to nothing from a storm, but walk away with one of the best days of the year.  I traveled to Wyoming on Saturday, May 31st with low expectations.  SPC had released a 2% chance for tornadoes on that day and usually that means you aren't seeing much of anything.  I was super excited about being able to return to Wyoming to chase because I love the scenery, not just of the mountains but the sagebrush covered plains as well and I think I got my money's worth.  We watched storms go up and down on radar, starting to grow then just as quickly die off.  After sticking with one storm for a little bit it finally died and we moved north towards a more robust storm.  We found a place to pull over and watch it, and it slowly moved east not in any hurry to do much of anything.  The storm wasn't even severe warned when suddenly a small base dropped down from the storm and produced a gorgeous funnel.  It was the equivalent of finding the needle in the haystack and was cause for much celebration.  Here are the photos from Saturday's chase: