The potential for severe weather was shifting today, with the High Plains at risk from fairly isolated but severe thunderstorms. After a swim and a hot tub, we headed out to the hotel carpark to set the car up for the day. Once again, our hotel was the prime choice for Vortex 2 and their array of several DOW trucks and countless chase team vehicles, all of which were packing the carpark. We left the hotel by late morning and headed north and west through Northwest Kansas and into eastern Colorado.

The journey was blighted by a lot of low cloud and major roadworks, some of which meant waiting for ten minutes as a pilot "follow me" vehicle was deployed to take us through the miles of ripped-up road. We did encouter the legend of the High Plains though, in his dayglo robes. We were right in amongst the Vortex 2 convoy for most of journey and, in some cases, found ourselves leading the convoy! We even lunched in the same spot in the small town of Wray, although we were very much of the opinion that they were following us! The sun came out eventually and, by the time we reached our final destination of Brush in eastern Colorado, skies were blue and temperatures were climbing into the 20s. It was there that we waited, waited and waited, all the time seeing high based showers forming to the west of us then dying as they descended off the Rockies and onto the Plains. After a number of hours, it was becoming clear that the day was going to be a bust.

We had already booked into the same Comfort Inn as last night, and that meant a 200 mile drive back south-eastwards again. After a brief stop for a late dinner in Limon, Colorado, we headed back to the hotel, arriving by around midnight. The wind was strong all day but by nightfall it was really howling through the hotel, gusting to around 45mph!