They finally got their lightning photography, though, day-time lightning photos, near Kim, Colorado. It is beautiful, wide open country, high plains, with a few mesas. When it is clear, you can see the Rockies in the distance. They couldn't, of course, because there were storms in the way. Anyhow, that is about all you can expect under the ridge.
Tomorrow there is supposed to be a better chance of stronger storms.
They tossed it around for about an hour near Boise City, Oklahoma as they watched the cumulus gathering. There were a few nice photo ops, with lightning and real pretty sunlit CBs in the dazzlingly dark blue eastern Colorado sky. There was a little bit of last minute storm photography, although it was not a chase day. This ends a very frustrating year, chase wise. A lot of driving, and not a lot to show for it.