Midwestchasers.com/Kurt Hulst » June 18 2010 http://midwestchasers.com/blog2 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:50:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 June 18, 2010: SW Michigan Chase http://midwestchasers.com/blog2/2010/06/june-18-2010-sw-michigan-chase/ http://midwestchasers.com/blog2/2010/06/june-18-2010-sw-michigan-chase/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:18:30 +0000 Kurt http://midwestchasers.com/blog2/?p=642 [...]]]> I got out of work and came home to eat a small bite. I then went out the door and headed east to stay a head of the squall line that was coming across the lake. I dropped south from I-96 to Nashville, MI, on M-66.  I caught the shelf cloud near Vermontville.

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I proceeded a few miles east to catch I-69 south. I stopped and let the storm over take me.  I would have to say there were sustained winds of at least 40mph, with gusts up to 50 at times.

I saw the next wave of storms starting to move east from IA/IL on radar and thought I might as well try for a lake lightning photo opt.   I took I-69 south to I-94 west. I stopped just west of Kalamazoo and got some coffee at McDonalds.  I witnessed an amazing sunset here as well.

This is when I also ran into Ben Holcomb, and the LaForce Duo (Father and Son) at Culvers just up the road.  We sat and chatted for a few while Ben was uploading video to GRR Channel 8 News. I t was good to finally meet the LaForce’s

From here I checked the radar once again and determined that I was going to make a go at capturing some lightning, since I had so few shots this year.  I found a public access beach just west of Stevensville, MI south of Benton Harbor.

The following shots are the end result. I was very pleased with what I was blessed to see and capture on “film”.

Below is the image gallery with the full set of pictures from the day:

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