2024--day 8

A leisurely start out of York, aiming to get to Kansas City, as the play looks like central and southern Missouri. 

Headed south out of the KC metro area for potential activity near Springfield.  Not exactly ideal chase territory because of the terrain and the trees, but that area had the best combination of storm potential and eastward positioning so we could start making our way home.

While the conditions weren't exactly ideal, storms did start to pop around Bolivar, and one actually became a weak supercell.  Even more amazing was the fact that when it split into two separate storms, it was the left-moving storm that became dominant--very unusual. 

A combination of losing daylight and messy storms ended what would likely be our last chase of the trip.  We made our way up I44 east to Lebanon for dinner and some cool sunset pictures. 

The day ended in Columbia, Missouri, home of Mizzou and my brother from another mother.  560 miles was the final tally for the day, and over 4K for the trip (so far).  Look out, St. Louis--here we come.