As a strong cold front came through last night, pushing temperatures in Denver to a record low 47 degrees for August, an unusually mild 75 degrees [2] was on tap for today along with some light showers (via 9News [3]). While the weather is nice, these are not the sort of meteorological conditions that inspire storm chaser Roger Hill, who takes tourists from places such as Oregon and England on $2,200, six-day storm-chasing vacations to see things like funnels touching the ground---up close. Hill was recently in the southeastern Colorado town of Lamar, holding a weather briefing in the breakfast nook of a Days Inn, after spending the prior day leading vans along dirt roads, writes The New York Times [4]. He had discovered ominous clouds and a storm formation about 40 miles from the nearest highway. "Good hunting," yelled one local after the tourists sighted an "almost-nado"---a funnel cloud that doesn't quite turn into a tornado.