May 6, 2012 Central/Northern IL chase

Today was one of those days where I was sitting at home doing work and couldn't resist a chase close to home.  I saw some storms firing along a warm-front south of town and decided to head down to have a look.  The mid-level support wasn't anything to write home about but there was some nice low-level backing of the winds along the front.  Overall, the storm mode was fairly messy and we kept having to avoid mergers all afternoon.  Either way,  it was a decent chase and I was home by 6PM.  Below are two shots I snagged.  Enjoy.