Largely an uneventful day. After our Sleep Inn “Texas Waffles,” we headed off northwest of Midland to intercept linear convection coming off the New Mexican highlands. We ended up following this convection for nearly 200 miles until we finally called it a night in Abilene, TX. We did see lots of roll and shelf clouds as everything was outflow dominant. We were in a multitude of t-storm warnings, yet we never heard any storm reports indicating any of this linear convection as “severe.” But, anything is better than last year, so I shouldn’t complain. The chase included large amounts of mud down a lonely Texas dirt road and the search for a Glasscock County, Texas T-shirt – to no avail.
Shelf cloud southwest of Abilene.
Apparently the group has created a challenge … without my input. The challenge is to eat Mexican for every dinner this trip. This has already taken its toll on “Jimmy Legs” – the nickname I’ve provided to one [removed b/c of crybaby culture that permeates our society]. So … we hit up a taqueria in Abilene tonight; it was actually quite good. As a group, we gave it a rating of 3.25 sombreros out of 5.
funny pic removed b/c of crybaby culture that permeates our society
[name removed]: 3.25 sombreros; 0.0 tornadoes.
Currently, we are at a La Quinta in Abilene. Looks like more of the same … slightly organized convective clusters … until we head up to the northern High Plains for this weekend. We can only hope that a bit of moisture can make it poleward
I do wonder if La Quinta will offer waffles in the AM…
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