The original target region of western Texas was hosed early on due to the extremely cold outflow from convection to the east. The day was about as muddy as it gets, unless you played the convection to the southeast near Big Lake ... which we didn't. We spent a large part of the afternoon sitting in the Pecos, TX Holiday Inn Express lobby watching the god-awful movie Armageddon. That movie sucked. Anyway, some storms finally blossomed along the Guadalupe Mountains late. There were two cells, and we picked the southern one due to its proximity to Pecos. Naturally, the storm to the north was better. All of this started to get going as the sun set, so timing was a bit too late to make a play on the storm near Carlsbad. So, we just found a random hill in the beautiful area along Texas 662. From our peaceful vantage, we watched the storm in the late evening light put on a nice convective show, complete with lots of anvil and tower zits. It was rewarding after a somewhat frustrating day.
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| Crap "storm" south of Kermit, TX put out a few mammaries.It is amazing how many empty beer bottles are scattered across the Texas landscape. Virtually any place you stop along the road, you'll find dozens. Ultimate form of recycling, I guess. |
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| Huge oil flare northeast of Kermit, TX. This thing was huge! |
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