To be honest, the title isn't totally true. There were storms in Texas today...just not where we could (or were willing to) get to them. This morning we left Midland and moved down to Ft. Stockton on I-10 in extreme western Texas in hopes of - once again - escaping the low clouds and easterly winds associated with the pesky front hanging over the state. We hung around town for several hours watching radar and satellite views, but the only storm that fired was within striking range of the Mexican border. The base was so far south that the nearest radar view could only see the very fringes of precipitation. I also watched a cumulus line just east of us that I thought represented a subtle boundary but absolutely nothing happened with it by 1700 local time. So, we hoisted anchor and beat feet northward to Lubbock where we are currently holed up for the night.
My target for tomorrow is Liberal KS where everything looks right for some decent severe cells except....for a strong cap. I'm praying that the cap will break before dark in southwestern KS and give us a good storm or two to chase. Off to bed and dreams of mesos and wallclouds dancing in my sleep!
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