01.06.2025: Wichita Falls - Waco - Laguna Park - Granbury - Jacksboro - Wichita Falls, TX (437 miles)
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Some weather action is forecst for central Texas later today. We decide to go south in order to
catch some of these storms. During our drive, we observe an early convection deepening and rooting
to the surface air on its travel southward (white arrow). It will complicate the situation for
later, as it produces a clear outflow boundary (white ellipse) and a slot of slightly drier air
at midlevels (almost no clouds around Waxahachie and Ennis): At the time we arrive at Waco, our primary target, that morning storm is already influencing the vicinity of the city:  Not long after our arrival, we decide to let that storm go, because it would drag us too far away from our home base. Plus, the maximized CAPE according to the RUC analysis is north of us. Luckily, new cloud towers go up near Granbury and Cleburne, about an hour north of us. So we head back to get closer to these new storms and find great view at Lake Whitney, where we observe the storm with enough time to actually slow down our chase pace, including a refreshing bath:  Approach of the thunderstorm. Notice the low hanging little grey thingy on the left behind the lake. It is the cloud base. It sucks. Air in. And it's slightly rotating, when it looks like this:    Beautiful flickering at sunset:    Same scene as above, if you are an actual photographer with optimal equipment. Happy about our strong and harmonic team this year:  The mesmerizing backside:  On the way home, we have to do another short stop along the road near Lipan, and it is worth it big time. We are on cloud 9 again by this day!!     |