February 9, 2013 First Chase

A powerful trough was ejecting over the southern Plains. Unfortunately it happened so quickly there was little time to grab moisture from the Gulf. The end result was a very windy and cloudy day in some parts of the panhandle, and very windy with copious amounts of blowing dust for others. These are the only pics I grabbed, seeing how it was a rather lack-luster day. All pics were taken in or just outside of Clarendon, TX. Total miles driven: 130 miles

As the afternoon turned to evening, some wanna-be storms tried forming. Unfortunately lack of instability in this high sheared environment meant a lot of this; bubbling cumulus being laid over and orphaned from the base.

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As the afternoon turned to evening, some wanna-be storms tried forming. Unfortunately lack of instability in this high sheared environment meant a lot of this; bubbling cumulus being laid over and orphaned from the base.