Cool clumps of mammatus, dangling beneath a retreating anvil canopy, cast sharply defined shadows through the golden glow just before sunset. During intercept activities, this storm hadn’t done much besides drop 1 to 1.5 inch hail. It treated a train of fellow storm observers to a splendid West Texas sunset. A storm that never had a chance of producing a tornado became a great memory for friends. No tornado? No problem! Good times and good photography were had by all, followed by first-rate, mesquite-grilled steaks in Lubbock to celebrate. If all storm intercepts could end so…
4 E Post TX (26 May 1) Looking E
33.1981, -101.3237Shadowy Mammatus
Cool clumps of mammatus, dangling beneath a retreating anvil canopy, cast sharply defined shadows through the golden glow just before sunset. During intercept activities, this storm hadn’t done much besides drop 1 to 1.5 inch hail. It treated a train of fellow storm observers to a splendid West Texas sunset. A storm that never had a chance of producing a tornado became a great memory for friends. No tornado? No problem! Good times and good photography were had by all, followed by first-rate, mesquite-grilled steaks in Lubbock to celebrate. If all storm intercepts could end so…
4 E Post TX (26 May 1) Looking E
33.1981, -101.3237