The final “non-monsoon” chase of the 2019 season for me ended like this: a wondrously textured, south-southeastward-moving complex of outflow-surfing thunderstorms, layered with laminar and convective elements, atop a high and undulating base, fresh outflow rushing forth in a soothing wind song. The idea of Tucumcari in July is a hot one; however, on this evening, a cool and moist breeze kept blowing across this land for hours into the dark of night, with mostly in-cloud lightning flashes only slowly fading into the distant southern sky.
9 NE Tucumcari NM (11 Jul 19) Looking W
35.2423, -103.5835Sunset through Outflow
The final “non-monsoon” chase of the 2019 season for me ended like this: a wondrously textured, south-southeastward-moving complex of outflow-surfing thunderstorms, layered with laminar and convective elements, atop a high and undulating base, fresh outflow rushing forth in a soothing wind song. The idea of Tucumcari in July is a hot one; however, on this evening, a cool and moist breeze kept blowing across this land for hours into the dark of night, with mostly in-cloud lightning flashes only slowly fading into the distant southern sky.
9 NE Tucumcari NM (11 Jul 19) Looking W
35.2423, -103.5835