summer shower over the stock pens

 

Raton sits on the New Mexico side of the Raton Pass with Trinidad on the Colorado side.  The thunder in the Sangre de Christo Mountains was an awesome sound today.

 

Highway 64

Raton, New Mexico



summer storms

 

Rain clouds fill the sky over the entrance to the South Camp Headquarters of the Spade Ranch.

 

Spade Ranch

Hockley County, Texas

irrigation -- in lieu of rain

 

The corn isn't quite as high as an elephant's eye but it won't get taller without rain.  In lieu of those potential storm clouds, the irrigation motor is roaring away.

 

Fortenberry Farms

Lubbock County, Texas

three trees and storm clouds

 

Lubbock County, Texas

4.16.2016

clouds over cotton stalks

 

Today at noon it was 50 degrees and blue skies so I went cloud chasing -- not expecting that some would catch me!.  This is looking west from FM 400 in Lubbock County.  I could see storm clouds gathering in the north.

 



 

By the time I reached Plainview 30 something miles later it was 36 degrees and overcast with a bit of moisture on the windshield.  After a brief stop at the farm in Hale Center I headed home the back way.



 

This is the cloud that caught me on FM 2528 in Hale County.  Thunder, lightning, icy rain forming slush on the windshield and even a little hail!

 

 

As I headed home I looked back where I'd been.  Weather forecast predicts up to 2 inches of snow possible!  I drove south to Lubbock where it was partly cloudy and still 50 degrees.  Amazing what can happen in a little over two hours and less than 50 miles!





snow on the mountains

 

After three days in Yellowstone (no wifi!) seeing the sights and experiencing rain, snow and hail, we returned to Jackson on a glorious day with new snow on the Grand Tetons.

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming