Observing Pre Convection...Midland, TX

Getting up to speed on the environment before the storms fire up.  Cape should increase in the late afternoon.  Low level lapse rate around 8.5...mid-level at 7.5.  I used most observations from the SPC site (my routine).

Using the new tools in the HWT I immediately loaded the local radar with the ProbSevere Model option.  As well as a 4 panel for lightning. Popped up the METARs, visible SAT & CI over it.

As I'm setting up my desktop I noticed a radar echo showing up west of Hondo, NM. Compared the CI overlapping with the vis Sat & it makes sense that there is a gap between CI data, the convection has already started there.  The higher colors on the CI show more areas where I'm watching for more storms to pop.

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-Penny Gardens