Today’s forecast looked relatively grim. SPC outlooks
indicated that there would be no severe thunderstorm activity that would be in
a drivable range (most activity was predicted to occur around the gulf coast
portions of southern Texas). However, at the time this blog post is published,
we are currently keeping an eye out for thunderstorm activity to happen on Thursday,
May 25th. This day is particularly special because, a low pressure
will be descending from the Rocky Mountains of eastern Colorado and will
strengthen, providing medium to high amounts of shear. This setup could be
prime to spark a severe weather event on Thursday, but for the time being,
forecasts are still uncertain. There’ll be more detail about the forecast for
Thursday within the next couple of day.
Though
the thunderstorm forecast did look grim, this doesn’t necessarily mean we
didn’t do anything at all. The forecast was high for today, in terms of finding
cool places to venture to and to unwind/relax. Today, we visited the Palo Duro
Canyon State Park, just outside of the small community of Canyon Texas, which
was where we were staying. The canyon has been dubbed “The Grand Canyon of
Texas”, and is the second largest canyon in the entire US! Before heading into
the canyon, we all went to Wal-Mart to stock up on picnic supplies and then
headed towards the canyon where we picnicked at the bottom and enjoyed some of
the hiking trails that were close by. Overall, it was a fun day, with more
exciting adventures to come of course!
Enjoy a selection of photos from the canyon taken by Delaney Sherwood, Visaya Phattaphone, and Gabe Szerlong.
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