Saturday May 13

Desperate times call for desperate measures. After a respite in Norman, we are heading into TX on Saturday. It appears there will be some possibility for storms to develop late Saturday afternoon/early evening across west TX (and perhaps into southwest OK). Still will be dealing with scant moisture after a good "scouring" earlier this week and warm temperatures aloft, however a subtle mid level 'ripple' and deep boundary layer mixing (well through the 90s across west TX) may provide enough impetus for isolated thunderstorm development during the daylight hours. Would root for this to occur/intercept the western part of north central TX (say Abiline-Seymour), where it appears relatively better moisture/instability and vertical shear would exist. Highly conditional, but would think a high based supercell or two is possible. Got to give it a shot given the apparent pattern over the next week plus. Sunday will probably find us heading toward southwest TX, or perhaps southeast NM.