Thursday, June 6, 2013

Roswell to White Sands, New Mexico

They aren't kidding about aliens in Roswell....


Aliens are everywhere around this city. I wish we could have gone to the UFO museum while we were here, but it was on the way to White Sands, New Mexico today. Chances were small for any development of thunderstorms, but should they fire up, it would likely be along the mountain ranges.

Photo: Map of where we are going today....
Just a little north of the Mexico/Texas border.

White sands is located about 50miles north of El Paso, Texas/Juarez, Mexico, but in order to get they we have to go over a beautiful mountain range, climbing to about 7000 feet.



The following picture is from Kimberly Fuller Dehart...


White sands is a beautiful white sand dune area of SW New Mexico. It's an area of gypsum sand that gives the appearance that you are in a snowy mountain area.

This is certainly not an area you want to forget your sunglasses and sunscreen. Especially today with clear skies.


 
Convection began developing quickly over the mountain range to our east. There is hope yet for a chase....

Photo: Convection over the mountains to the east of White Sands, New Mexico
 
Photo: Storms firing up over the mountains in southwestern New Mexico....

These storms put out a few lightning bolts, but nothing major.
Now we have the long 7hour drive back to Amarillo, Texas.

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