https://www.ricoforthelost.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/645de537bcb0c67fd3ea6b7b/81bcba50-f9e0-4d29-b5ff-bce0d0914755/Snapshot_202208216_130800.JPG https://www.ricoforthelost.com/blog/dryline monthly 0.5 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/645de537bcb0c67fd3ea6b7b/8f919501-c024-44a1-a8ff-2db0ccc6196f/IMG_0831.jpg Blog - May 11 Dryline - Make it stand out Here’s the dew point chart showing a distinct border between the cold & dry air mass in the west and the moist hot air flowing up from the gulf. 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South-East Texas has nice cloud streets running up from the coast. Thunderstorms are shading off Central Texas, but South and West Texas are exactly as we’ve experienced it: blue skies with not much thermals. https://www.ricoforthelost.com/blog/bluemyseryordryline monthly 0.5 2023-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/645de537bcb0c67fd3ea6b7b/3eb3d0cd-ade0-40c4-abd4-7690b72bd03f/Screenshot+2023-06-14+at+22.57.27.png Blog - Blue Misery or Dry Line? - Make it stand out A dry line is sharpening up for tomorrow 10:00 CDT. We are in Van Horn, way off in the dry sector. 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