The cirrus got worse as the day went on, and it hurt the photographic light, not to mention the insolation. It looked bad for daylight convection so I spent the day stopping to get the pictures I used to drive away from. Staying off the interstate gives you better scenery. I also see better with the radio off. Since I was just waiting for nighttime lightning I had abundant time to kill. I found a sociable llama, a few goats, and a herd of angus cooling off in a pond. Lake Murray was convenient so I spent an hour shooting time-lapse of the unenthusiastic clouds. I crossed the Red River (now featuring running water) for a couple of shots, visited the visitor’s center, and then returned to Oklahoma. I visited that visitor’s center, where they readapt you from whatever you were told at the other visitor’s center. Eventually it got dark. The Royals gave another game away. Finally new storms developed south of I-40 after 10pm and essentially did nothing until they reached central Oklahoma, where they knocked down trees and power lines. The lightning was not impressive from my vantage point so I avoided all the wind and hail.
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