There sure aren’t a lot of destinations between Denver and Killeen, but it is a thirteen hour drive, which means we will take a break after the first 8 hours. It’s an 882 hour difference between the two towns, which we will cover at a pace of 65.3mph on the highways through the high plains. At that pace, we will surpass 522 miles before we stop for the night.

DAY ONE (Monday)

Low pressure over the 4 Corners is spiraling away in the base of the left lobe of our Omega blocking pattern, which means persistent rain and storms in the Rockies, and some scattered but unimpressive shower activity on the eastern slope of the Rockies. Unfortunately, that will be exactly where we are driving. Expect it to be wet from eastern Colorado to the Texas Panhandle at times, but with cloudy conditions throughout. Fortunately, this part of the world, and the type of system churning away won’t yet be conducive for really nasty weather. We will stop near New Deal, Texas, which is just north of Lubbock.

DAY TWO (Tuesday)

The feature will emerge from the Rockies overnight and into the morning on Tuesday. The weather position over the Gulf and in the lee of the Rockies will mean more assertive thunderstorm activity through central Texas, but it will be shifting out of our route by mid afternoon. It may even be crisp with quite a bit of sun as we head from the flat, agrarian Lubbock, to the flat, military Killeen.