7/21/2011 - NIU Lightning

Some weak thunderstorms moved through the DeKalb area late evening Thursday producing a nice electrical display. We'd been suffering a short-term drought and heat-wave that was remedied a bit by this storm and subsequent convection Friday morning (post to follow). Below are a few pics, and animated gif, of the unorganized thunderstorms as they moved across the NIU campus.

I've produced a wide-angle perspective animated gif of the lackluster shelf as it crossed campus here.