High-based convection
overspread the northern Illinois region during Tuesday evening. I hadn't planned to head out to examine any of the storms as the conditions looked
marginal and I had promised Sharon I'd take care of Chase so she could visit with some friends. Well, I just couldn't resist the attractive force of the first clouds in a few days -- so, what did I do? I grabbed a camera, tripod, and my two-and-a-half year old son and we went south of town to watch it roll over us. Chase had a blast, pointing out the clouds and, hopefully, overcoming his fear of lightning and thunder (or, as he calls it, "boom boom"). In fact, I bet he is better at spotting storm-scale features than some on Spotter Network ;-) We ended up sliding over to the DeKalb wind farm, where we were able to grab a full double rainbow atop the northernmost towers. After the rainbow, I decided to call it an evening as it was past Chase's bed time.
Chase on his first storm excursion -- he's a natural!
Animated gif of scene about five miles south of DeKalb, looking northwest. Another view, looking northeast, here.
Rainbow atop the DeKalb wind farm.
Office lapse of storm ...
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