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24 hour ago at 5:20 KIND as reporting 79. Now it is 46. Cruel but not unusual punishment. Spring in the Midwest, catch it!

4-9 was an approaching system sunset and a study on the point of patience with some sunsets. There was plenty of cirrus as the Sun got closer to all the gunk on the horizon as I got out to the overpass. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... Trust me the light faded rapidly as the Sun sank lower. But for some reason I stayed for the last visible wavelength. Good thing I did. Later, after I got home, I saw on the visible satellite that a clear donut-hole opened up in way western Iowa. The result was a red flash that erupted from nowhere. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)... Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm (cropped in camera)... A good-to-the-last-drop sunset!

4-7 was a copy-cat sunset. A look west as the Sun touched the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... A look north as the red was creeping into the area. Pastel shades galore. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)... The color on the horizon. taken with the 100mm... Copy-cat Cheers!

Losing 8" in two days is impressive enough.

It is like you never left home.

Now do DTW

On 4-6 the system was still to my east but not far enough away to not give me some high clouds and with the severe clear west of me, it meant another colorful evening post sunset. Starting off looking north at the backside of the firehouse and as the orange started. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)... A look west not long after. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)... As the red was coming into frame. Taken with the 100mm... As the red was departing the area. Taken with the 100mm (cropped in camera)... Cheers!

Why the farm fields? At 3:0something in the afternoon the Sun is 53 degrees up in the southwestern sky. You will be able to see it from downtown Indy if you so choose. Might have to walk a block or two at the most. It is not like it is happening close to sunrise or sunset and the Sun is on the horizon. Then I could see having to get to an open sky position.

After the tornado in the area earlier in the day 4-5, the clearing line as the system departed hit the area right at sunset. The yellows as the Sun found the opening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm... A broader overview as the actual clearing became visible and the oranges were starting. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... As the deep orange arrived. Taken with the 24-70mm at 41mm... Good night my darl'in, wherever you are...

Maples are starting down here. Does not look like much up close but if you get some distance away, you can see the color starting...

A week ago, on 4-3. As I was heading to a morning errand, I walked out the back door and saw this. Turned around and grabbed the camera and took some sunrise shots from the alley behind the house. So the house, trees and wires are part of the scenery. Looking east, through the neighbors porch. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... Looking south as the color as zipping past. I like howw you can see the clouds at the bottom are lit up while the clouds above it (top of image) are blocked and in the shadow and still white. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

Way behind in the processing once again. These are from 4-2. The sunset and the yellows. Taken with the 100mm... The beginning of the reds. taken with the 100mm... The end of the reds. Taken with the 100mm...

Best climo days also. Can't beat them with a stick though.

Chicken approved forecast.

This and two semi's flopped on their side on I-65 that completely blocked the northbound side for a number of hours filled the definition for severe here regardless what did or did not happen in Michigan.

That line from western Iowa through eastern Kansas looked like it was made by a boundary or dryline moving northwest and another moving southeast merged, and that unzipped the whole line almost at once. Cool to see but kind of scary also.

Thank you. Now I have a frame of reference for your posts.

Meanwhile, way down south here it was at least 81. Just waiting on a six-hour update to see just how high.

Where exactly or close to are you located? DTW? ORD? MKE?

Not nice. Red Flag Warnings from Iowa to southwest Texas.

Confusion sets in.

Had a little bit of color for the sunset of 3-30. Started off with a small but vivid sundog (parhelia) on the southside of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... The gold/bronze hour. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)... The best color dynamics of the evening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 47mm... Cheers!

I am ay behind in processing again This image is from 3-29. Some moderate iridescence and interesting cloud lighting here. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

Thanks! And sorry that I might have put you on that slippery slope. Actually, it is quite fun and rewarding to do.

And now for something completely different, but yet the same, a sunrise. As the color was just starting to creep into the frosty skies. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... You can see how thin things were getting as I got closer to sunrise. Taken with the 100mm... And ending the morning with the sunrise. Taken with the 100mm..