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I hope only vacation. Would be a bummer if he suffered injury in the only storm he got.

Some fantastic clouds for sunsets also...

I am going to round up and say that a foot of rain definitely qualifies as a heavy rain event.

On 7-6 the best views were all to the east. Almost looks like the cumulonimbus is venting some steam off of the top but of course it is just some cirrus that just happens to be between the cauliflower and the camera. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Some nice cloud variety to end the evening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm...

During yesterday's storm this tree shed a huge limb. Completely blocked the road at the time. The street department came by and just cut the limbs off at the side of the car. Then today a tree service came by and cut the limbs off of the car. I think the car is totaled. Severely buckled. Tree is not in good shape either.

During the hot and drys, the color can be over-the-top when you can find it. Bubblegum... Neon Pink...

Finally got lucky with one of these events here. The first round was anemic and only received 0.11". But, another cell formed right overhead and really went to town for a bit. Totaled 1.39" for the day. Not too shabby and much needed.

We did not have quite as much cloud cover down here this evening...

Poor frostfern.

6-30 was another nice evening at the overpass. Glad to have finally gotten through June of my backlog. Too bad July is about 2/3rds done. Someday I might get caught up. When I got out to the overpass. Some nice crepuscular rays. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Close to local sunset, horizontal. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... Closer yet to local sunset, vertical. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The orange post sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The sort of red. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Cheers!

Everything is bigger in Texas.

6-27 was a sparse evening for clouds but still worth the effort. Starting off with a faint sundog (parhelia) on the south side of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... The post sunset color begins. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The next two images are for contrast and compare. First image here is with the GND to even out the light across the image. Sort of messes with the color though. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... The second image was taken two minutes later and is straight lens. You can decide which one you like better. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Last of the color to the west, straight lens. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Cheers!

^-26 as a little bit of this and a little bit of that kind of day. Starting off with some sundogs (parhelia) from the side yard. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... What it looked like when I got out to the overpass. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... Close to local sunset taken ith the 24-70mm at 27mm... Even closer to local sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Looking northeast post sunset. taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Northeast again but with more focal length. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... Looking north with a lot less focal length. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... And capping off the evening to the west with the fading reds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Cheers!

6-24 was an altocumulus evening. Extremely photogenic. Starting of looking northwest from in front of the firehouse as I just got there and threw up the camera out of the parking lot. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm straight lens... Looking to the north as I got to the top of the overpass. Used the GND so the colors look a bit odd but the light level is more even across the image. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... First look to the west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... Local sunset looking northwest. That hole on the west looks like a fallstreak. You can see it in the first two images but much smaller. Or is it just natural erosion due to dry air? I am not sure. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Now on to the post sunset color. The orange. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Ending the evening bathing in the red. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Good night my darlin', wherever you are....

About time for the county fairs to fire up. Ours is next week. The sky turned some cotton candy colors for some pre-celebration tonight. To paraphrase a certain poster, best cloud climo.

On 6-23 everything was south or southwest of me but still very visible. Looking south when I got to the overpass. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Looking southwest as the color was beginning. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... Looking south as the oranges fired up. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm... Looking southwest at the best color dynamics. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Cheers!

I have had a heck of a time deciding what images to save/share from 6-22. I have plenty of nice images but nothing that really jumps out at me. Usually means I am going to over-share when I get this way. Starting off at the house and from the side/front yard. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... When I got out behind the firehouse two hours later. Looking south. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... First look west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... Beginning of the post sunset color looking west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Looking south as the color creeps in. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Looking west again. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... Last look, looking southwest. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Cheers!

Meanwhile, just northwest of Indy, I came home after work and found out my tippy bucket still works. Said a whole 0.02" fell while I was at work. I was beginning to wonder if the thing still operated it had not moved in such a long time.

94/73/104 at KIND. I agree with you that it is not nice outside at all. Hiding here inside in the A/C.

Time to fire up Johnny Cash and his "Ring of Fire".

Another whiff here. The afternoon convection fired up one county north and then zipped to the northeast. It did push out a boundary though. The boundary moved about two counties south of me when it fired up for the evening convection. So still parched here. Maye tomorrow, or the next day, or the next....

Any serious cirrus fans would have loved 6-20. Looking south when I got out to the overpass. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Looking west as the post sunset color gets ramped up. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Looking east as some reds try to make into the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... Last dregs in the west taken with 24-70mm at 70mm...

6-19, stagnant pattern brings stagnant results. But not really. The volume of clouds was up on this day. Ripples in the morning cirrus. taken ith the 24-70mm at 28mm... Going to skip straight to the post sunset color. When it began. taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Here comes the red from above. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... I brake for all colorful post sunsets. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Cheers!

6-18 started a string of days that looked very similar. The pattern was stagnant with a slight disturbance in Missouri that would float cirrus over me for a number of days in a row. It started kind of lean. The beginning of the post sunset color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... Looking to the north, had some nice zebra action going on. Stripes upon stripes ( wires ). Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The last of the post sunset color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

Keeping my fingers crossed that the stuff in central Illinois holds together enough to get us wet in central Indiana.