Scattered downpours developed Wednesday afternoon across sections of Lake, sections of
Kenosha and northern Cook counties. A few isolated cells also traversed portions of De Kalb
and Kane counties---though rain coverage was quite limited. Anson Mount sends us this
snapshot taken at 4:15 p.m. of heavy rain he encountered traveling home. Doppler radar scans
put cloud tops up to 37,000 ft. and lightning data indicated sporadic though comparatively
infrequent cloud to ground lightning with a t-storm cell near the Wisconsin line and others
northwest of Streator, Illinois. Thanks Anson for sharing this photo with us!
Tom Skilling
Photo courtesy of Anson Mount of Algonquin, Illinois
