I missed out on storm chasing this year for a number of financial and personal reasons, but I did get a nice treat this evening courtesy of a decaying
mesoscale convective system (MCS). I left work around 3:30PM to make it home in time to get my camera ready but I actually didn't end up using it. All of the photos below were taken with my cell phone. As the squall line made its way over the Philadelphia suburbs, it showed promise of displaying a nice shelf cloud. Unfortunately, by the time it made its way overhead, it had surged a bit too far south to see anything "great" at my location.
After Shana and I ran some errands, we stepped outside of the store we were at and we witnessed some Central Plains quality
mammatus clouds. I just about got us hit by cars in the parking lot as I drove around to find a somewhat open place for me to snap some photos. I raced home afterwards and realized that the sky/sunset was fantastic too! So, I jumped out of my car and snapped some more shots of the evening sky. I haven't edited or tweaked these photos at all besides putting my name on them. Enjoy.
