Monday, August 25, 2014
August 25, 2014 NIU Shelf Cloud and Whale's Mouth
Today was the first day of classes for the Fall 2014 semester here at NIU. Forecasts were calling for really hot and humid conditions with highs in the low 90s and dew points in the mid to upper 70s. In fact, northern Illinois had some of the highest dew points in the entire country! It was like swimming out there! However, we had cloud cover most of the day and several outflow boundaries came through our area from the surrounding storms (see animated .gif) which didn't allow us to get as hot as we could have. This was a good things considering heat indices would have been in the 100s! Either way, I was sitting in my office working on some stuff and heard Walker , as well as other Graduate students, mention something about going to look at the incoming shelf cloud. So, we headed up (Walker with the department camera and me with my cell phone) to the 7th floor to see if we could get some shots. As soon as we made it up there we realized it was right on top of us. We hustled and got the best photos possible. Overall, it was a GREAT shelf cloud and a so-so whale's mouth. What a great way to start the semester!
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