Before and After A Storm #SkywatchFriday

Wednesday, we were under a severe thunderstorm watch.  It had been unusually hot (for us in the Southern Tier of New York) earlier in the week and a cold front was going to be coming through. On Tuesday, we hit 92F (33.3C), which was nearly a record.  I realize that type of heat in May is normal for many, but it isn't for us.

The sky agreed with the forecast.  I took this picture as a passenger in our car as we were moving and I didn't see the structure on the left until I prepared to post this here.

Don't these look like pointers directing us to the center of the photo, which makes you think of the eye of a storm?  The storm itself was still two or three hours away.

About a minute or so later, we're still moving, and I saw sunbeams shining down through the clouds. So I took another picture.

I took one more shot of the sunbeams - at this point we were merging onto a highway so were ready to lose this view.

Sure enough, we had a couple of rounds of thunderstorms later that afternoon, one of which had hail.  Fortunately, no tornadoes were reported.  Yesterday, it was cooler. 

Early afternoon yesterday.

And, to end the day, a nice sunset.

Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.