Soggy October Trail

Layers of stratus clouds create this chilly look across an open field located just off the Boyson Park Trail in Marion, Iowa just before 2:00 PM, Sunday, October 14, 2012. A nearly steady rain from the previous day had just ended before this image was captured. After many months of drought conditions, this large system, which produced some brief tornadoes in neighboring states on Saturday, dumped 2.5 inches of rain at our location. This image looks east.