June 5 Weather Elements

Impressive mammatus formations graced the southern skies at 8:56 am CDT as seen from Progressive Drive and Martha's Way in Hiawatha, Iowa on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Weather conditions at this time: 64 degrees F, 63-degree dew points with 94% humidity.

Panorama of the scene moments later. East is left, south is at center. Mammatus clouds are a result from the sinking of moist air into dry air and often reside under the anvils of thunderstorms.

Radar frame capture corresponding to the above two iPhone 6 Plus photographs. The target icon at top shows my position in relation to the storm clouds. Arrows point to the white line, indicating approximately where the mammatus was residing at this time.

This east-facing panorama shows the departing storm at 9:34 am. It was about 35 miles distant. iPhone 6 Plus camera.

By afternoon, severe storms were located a considerable distance south from my location but were still observable. The above panorama image was captured from Alburnett Road and Flight Drive in the Bowman Meadows housing development in Marion, Iowa at 3:17 pm. The image spans from east (left) to west, with south at center. The left part of this line of storm clouds were in Illinois, the right, in Missouri. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

Radarscope frame capture graphic corresponding to the panorama image above it. Storm "A," near Kirksville, Missouri, was about 135 miles distant; storm "B" was located near Quincy, Illinois and was about 140 miles distant; "C" was about 165 miles distant and was located west of Springfield, Illinois.