It’s about to get nasty — again — in South Bend. Heavy rain and lots of lightning is on its way. (Though it looks like the worst of it may pass to our southwest… too soon to tell for sure, though.)

It’s nasty up in Wisconsin, too. Not sure if that stuff will get to us later tonight.

UPDATE: The rain came through, with a fair amount of lightning to boot, but then the western sky cleared a short while before sunset, while the eastern sky remained stormy, creating a telltale contrast-heavy mixture of sunlight and dark clouds that made me think, “Hey, a rainbow might form!” So, I went outside with my camera and its extra lenses (telephoto and wide-angle), and sure enough, after I had waited patiently for a few minutes, a rainbow did indeed form. It wasn’t nearly as spectacular as the rainbow over the Dome, but still, it was purty. Later, a stubby mini-rainbow appeared on the opposite side.

But things really got spectacular as sunset got closer, and the crepuscular and anti-crepuscular rays started to appear:

Another cool shot: you can see the anti-crepuscular rays with the stubby mini-rainbow at bottom left here. Nice.

Full gallery here.