Midwest T-Storms

I was recently in Missouri and summer thunder storms were common daily occurrences. We don't get that many thunder storms in the Pacific Northwest so thought I'd post a screen shot of what the mid-western pilot would typically see on their iPad weather display. This snap-shot was taken one late afternoon in June and from the ground the clouds looked pretty ominous in the distance, but the Nexrad screen shows the danger of what's actually in those clouds.

  

Pancakes at Desert Aire

Today I flew over to Mattawa, WA for pancakes at Desert Aire (M94). The local airport community hosts a pancake breakfast at the airport every Fathers Day weekend to raise money for airport improvements. The weather was typical  for a June day, with a low overcast around Puget Sound and sunny and clear East of the cascades. I filed IFR and climbed through the clouds to a glorious view of Mount Rainier sitting above the cloud deck.