The Thunderstorms Have Developed

You can learn a lot about weather and short-term forecasting just by watching the clouds. Compare to posting immediately below. The radar and cloud photos are less than 5 minutes old.

The cloud east of my home has now turned into a thunderstorm (see arrow on radar image).

And, here it is on radar. The eastern arrow points to the cloud above.

The western arrow shows the radar echo associated with the thunderstorm in the photo below. You can see the rain streaks below the cloud base.