0.22" early this morning to bring the 4-day system total to 0.81".
Seems like we have a yo-yo going on here with the moisture. Slammed in April with 7+ inches, this month will likely end up around 1 inch. Hopefully in June we can get another 7-8" to make up for May.
50mph southeasterlies on the north side of the southeast Iowa anvil rain. Don't think it's a wake low, seems like the southeasterly surface winds are being enhanced by the MCS somehow.
One last freeze tonight and hopefully that is it until fall. Already down to 38 here. Only under a frost advisory but we always get a few degrees colder here in the valley.
Was under a severe warning earlier. Nice surprise, wasn't expecting much action here. Lots of thunder and gusty winds. Picked up 0.16". Perfect for new grass seed.
Quite a bit of thunder out of these tiny high-based cells. See-through fall streaks of rain beneath high-based updrafts, and quite a bit of lightning. Getting some 40mph gusts beneath one right now, but rain is pretty wimpy.
Looking ahead we are going to have frost potential as late as May 10th.
I'd hold off planting a garden for a good 12+ days. Even if the frost is light/patchy the plants probably wouldn't grow much anyway with these cooler temps.