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.
Impressive wake low winds today. Didn't realize it was that bad whilst at work. Several large limbs and partial tree sections down here in town. Unfortunately the house blocked the wind from hitting the weather station directly.