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  1. hawkeye_wx
    I'm not sure I've ever seen a winter outlook calling for above average precip here. Whether we have el nino or la nina, these maps always put eastern Iowa in the average to below average precip area.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    I will be covering as many plants tonight as possible as we head down to near 32º. I still have a couple hummingbirds and a garden full of salvias at peak bloom. We get another ten days of mild weather after tonight, so it's worth it to do the often-frustrating work of covering everything with sheets during the chilly, breezy conditions this evening.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    We hit 84º yesterday, warm enough to turn on the AC. Sunday and Monday are expected to be 86 and 88. The low Sunday night is only 68.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    The good storms missed southwest, but I got a few rumbles and 0.48" of rain. Up until last evening, I did not know rain was even in the forecast. This weekend looks very warm, possibly getting into the 80s. Next weekend looks very chilly, first with strong nw wind and then possibly our first frost or even freeze.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    Models accurately forecasted the 10-15 mb drop as it traversed the loop current eddy overnight.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    Models have been predicting a good drop in pressure tonight as the center passes over the warm loop current eddy.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    The latest hurricane models, like the HAFS, have backed off on the strength as Isaias struggles with dry air advection from the west all the way through the gulf.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    The latest dropsonde says 997 mb.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    The pressure dropped by several mb because the center of circulation has suddenly tightened up.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    12z Google... pretty locked into the FL panhandle. It's pretty bullish on the strength before weakening at landfall.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    The 18z hurricane models all strengthen this system to the 970s in the central gulf, but then shear and dry air rip it apart as it nears the gulf coast.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    The big Wednesday night rain event trended well nw, so much of my area didn't get much... only a few tenths here. More light showers are popping now, so my 2+day total may end up close to 2".
  13. hawkeye_wx
    I received 1.49" today. My September total is a whopping 10.73".
  14. hawkeye_wx
    Models are trending south with the rain this week... especially the Euro.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    It has been incredibly cloudy over the last two weeks. Des Moines has had its cloudiest September since 1986. Yesterday was expected to be our only sunny day of the week, but it was mostly cloudy again. The next week also looks very cloudy as we get a stream of moisture from the sw US.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    We have hardly seen the sun in the last week. It has been drizzling since early afternoon and it will be raining all night again. This last week has been one of the wettest I can remember.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    My area got clobbered overnight. I got 2.75" and my part of the city was the driest. The north side got 3-4+". My September total is now close to 9", with 7" of that falling in the last five days. Another 0.45" will make this the wettest September in the last 20 years.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    This pattern is extremely wet. It has rained six of the last seven days, with almost no sun in that period. I got another 0.81" this morning, with widespread 1-3" north and east of me. More heavy rain is expected tonight across the area as a disturbance rides up along the front.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    I got another 0.66" of rain this morning. My garden is begging for some sun. This entire week has been gloomy and wet.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    Yeah, the CAMs struggled to figure out where the storms would fire. The RRFS was by far the worst. Up until bedtime it had southeast Iowa getting hit. I was hoping I wouldn't get missed south, but instead most of it went north. I caught the southern edge of the band and finished with a solid 1.06". There were some nice boomers, too.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    DVN issued a flood watch for tonight, but models have shifted south again (has been recent theme). I may get little or even nothing.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    1.29" here today. It was yet another cool, dreary, wet day.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    It appears we may be stuck in the 50s for much of the day. It's the first taste of fall.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    Part of north-central Iowa is in the mid 40s this morning. It's coming. There is not a single 80º+ high temp in our forecast over the next week.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    Models are pretty wet across Iowa over the next ten days... beginning Sunday/Monday... with a possible large, cool ridge dropping in after that for several days.
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