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  1. hawkeye_wx
    The Euro now has the cool pool from the eastern cutoff low dominating the subforum region through next week. The 80s and humidity are gone, even for Iowa. Now it's low 70s with 50s dews.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    Models are showing a powerful cyclone hitting the northern Bay of Bengal coast next week. There has not been one in that area in quite a long time. That area used to be ground zero for huge death totals back in the 20th century.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    Same here. I picked up 0.43" of rain, but the totals fell short of expectation as much of the action developed east and south. There was no lightning/thunder here. Much of today's action should also be south and east.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    The euro is cutting off the eastern upper low farther west every run.
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    While there will be significant warming into the weekend for our eastern members, models have shown a trend toward merging the subtropical system and the upper midwest system as they reach the mid-Atlantic region, where it parks for a while next week and cools the temp somewhat for our far eastern members.
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    We were able to clear out later in the day and warm into the low to mid 50s with light wind. Tonight is the final night of 30s and Tuesday night is the final night of 40s. Late spring officially begins Thursday. I can finally start planting all the annual plants that have been parked inside the garage for days.
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    Models are all showing the cold pattern finally ending over the next few days. Warmth moves in Thursday and stays for good. The GFS has 80s here next week and the Euro is well into the 70s as well by late this week. The pattern may also become pretty stormy. The euro has 2-5" of rain across Iowa from day 4-7, extending eastward into the lakes as well.
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    Cedar Rapids officially hit 26º... here in town a couple degrees warmer. It's nice that we can shoot back to 50º by 10am, on the way to the low 60s.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    Cyclone, I thought I was in the bulls-eye, but you have me beat, handily. I'm at 0.68", with another few hundredths to go. It has been a darn cold day.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    It's rainy and 40º over here today.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    If you have a lot of annuals to plant, like me, it's nice to be able to start chipping away at the planting chore. It's annoying having to haul a bunch of plants in and out of the garage, and in and out of the sun (trying to harden them off), every day. With the upcoming cold it will be another 1-2 weeks before I can even start planting the in-ground stuff.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    The latest Euro has low to mid 40s for a high temp Friday/Saturday in Michigan, with three straight low temps in the upper 20s.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    I'm a gardener. Let's not do this.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    At least I was able to get a solid thundershower around midday... heard a few rumbles and picked up 0.26" of rain. I knew that would probably be it for the day.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    For lunch today I went to the local Culver's. As I pulled into the line, a high-rider pickup truck drove by as it exited. The driver was a bearded guy with a big, white parrot perched on his shoulder. That's something you don't see every day.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    A few days ago the models had this cold defo band pivoting over eastern Iowa all day today. Instead, northern Illinois gets it and over here in Iowa it's a beautiful day in the low 60s.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    I went to Menards late this morning. The place was packed. About half the customers were wearing a mask.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    We got stuck with clouds and showers this morning, but once that crap cleared we soared into the 70s.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    Not a day goes by without 20-30 mph wind. One of the local mets said Cedar Rapids has had 20 mph gusts every day except one this month. The wind combined with the chilly temps has made it difficult to put all my plants outside.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    My 2-day rain total from this system is 0.78". We won't be seeing 60º again for a while.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    We had a pretty nice morning, rising into the 50s, but an afternoon washout produced 0.45" of rain and dropped us into the upper 40s.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    Cedar Rapids has gusted to 60 mph late this afternoon.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    It's a little icy over here.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    The front ended up being faster than models originally predicted, so just about our entire day has been cold. We have fallen to the mid 30s as light rain moves in. Tuesday will likely be the warmest day of the year (70s to near 80), but it will be followed by more cold.
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