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  1. hawkeye_wx
    Thankfully, the storms sank far enough south overnight to get Cedar Rapids. I picked up 1.23". I had only received 0.31" over the last 16 days and the next ten days look dry, so this is much-needed.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    The drought region of southern Iowa hit the mid to upper 90s this afternoon. We surged to about 90(dew of 74) once the earlier storms moved out, but more storms and clouds have moved in. DVN has become more bullish on storms and heavy rain sinking farther south tonight than what models have been showing(models have missed all the storms in Iowa today). I hope that pans out because it is becoming dry here, and it may not rain again through day 10 once tonight is over.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    I never got into any real heavy rain, but steady moderate rain with an occasional low-end heavy downpour added up to 1.19" over several hours. The sky has cleared behind the rain, but it's still only in the mid 60s.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    There's a robust MCS ongoing over here this morning. It's the classic back-building, storms-on-the-back-edge scenario. I've been on the front edge, so it's just a solid slow-soaker here. An area just southwest of Cedar Rapids has received 2-3 inches of rain this morning, with more heavy rain popping over them. It's going to take a while for this stuff to dissipate, so afternoon instability is iffy.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    Some overnight rain boosted my total to a decent 0.66", our first rainfall in nearly two weeks.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    It appears cyclone got hit with a pretty good line.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    Cedar Rapids was severe-warned in the last hour, but the heavy cell missed north. I got nothing.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    I picked up a total of 1.02" of rain overnight.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    The CAMs totally whiffed on the severe storms with 60-80 mph wind tracking from Nebraska through southeast Iowa today. There are many reports of trees down as they tracked south of Des Moines.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    I picked up over an inch of rain from the first cell. The next cell just blew up to my west and a warning has been issued for CR.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    Another tornado warning just west of CR, but doesn't look like it'll amount to much, like the first one earlier.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    Woo! It's not severe, but we're getting very heavy rain, with a bit of wind and a bit of pea size hail, and it's last for a while this time, not five minutes like every other cell this spring.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    So far it has been a lot of lightning and a constant low rumble here in CR. The action has been one county west, while the weakening blowoff rain moves east into CR.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    Tornado warning west of Cedar Rapids.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    SPC has upgraded eastern Iowa to "Enhanced" severe chance tonight. The CAMs are consistently showing the MCV up in Minnesota refiring late this evening and diving southeast across eastern Iowa, with wind damage potential I'm sure. This may be my best chance of a good storm all spring.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    There's a bunch of big stuff from just west of Cedar Rapids over to central Iowa. It is expected to dive south and miss CR. It has been one of those years in which all the big stuff avoids my yard. However, my garden could certainly do without the 70 mph wind and golfball size hail being reported.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    It has been an incredibly boring storm season in my yard. Some locations have had good storms, but there has been nothing widespread, leaving some of us with very little.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    Getting missed north and south has been the theme so far this month around here. This morning's storms mostly missed south. I got a quarter inch of rain.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    The recent Mt. Agung eruption was a mouse fart. I doubt it could have affected the weather/climate.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    I'm hoping the honeysuckle aphid season will be less destructive. They show up when it warms consistently and the honeysuckle vine leafs out, then vanish when it gets hot in June. A shortened spring should help.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    I planted my first tulips last November. They just emerged from the soil this morning.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    I agree with NWLinn. This storm raises this winter to a B. My snowfall total is now a bit above avg, we had two solid clippers, and now this storm with all the thunder/lightning, 8" of snow, and strong wind.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    That's some pretty awesome stuff you guys are reporting/photographing. Half those rates/totals would be a dream storm here in Iowa. Around here, >foot totals are next to impossible and even ten-inch storms are rare. Four inches counts as a good storm. It's the ultimate nickel-dimer climate. OceanStWx used to work here at DVN, so he knows how pathetic this area can be.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    The last four runs of the Euro are showing something interesting in the 6-10 day period... possible tropical storm or typhoon formation in the Gulf of Thailand.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    Pressure is up to 917 mb. While the outer eyewall is trying to take over and is looking more robust with time on radar, I think the timing of the replacement cycle is about as favorable as Puerto Rico could have hoped for. PR would be worse off if the cycle had begun 8-12 hours earlier.
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