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  1. hawkeye_wx
    Most of Iowa didn't get much. It was mostly gusted-out weak crap as the cold pool dove into the humid air. Tonight may be the same -- strong up in SD/MN, but dying remnants down here.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    As expected, the big storms up in southern Minnesota raced south across Iowa overnight and fell apart. We got some moderate wind, but very little rain (0.20). The initial line was almost dry. It looks like tonight may be a repeat, with storms falling apart as they dive southeastward. We haven't gotten a lot of rain over the last week, but frequent small rains are keeping it moist. The lawns are growing like crazy. I have to mow every three days.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    It appears the 80º dew point will be back Monday. 50s and 60s dp will surge into the region later in the week. That'll feel good.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    The south models were correct about this morning's rain. I'm only getting some very light rain on the northern edge.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    It's unclear what tonight's disturbance will produce up here. Some models bring it up here and dump good rain, while other models keep it farther south and just scrape us with the fringe.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    Got a brief, but pretty heavy, downpour from the bubbly, gusting-out line very early this morning. I picked up another half inch of rain, so I'm now approaching 7 inches for the month. July 2024 was also very wet.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    Cedar Rapids hit a dew point temp of 81º this afternoon.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    The heavy rain went around me this morning, so I only got 0.25". This weekend's two MCSs only produced 1.18" here, which is a bit disappointing.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    We got our first vivid lightning, with loud cracks of thunder, of the year this morning. There was very little wind, though, despite the warning.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    I finished this morning's MCS with 0.93" of rain. As it moved in, it looked like a lot more would fall. We did get our best lightning and thunder of the year, by far, but the warm advection band weakened as it moved through and then the second line crapped out, too. We had a flash flood warning and a severe storm warning, but neither came close to verifying. Models are showing another MCS Sunday morning.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    Today's event turned into nothing. A disturbance is moving across Iowa, but the timing is poor. We got a brief light shower this morning and that should be all we get. The weekend is the next chance.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    2.14" of rain fell this evening from the big MCS. The daily total is 2.43". This is my second 2+" rain event in the last week. July is up to 4.98". We had 3" in all of June.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    I got 1.78" from the line.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    Nothing severe here, and very little, weak, thunder like always, but the wind is gusty and the rain is torrential. I've received an inch in only 15 minutes. I may exceed 2" based on radar. Radar shows a big eastward surge just north of Cedar Rapids. There is likely stronger wind up there.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    First tornado watch of the season (I think) has been issued for Cedar Rapids.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    The heavier cells have missed me so far. I got a few tenths yesterday and a few tenths early this morning. The storms later today could fire over me or mostly south and east. Some good sunshine would help.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    Models are pretty bullish for northern Illinois tonight. Training storms could produce some big rain totals.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    Medium-range models had been drying out through mid July, generally showing below average rain around here. However, we got the 2" event a few days ago and now the EPS is creeping back up again with precip across the region. With ridging in the nw and ne US, the upper midwest should be in a decent spot for moderate temps and regular rain chances.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    Fortunately, one of the heavy bands set up over Cedar Rapids. Once again there was very little thunder, but I got a much-needed 2.21" of rain.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    Zero tornado watches in eastern Iowa this year.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    Last night's weakening crap dropped 0.45" here, which makes my weekly total 1.39". So, we basically got average rain out of this "wet" pattern. My June total is only 3.09, which is 2" below average.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    It appears a broken, weakening line of showers and storms this evening will be it for the week. As Cyclone said, this ROF pattern has been lousy. The heat and humidity is there, but the other ingredients are all weak.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    Yep. It's late June and we are still waiting for the first MCS activity of the year. Storm season has been a dud.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    I got 0.64" overnight. It was more weakening crap with little lightning/thunder, but at least it was something. The rest of the week now doesn't look great as everything goes back north, leaving only spotty activity here.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    Cedar Rapids only made it to 93º both days this weekend, with a dew in the mid 70s, pretty standard for a moderate heat wave.
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