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  1. hawkeye_wx
    Models got the overnight period wrong. Some never had any rain. A few popped an fgen band over Cedar Rapids, dropping decent rain, but all models dried up last evening. Well, the fgen band did pop over CR and produced a solid 0.39". I'm pretty happy.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    Local retired met Terry Swails likes to say, "When it drought, signs of precipitation don't pan out". The RRFS was one of the few models showing any decent rain here, but the latest run removed nearly all of it. The dewpoint is in the 40s, so I'm not surprised.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    Models have struggled to figure out this system. Some models show little or nothing here, while a couple suggest a decent fgen band could pop over us. I hope we get something because, as you say, it's right back into the dry abyss through 7-10 days.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    I barely got anything from the back-door front showers. Most locations didn't get much. It was cloudy all day, so the heating was limited.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    The long-range model ensembles are looking better after mid month.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    The final day of bubbly shower action finally brought a nice cell to my yard. I got gusty wind, pea-size hail, and a quick 0.27" of rain. I'll gladly take it.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    Mine will be, too. I'm watering my garden every day or two and I'm now watering the dry-sensitive parts of the lawn as well so it does not die.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    A decent cluster of cells popped even closer to me today, but I only received sprinkles. The two-day popcorn pattern produced 0.00".
  9. hawkeye_wx
    God I'm sick of seeing little to no rain on every Euro run, every day. It has been like this for two weeks. Even at the end of today's run there is no rain in sight. The heart of the rain and storm season is going down the toilet.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    Central Iowa got good rain this morning, but that complex lifted north. More storms have popped over there again, while there is nothing around here. Once again, today's Euro doesn't have a drop of rain here through day 10. A couple months ago I posted that I was glad to get rid of the la nina drought summers. I certainly didn't expect el nino would be worse.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    Drought expansion has begun.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    The dewpoint has jumped to 60º today, the highest it has been in a long time.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    We have a week of 90s coming up, accelerating the onset of drought.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    It's a long tunnel and a dim light.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    The temp very quickly rose into the 80s by midday, and peaked at 86, so it was pretty warm, but the low dew means as soon as the sun begins to set the temp drops and it feels amazing out there.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    My lawn has quickly lost its lushness and is beginning to brown.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    I hate the dry, but it is very pleasant.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    The models are a broken record. Every run is zero rain through ten days. The latest Euro drops the dewpoint into the 20s Thursday, then remains in the 30s for a few days and then 40s.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    I received 0.02" of rain overnight. The latest Euro doesn't have a drop of rain falling here for the next ten days. Plus, the temp is expected to approach 90º next week. Ugh.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    The weather is great for planting the garden, but the rest of the month looks extremely dry. I hope the dry, blocked-up pattern does not continue into June.
  21. hawkeye_wx
    1.17" in my gauge this morning. Despite all the noise from the storms overnight, I got very little heavy rain from it. Fortunately, the MCS produced a big rain shield that soaked the ground for several hours. It was needed.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    This storm produced an hour of gusty wind, but only 0.02" of rain. I'm afraid this may have pushed tonight's good rain farther south.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    Golfball size hail reports are coming in from the storm approaching southeast Iowa. I'm thinking the one west of me will sag south and the large hail will miss me. I hope so.
  24. hawkeye_wx
    Models are increasingly hyping up a big MCS rolling eastward across Iowa and northern Illinois Sunday night. DVN is on board.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    The wind has lightened up today.... from 47 mph to 43 mph. The third straight day of howling wind really begins to get to me. Thankfully, the wind finally drops off Wednesday as ridging moves in.
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