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I woke up at 6am with a line of severe storms on the doorstep, but the line collapsed as it moved into Cedar Rapids. I got some light thunder and 0.23" of rain.

A nice area of rain dropped south through east-central Iowa this morning. Much of the heavy rain went around me, but I still picked up a decent 0.83". Much of the city got 1+" and a band of 2-3" fell on the north and east sides. For the week I've received 1.43". That's a disappointing total given the pattern and other totals across eastern Iowa, but not everyone can be the big winner. There is a town ten miles southeast of Cedar Rapids that got another 3" this morning, putting them at 10" over the last two weeks.

A lousy 0.16" of rain here.

It appears 60-70 mph wind gusts hit the far north side of Cedar Rapids, but probably only 40+ here on the west side. Unfortunately, this line is all gust front and little rain.

A very clear front lies from northeast Iowa to Chicago. Models are pretty unanimously lighting up the front out ahead of the SD MCS this evening. There should be some good rain totals in that corridor. It looks like the back half of an MCS may sweep through my area more quickly, with much less rain in general.

A band of 1-2" of rain tracked just south of me this morning (the same corridor that received 3-5" in late June). I got 0.44". That should be it for us until at least Tuesday night.

Bonnie is down to 996 mb following a strong burst of convection over the center.

There is a pretty good model signal for some organized storm activity early next week.

My June total is now 4.92", fairly close to average.

My area got hit hard overnight. My 2.38" makes my yard one of the drier locations. There are many stations to the south and northeast reporting 3-4", with 5+" just southeast of Cedar Rapids. We also received several hours of lightning and thunder (a few of those hours were only distant lightning and light rumbles). The final cell this morning produced the best lightning and thunder of the last couple years.

An area of showers to the west and south has produced an area of cloudiness which has overspread my area today. The recent pattern has been almost 100% sun for many days, so today's cloudy sky is a nice break. Models are mixed regarding the possible storm action late tonight into Saturday morning. I sure hope it doesn't bust because this is the only chance for another week.

We continue to get some nice periods of pleasant air this spring/summer, but it sure is boring.

Another dry cold frontal passage here this evening. We need Friday to deliver.

Cold fronts that end a heat wave have produced nothing here this year, and today is no different. At least I was able to get a decent storm a couple days ago along the warm front. It appears the next chance of rain is at least a week away.

Models are not optimistic about much action around here until the front is east of Cedar Rapids. Cyclone has a much better shot at getting a storm.

We reached 95º yesterday. It was hot, but the dewpoint was only in the upper 60s and the wind was fairly strong, so it really didn't feel too bad. Monday was more oppressive with a temp in the upper 80s and a dew in the mid to upper 70s.

A storm just dropped some half-inch size hail here in CR. I got a solid 0.45" of rain from it as well.

1.48" of needed rain fell here overnight into this morning. The soaking was widespread from my area westward into central Iowa. It was mostly just a gentle moderate rain, but a couple tiny, bubbly cells produced the first lightning and thunder (only a few rumbles, but it counts) since April.

It was certainly a dryish month across the corn belt. The grass has lost its lushness, which, frankly, isn't a bad thing. Now I no longer have to mow every three days. We aren't desperate for rain at this point, especially with pleasant temps for the foreseeable future, but it would be nice if we could trend back in the opposite direction as we head into summer. I don't want drought to rebuild.

Another minor light rain event this morning dropped 0.09". Today, the storms will redevelop well east and south of my area. I have officially made it through May with zero thunderstorms. My May rain total is 2.63" (avg is ~4.50").

Since late Tuesday I picked up 0.91" of rain... nothing spectacular, but a nice soaking.

Here we are in late May and we still can't get anything but cool/cold rain. When warm and humid air finally surges up here the atmosphere is strongly capped. That's what happened last week and it's going to repeat this weekend into next week. This is supposed to be the heart of our severe season.

Cedar Rapids may go the first three weeks of May without a rumble. May/June is a bad time of year to get stuck in an unfavorable t-storm pattern.

It has not rained here in eight days. It may be another eight days until the next rain.

There is a strong storm with a nice hail core crawling right over Cyclone's house.