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Timely rains had been keeping us near average precip so far this summer, but this weekend has been a fail. We only managed to get 0.21" combined, Friday and Saturday nights. With no rain in sight, I will likely finish July about 2" below average. The upcoming pattern should be very pleasant, but I sure wish a few storms could be sprinkled in, too.

Northeast Iowa really whiffed on this one. They could get some good storms tonight, though, when the LLJ kicks in.

We got teased with plenty of lightning and a constant light rumble for an hour or two, but barely any rain fell as the storms mostly passed just north.

Cedar Rapids hasn't hit 90º since July 5th. Our hottest days this week only hit 88º. We have one more chance on Saturday. The rest of the month currently looks <90º.

It appears the airport only got 0.55" as the northeast part of the metro missed out on the last round of storms. Much of the rest of the city got 1-1.5".

A cluster of storms at the tail end turned Madison's rain from meh to pretty solid.

I received a nice 0.88" of rain this morning from the back-building showers and storms. A few timely rain events this summer have, so far, held off any drought. A band of 2-4" fell from ne IA, through Dubuque, into nw IL. Dubuque has really done well over the last couple weeks after having been one of the driest locations in the region earlier in summer.

No Covid for me.

Models have trended northeast, out of my area, with the good rain Friday. The next chance won't be for another week.

The possible northern gulf low has largely disappeared from the latest global models.

The big heatwave on the GFS is gone, replaced by continued nw flow. This morning's run has Cedar Rapids touching 90º once the rest of the month.

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.