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  1. hawkeye_wx
    Meanwhile, the GFS has removed all rain this weekend into early next week because of a blocking ridge, and most recent Canadian runs have shown the blocking as well. It's too volatile to count on anything at this point.
  2. hawkeye_wx
    It's a complicated, blocky pattern and models are showing wild fluctuations from run to run, but, overall, it's looking up for Iowa at least. The new op Euro stalls the upper low over our western subforum area and would be ideal... inches of rain over several days. The EPS qpf mean, however, only has 1.25-1.50" through the period, though, which means there are also plenty of drier ensemble members, so a lot can change.
  3. hawkeye_wx
    Nope. 0.16" in my gauge. The best rain split north and south of Cedar Rapids. The entire spring and summer rain season has been an absolute dumpster fire. May-Sep 2023 is now drier than May-Sep 2012. We are now 12 inches of rain below avg during that period. There is hope for some actual good rain this weekend, but I won't believe it until I see it in my gauge.
  4. hawkeye_wx
    I'm pumped for tonight's 0.10" of rain with a few rumbles of thunder. Most models show most of the rain will be north and east of Cedar Rapids.
  5. hawkeye_wx
    Small, slow-moving lows sure like dumping on Chicagoland this summer.
  6. hawkeye_wx
    As most models suggested, we got nothing out of this front. The next week looks dry. It's amazing how difficult it is to get rain this year.
  7. hawkeye_wx
    The GFS is still solid, but the Euro has reversed the positive trend and is going backward. The Euro is now trying to cut off a big low over the southeast US and also the Rockies/plains, with a blocking ridge forming over the lakes that does not allow much moisture to get into our region through day ten. It's giving me a flashback to our awful spring pattern.
  8. hawkeye_wx
    I'm really liking the model trend for late in the month. For weeks, the op GFS has been mostly bone dry across Iowa and surrounding areas, and it has been correct. Recent runs, however, have become much wetter across the region, beyond week one, with 2-3" in spots. The GEFS and EPS mean continue to gradually moisten up, region-wide, as well.
  9. hawkeye_wx
    Only 0.35" of rain overnight, at the low end of the model range. Now, it's back to bone dry for the next two weeks.
  10. hawkeye_wx
    What the f'ing heck is going on with the models and tonight's wave? The Euro has flipped flopped several times now. Last night it went more bullish and north than ever, dropping 1.7" here. This morning it's right back south and only 0.30" here, now the driest of all models. The ensemble mean is flopping around, too. This is stupid.
  11. hawkeye_wx
    Models are struggling with this wave. The Euro has generally been one of the more bullish models, but it has been all over the place. Yesterday's 12z run mostly took Cedar Rapids out of it, but the new 00z run is the most bullish, yet, with a swath of rain through Cedar Rapids of well over an inch. The GFS and other models have also become more bullish overnight. After this wave, models are very dry into late September, so we really need this.
  12. hawkeye_wx
    The pressure is up to 940 mb this morning, and the wind is down some. Lee is no longer a cat 5. The NHC mentioned mentioned some possible sw shear.
  13. hawkeye_wx
    The final recon dropsonde says ~925 mb.
  14. hawkeye_wx
    Extreme drought has expanded across east-central Iowa. A couple spots of exceptional drought have popped in se MN and sw WI.
  15. hawkeye_wx
    928 mb per dropsonde.... darn low, but borderline cat 5 pressure. Typically, 920 mb is where you get into cat 5 territory.
  16. hawkeye_wx
    With a flight wind at 145 kts, it doesn't make sense the SFMR is 157 kts.
  17. hawkeye_wx
    Sorry, but Rita, at 897 mb in the Gulf of Mexico, had the best appearance of any hurricane I've ever seen. It was perfect. The temp inside the eye was 31º, I think, and the dew point was 0º. I still have satellite photos and the vortex message saved on an old hard drive. At ~931 mb, Lee is not even close.
  18. hawkeye_wx
    The SFMR wind was even 139 kts (159 mph) in the sw quad.
  19. hawkeye_wx
    There is still plenty of room for the satellite appearance to improve. Once the pressure gets down into the low 900s, the eye will become perfectly circular and the CDO will become uniformly thick with a distinct outer edge. Lee is nowhere near that, yet. Hurricane Jova, yesterday, had a very crisp, circular, core appearance.
  20. hawkeye_wx
    Recon planes are almost always scheduled to arrive at the center of tropical cyclones within four time ranges.... 2330z-0000z, 0530z-0600z, 1130z-1200z, and 1730z-1800z. So, the new recon plane should be in the center of Lee in about one hour from now (2345z).
  21. hawkeye_wx
    It's hot today, but there's a huge difference between 95 with a dew of 80 (last heat wave) and 95 with a dew of 58. A couple hours ago I was outside for a good ten minutes in the hot sun and I didn't even begin to sweat.
  22. hawkeye_wx
    It feels like this is never going to end. This summer will get a big fat F grade from me (edit: maybe a D because there has been plenty of pleasant weather). We haven't had a month since April in which we received more than 50% of avg precip. If this latest Euro forecast pans out, we will have gone a month will <0.10" of rain.
  23. hawkeye_wx
    My August rain total is 2.04". My met summer rain total is 6.21".
  24. hawkeye_wx
    A good part of eastern Iowa has been upgraded to extreme drought. After decent recovery in early August, my lawn is now baked and crunchy.
  25. hawkeye_wx
    They've only been in the air for a few hours and they are very close to home, so I would think they'll stay in the storm for several more passes.
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