A severe storm with hail and wind passed just northeast of Cedar Rapids this morning. All I got was some nice outflow. The next batch should move southeast through the area later this afternoon and evening.
The heaviest cells bypassed me, but I still managed to get some solid training and finish with 1.52" of rain. Once again, however, there was very little, very quiet thunder. This will go down as the year without lightning/thunder.
The strong line over here has finally developed southward, extending to my sw. There is currently a warning for the county to my west. This is the best chance of an actual thunderstorm I've had in three months.
At one point, around midday, every Iowa station listed on Mesonet was 90+, except Cedar Rapids was only 87º. As you say, though, CR finally did hit 90º.
Cedar Rapids finally hit 90º (officially) yesterday for the first time this month.
I hope we can cash in on the MCV moving across Iowa this afternoon. This might be our last decent rain chance for a while.
Once again, CID only hit 88º. Just about every other station in ec/se Iowa hit 90+.
Last five days: Waterloo (ALO) is a consistent hot spot and CID is a consistent cool spot.
Waterloo: 91 91 92 93 93
Cedar Rapids: 87 87 88 88 88
Cedar Rapids has only hit 90º twice this year. It certainly has not felt like a hot summer.
The disturbance hanging around my area dropped about a quarter inch of rain this morning, enough to fill the barrel.
It has certainly not been a humid met summer so far. Our dew is in the 50s again today. There have been several days with humid dews in western Iowa and pleasant dews in eastern Iowa.
The morning models have sped up the front and are now firing the storms farther south. The UK and Euro now have nothing here. The CAMs fire the storms just barely in time.
My storm total is 2.38". I was just hoping to get over an inch, but this morning's disturbance really perked up. My total is even lower than many others in the area. Over 3" fell only a couple miles to my south.
1.83" here so far this morning. That's great, but I sure would love some good ol' noisy thunderstorms. I've had about 6 inches of rain this month, but barely any thunder at all. There is zero thunder this morning.
That first line did crap out just before reaching me. The second line mostly passed south. However, more rain filled in through this morning and many places have received 1+". I am well over an inch now. Once again, there has been little to no thunder.