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hawkeye_wx

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  1. This morning's models are tracking the low center farther southeast again, sorta acting as a tail for the cold front swinging through the region. Still, models show good precip surging northward along the front.
  2. A few minutes of hail was fun to watch, but what I want is heavy rain (with some nice lightning/thunder). I love heavy rain as much as I love heavy snow. The storm that dropped that hail on April 7th only dropped 0.09" of rain. At some point this season we'll get a real heavy downpour that lasts more than a few minutes, but it just hasn't happened yet.
  3. The Euro is much farther nw with the Cristobal low this run. Models are really deepening the system somewhere in the lakes region. No doubt the track will flop around many times as the system hangs out down in the tropics for the next few days.
  4. Meanwhile, two lines of storms both crapped out on/skipped over me overnight, leaving me with only 0.19" of rain. It's not our year, apparently.
  5. 91/68 in Cedar Rapids last hour (90 this hour), the first 90º day since last July.
  6. The 3k NAM drops a pretty good line into northern and even central Iowa tonight, but the HRRR appears to have Iowa capped and bone dry.
  7. It's easy to see who has been dumped on and who hasn't over the last month or two. Chicago through Michigan has been bulls-eyed. Many of the rest of of us, not so much. There is certainly no drought, but some widespread MCS action from the plains into MN/IA would be nice.
  8. I know you guys in Illinois have gotten walloped by rain systems this spring, but we haven't. We could use a good soaker today. A week from now, when Cristobal lifts through the central US, we will really need a soaker.
  9. I hope the remnants of Cristobal can track northward enough to drop some good rain here. It's too rare. You guys farther east in the subforum get this kind of thing much more often. The GFS brings it up across Iowa, but the Euro veers it east into the Ohio Valley/eastern Lakes.
  10. It could get rather dry around here by next week. We've already received below avg May precip. Now the Euro keeps spitting out bone dry runs.
  11. As has been the case all spring, I missed out on the heavy stuff today. I only picked up 0.27" of rain. This follows 0.03" yesterday, 0.05" Tuesday, and 0.16" Monday. For the entire week of rain I only reached 0.91". I'm going to finish May with 3.14".
  12. Next week is looking hot and humid over here. While the northeast US gets stuck under another cool trough, a strong ridge builds into the central US.
  13. Today was Cedar Rapids' first 80º day as well.
  14. I picked up another few tenths (0.40") today. That has been the story this spring... a few tenths at a time.
  15. All the surrounding personal stations show upper 70s to low 80s.
  16. Not surprisingly, DVN lowered our high by 5 degrees, to 68º. The endless conveyor of dense clouds from the east is depressing. It's normal to get a day or two of this, but not six. There are at least a few breaks in the clouds trying to pop across the region. Maybe we can get lucky and see a bit of sun later.
  17. What a dreadful week. The dense cloud shield puts a low-60s cap on our temp. DVN says 73º here tomorrow, but I'll believe it when I see it.
  18. It appears a wet pattern may be setting up from Texas up through the western subforum region. At least it will finally be warm. I'm really craving some thunderstorms.
  19. This weather pattern SUCKS!!! I've had enough of this cold crap. I should not have to be wearing my winter coat within two weeks of June. Models badly underforecasted this big cutoff low. The NWS is talking about the cloud shield holding over the region through at least Thursday, if not Friday. Ugh.
  20. Last week, models were showing 80º here by today. Instead, we are hoping to exceed the low 60s.
  21. Models last week had today in the low 70s. Instead, we have mid 50s and drizzle. The GFS keeps us in the 60s all week because of the cool pool aloft. The avg high is in the low to mid 70s now.
  22. Earlier today, Amphan was tracking more northward, well east of the Euro, but the track has been nnw for the last several hours.
  23. Much of the heavy rain this month has developed east of me. My May total is only 2.04" after 0.58" overnight. I have not had a single 1"-in-24-hr rain event this year.
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