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Recon has at least closed off a center with nw and w wind.

12z Euro still turns Karen west, but instead of gradual strengthening, it weakens it to a wave.

Euro has whatever is left of Karen ending up farther north and east in a few days compared to earlier runs.  One major change is what's going on with Jerry.  A few days ago Jerry was expected to be a solid hurricane that would quickly pass near Bermuda and get whisked northeast out to sea.  Now, Jerry is badly sheared, much weaker, and much slower.  A much-slower Jerry may tug more on Karen.

Recon is struggling to find a west wind.

1.08" here overnight and this morning.

12z Euro has an Andrew track through s FL to LA, but it remains fairly weak the entire time.  These west turners often have favorable conditions to strengthen, though.  It doesn't turn west for five days, assuming it survives, so there's nothing to be too concerned with, yet.

The first visible loop this morning shows the surface vort popping out from under the convection.

And there you go.... the 00z Euro has 99L getting caught under the ridge.  It sends a strengthening system steadily wsw into Cuba, a la Ike.

And just like that, it has been upgraded to TS Imelda.

Stockton, IL, in the far northwest, has received a 12.03" of rain over the first two weeks of September.

I picked up 0.40".  The real heavy stuff missed just south.  I've had several moderate rain events this month totaling 2.41".

All week, models had been advertising a nice line of storms pushing through Iowa today, but they pretty much skipped by Cedar Rapids.  I picked up a tenth or so.  Dubuque took the brunt last night and again tonight.

Another nice cell overnight boosted my 3-day total to 1.60".  Much, if not all, of the action over the next 24+ hours should be north.

After becoming quite dry again recently, I picked up 0.51" of rain yesterday and another 0.78" this morning.  We may get more later.

I'd say our brief drought is pretty much over.  My August rain total is 4.26" after two good soakers this week.  The lawns have greened up.

I received another 1.53" of rain this morning.  We had lightning and thunder for 2-3 hours, the best of the season.  My 3-day total is 3.14".

While there was little wind during the rain, strong wind (40+ mph) at the back edge caused garden damage and blew bird feeders down.

Yes, I am experiencing the same thing.  Scrolling and typing are very laggy and very annoying.  I hope it can be fixed.

We were in a good spot this morning.  The line intensified a bit as it moved in and then a big rain shield filled in behind the line.  I finished with a great 1.61" of rain.  The far north side of Cedar Rapids received nickel size hail, but I did not see any.  The wind gusted to 30-40 for a bit, but it wasn't bad.  This is the first time all summer an expected heavy rain event verified.

OT: About a week ago, this site(only this site) suddenly became very slow & laggy for me.  It makes typing posts difficult.  Any idea what the issue could be?

OT Update:  There is a thread about this on the home page that has a few posts, but that's it.

Models are suggesting the gulf could perk up in 7-10 days.

COD is down, but there's an odd quirk.  While I cannot make any fresh connections to the site, the two radar loops I had running yesterday when COD went down are still working and continue to refresh.

I just saw a funnel cloud from my house... my first ever.  I was outside at the end of my street, in an open area, when I saw what appeared to be a funnel dipping out of a small cell that had just popped.  It drifted south and became better defined for 5+ minutes, then dissipated just as the sirens went off.  It apparently came 3/4 of the way to the ground.  The NWS is asking if anyone saw it touch down.  Here in the city my view of the horizon was obstructed .

The dewpoint has really shot up today.  It is now 75º.  There is no wind at all, so it's pretty sultry outside, even though clouds kept the temp down a bit today.

Monday's rain event is now not looking so great for much of Iowa.  This summer has been a broken record.

Fortunately, last night's line of storms remained solid a bit longer than models suggested.  I picked up 0.63" of rain.  The northeast side of CR got over an inch.  It was nice to experience rain, wind, and lightning/thunder again.  There has been far too little of it this year.

I will finish July with 2.50" of rain.  1.54" of that fell from one storm on the 16th when I wasn't expecting any rain.

I'm not a fan of the once-a-week one-and-done rain chance pattern.  For the last month, our one significant rain event occurred on a day when I wasn't expecting anything.  All the marginal fropa rain chances have been duds.  Once again last night I only picked up 0.21".