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Now that you mentioned it, I remember my Davis station also did that, but it was the battery capacitor not holding any charge anymore if I remember correctly, so I had to replace the whole ISS, or temp/hum. part of the station. Otherwise I had no issues except with the anemometer once in a while, which is to be expected since that thing is constantly going. My first Davis anemometer never quit going (10 plus years) but I could tell it didn't run as smooth anymore, and I retired it since it wasn't wireless. The wireless anemometer I now have is mounted 34'+ up on a windmill. Anemometers from cheaper stations never seem the last long at all. Did your anemometer never cause any problems on your ambient?

I actually did end up getting only 0.10" more rain last evening, bringing my April total to 5.60". The storms rapidly weakened as expected, but didn't dive se. Had one tremendous clap of thunder kind of out of the blue.

An illegal killed a college or highschool gal in the next county here a few years ago. It made national news then, but I can't remember her name though I saw an article about it again recently. That's pretty close for rural areas like here. They soon caught the guy.

The wall wasn't finished, but he was wanting to and planning to finish in his second term if possible. The left and probably many RINO'S thought it costs to much, but that cost was nothing compared to what they are throwing away (my tax dollars) for another country half a world away. Take care of our own border first, fcol!

Yeah this guy is also trying to say there are provocateurs amongst the protesters too, and you still probably don't believe there were plenty of provocateurs on 1/6 as well, but I saw plenty of video evidence in the the past that there were, including Ray Epps who they didn't want to arrest for a long time because he was one of the feds. In fact I believe it was a set-up because Nancy Pelosi turned down an offer for more security. There were people trying to stir up the crowds on 1/6 and trying to get them to enter, including Ray on video. In fact I've seen videos of Capitol police waving people on in. But since you suck up to CNN and other leftist news you never see what really happened. Besides many of the youth today are as stupid and brainwashed as can be and wouldn't survive long in Palestine! And don't try to get me to provide a link or video evidence of 1/6 as I don't have time right now, but could if I look it up or stumble upon more news.

Maybe this isn't the right thread to post this, but I like how the SPC has upped our storm chances this evening, but the HRRR and several other models want to split the storms north and especially south of eastern Iowa. Hopefully those models are wrong. The warm front has passed through here, but maybe there's a moisture gradient the storms might follow further south. I haven't taken time to read the NWS AFD yet. I see storms are beginning to pop in eastern Nebraska and they could easily dive se. eventually.

Yeah I was checking the monthly COCORAHS reports yesterday and noticed the Bloomfield area had even higher April rainfall totals, like up to 9"+! My sister in south central KS says they're drying up and I noticed they again missed the recent rains. They're not farmers, but already the other week she said the wheat may be toast er long. I'm glad to hear that the COCORAHS gauge is nearly identical to the official one because I have two of those and like them. I'm guessing the COOP gauge is more accurate beings it has a larger diameter. I actually have 5 gauges out. Two other small ones always show less unless it rains a lot, like over 1" as they tend to catch up. I like my digital Davis gauge, but it's not consistent and I never fully trust digital gauges. I have a spare older Davis station/gauge and both rain guages had to be adjusted up a bit (calibrated) to match my other gauges. The new Vantage Pro2 has a redesigned gauge so the wind affects the rain less that's entering it. I don't know if the new design helps much. Davis finally came out with a touch screen console last year but it needs to be plugged in an outlet as battery backup won't last long. I'd get one if they'd make it totally wireless like what I have.

My April total rainfall is 5.50". Not sure if I'll add anything to that amount before midnight tomorrow night or not, but probably not as it appears less likely.

Sounds like some so-called "newcomers" (I call them illegals) being crazy and not knowing what or how dangerous tornados are or can be!?

Models still are showing some heavy rains in Iowa for this week, but we'll see how that pans out. Hopefully the driest areas see heavy amounts as some models are showing, but often it's better not being in the bullseye to far in advance.

Last Friday I got 0.41" of rain with another 0.97" over the weekend amounting to a decent 1.38" total. I was expecting at least 2" from what the models were showing, but I'm happy with this. The heaviest rains this spring mostly end up just se. of here it seems, like this morning's event. The storm on Saturday evening was a dud for rainfall as it weakened at the last minute and passed just to the nw. But had plenty of lightning and wind with the max. gust to 55 mph.

How did your fruit trees fair? The ones here had only a few flowers freeze which won't have a noticable impact at all. A few other things got nipped, but not to majorly after two mornings at 30⁰ and 29⁰. Quite a few strawberry flower buds froze even though they weren't open yet.

I remember April of 2013 well, as here it also was the wettest April of my records, with 9.55" of rainfall. And the local river had a major flood after a 5"+ rainfall event around the 17th, if I remember the date correctly.

I ended up with 0.42". It was much heavier to the south. The lawns are lush and green here as well. I mowed one lawn twice and another not once yet, but should.

I wanted to comment about the weather on Tuesday, but I always get sidetracked in doing and looking at other things. Plus I was helping with storm cleanup for people from my church that evening. The first batch of showers Tuesday afternoon was heavier then it appeared on radar as PWATS were quite high, but I was in a gap between heavier cells of course. Still ended the first round with exactly 0.40". Then a short period of sunshine preceded an ominous shelf cloud from the last brief intense line of storms. The sky looked greenish, and I was out shooting video (with iPhone 15 Pro Max) and photos till the last second! But only 0.24" rain from that line with wind gust only around 43 mph and not as windy at my location as early in the afternoon. But had some decent hail with a few of the largest stones at 1" diameter. But 2 farms approximately 3-4 miles se. of me had buildings destroyed from a possible little spin up tornado or microburst? One building was totally flattened and the other farm had half of the roof gone among other damage. Total rainfall on Tuesday was only 0.64". The drought maps may be off for my location since we've had very good rains in March, and especially this month. Field tile lines are running since the heavy rains of early April and water is standing in roadside ditches after each rainfall. With today's rainfall I'm approaching 4" for the month. And it looks active again by late April. Just checked my weather station and I'm just over 4" for the month now, with over a third of an inch so far today.

We had a chance of showers yesterday, but I wasn't really expecting anything more than a few hundredths at most. But some on and off showers traversed my area starting by 3:00 p.m. with brief downpours and barely pea-sized hail multiple times. Even heard some thunder a few times. Ended up getting 0.32" while my sister's place 2/3rd mile ne. got nearly a half inch as did another sister 7-8 miles se. I was going to plant some garden, but plans changed. A plenty chilly rain anyway. You're probably wondering why I mention siblings living here and there, and jfyi, I have 4 brothers and 4 sisters. And one brother's winter home may be @Tom's neighbor!? Not sure what his exact address is, though it's in Fountain Hills.

Yes that last minute darkening was surreal, and we couldn't see any shadow bands either, though some climbed onto the house roof and other structures for a better view. One thing I didn't realize was that sunspots are readily visible through a spotting scope etc. I don't make a habit of looking at the sun! Lol

That's good that it was decent viewing for you. I could see the flares throughout totality, but it looked better through binoculars.

Here are a few photos from my friends iPhone. IMG_1163.MOV.mp4 IMG_1143.MOV.mp4 IMG_1153.HEIC IMG_1147.HEIC

My first total eclipse was an awesome and enjoyable experience! Took off for southern IL just after 2:00a.m. and arrived at our destination (my cousin's farm near Carbondale) in only around 5.5 hrs. as traffic was a non-issue and had good roads. And the weather was perfect with only a few thin cirrus at times with a high temp around 80⁰! Had over 100 people there (mostly from my community) to watch it and enjoyed 2 hearty big meals (brunch and supper) plus snacks in-between! Had several spotting scopes on tripods for people to use, and later mounted a camera on one during the eclipse. We also did some experiments and someone gave a presentation about eclipses, etc. My nephew flew his drone before and during the eclipse, which mostly flew itself so he could enjoy the sights. We also had a thermometer recording the temp which dropped 12⁰ f in the shade and still more in the sun, if I remember correctly. One thing I forgot was sunscreen, so I got burned a little even if I tried staying in the shade at times. We left for home around 6:30p.m. hoping traffic would clear out some. Had one little stretch of heavy, slow traffic, but mostly good travelling most of the way, arriving back in around 6 hrs. Trees were much greener in s. IL. Oh, I forgot to mention my brother down there took us on a ride to his place nearby with a farm tractor and trailer afterwards. Had 60+ people on the flatbed trailer!

A similar thing happened in Mo. where my brother went to watch in 2017. It was all cloudy, but clearing occurred just in time for the eclipse with clouds moving back in soon after! It's was sunnier in IL. that time.

I plan leaving around 1:00 am. Monday with a van load of friends. In fact a bus load of people is leaving from my community to see it. Makes for less traffic going together! Lol As of now the NWS point forecast is calling for sunny skies on Monday near Carbondale. Oops, I couldn't clear the editor for some reason, then kind of reposted things. I will need to edit this.

My brother went down in that area to see it in 2017, but I couldn't make it. This time though, I'm going to the Carbondale, IL area (not far from Ava) where another brother lives. Lucky for people there, being it's the only area where both total eclipses cross, which I'm sure you knew!

What blows me away yet more is that most of the snow fell within 1 weeks time during a season that only had around 2 weeks of real winter, and that most of it melted by early February!! And it basically all soaked into the thirsty unfrozen soil, similar to the previous winter's precipitation. In January I totally expected to see more of January's snow hang around till some time in March, but even the very deepest drifts have mostly disappeared! The winter of '07 - 2008 was the snowiest of my records, but does anyone know if that was also an elnino winter too? It seems like NINO winters are more active in my area.

I don't care either, but the Marxist racists do.