OttumwaSnomow

Is east edge of Desmoines getting raked? Hope not.

.91" wow and just the first round!

My dewpoint is 43 and nice moderate rain. And Im up to .43 rain this am. Unreal how Ive been the bullseye for months now.

We drove to the Royals Orioles game on Sunday (go O's!). And there was quite few dry areas between here and kc.. much wetter here thankfully. But looks like we all get in on it soon!

Most of my 30 fruit trees in full bloom. Currently its 41F at 1 pm. Dewpoint is 27F and both will plummet down tonight i think my fruit is gone!

It will be so nice to see my area off the dreaded drought monitor soon! I have a incredible 7 plus inches since March 1st. My ponds are almost full! Going back to Dec 1st 2023 I am steadily running surpluses. Except for the pultry .14 in Feb.

Well this system over preformed here for sure!! 3 rounds of thunder. Still thunder tonight. I have about .88 so far. 2 bouts of light hail. The 2nd round was squall line in my pics below did finally get some spin on it in eastern Wapello county. There was a eery sound that Ive only hear twice iny life... freight train.

Just not a good setup for my area for good rain in more than a couple spots. Maybe a strip or stripe under a super cell. Today i tilled the garden. Craziest hard crust i ever saw from the days of sun and wind. But still mud underneath!! Deep soil wetter here than further west. Bone dry over along hwy 35.

Looks like i will finish with 44.2" 38 of which fell in 11 days. A Crazy winter.

3.16" day total precip since Sunday afternoon. And a snow rain mix is still falling so will add to this. What a over performer! Very thankful!

I'm probably thought of as a complainer on these forums. And my company has lost millions from years of drought. But I must say this since Nov 1st mby is near the top of a Iowa locations. #2 snowfall 44.2" #6 precip 12.39" We should be falling off the drought monitor soon.

1.56" My heaviest rain only day since September 2022. Was pea sized hail twice. My pond jumped up 2 feet!

Great call @Tom! Nothing like a wobbling warm front here!!! I just got raked best gully washer since June or longer! 1.32" and still not over! 2 rounds of pea size hail! FINALLY SOME RUN OFF FOR PONDS! KDMX - Super-Res Reflectivity 1, 10_52 PM.mp4

Whats a thunderstorm? Im seeing just 2 to 4 per year in recent years!!!! That said today is the 1 year anniversary of one of strongest supercells of my life! It actually passed right over my 24 acres! Touched ground not even 2 miles away. The Hedrick Keota Iowa tornado and hail.

Go Os! Man is this team good!