Hawkeye

Just 0.13" of rain here from one brief heavy shower. Models show more rain chances every few days over the next couple weeks.

Looks like this big rain event is going to be a total whiff here as everything is going south.

My 36-hr rain total is 4.29".

I finished July, which was generally dry for most of the month, with 6.75" of rain. The last two months have produced almost 16" of rain.

My total today is up to 3.55". Another 1-2" could fall overnight if more cells pop over us. Each one of these little cells is producing very heavy rain.

As the above map shows, Cedar Rapids was the big winner in Iowa this morning. I received 2.70". A few spots just east of Cedar Rapids received close to 4". A few lucky spots may get another 1-2" tonight, although tonight's heavy cells should be more scattered.

I think it's likely the current 84º dew point in Cedar Rapids is our highest since 1995. I'm really looking forward to the possible good soaker across Iowa Friday.

The area in between Des Moines and Ames, which got 8-12" of rain one day in early July, got hit hard again last night with 3-5". The exact same spot.

The second line of storms late this afternoon was a bit weaker and faster than the morning line. This time I only got 0.38". That is 1.48" of much-needed rain today before we go dry again.

A nice line of storms dumped 1.10" of rain in my yard this morning.

I wish we could have received more rain in early July. I got much less (1.15") than many locations across Iowa did, and now we have a long, dry (maybe hot, too) period coming up.

The best rain missed just south overnight. I got 0.38". My late-week total is 1.15".

One spot just nw of Des Moines got nearly 10 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.

All the rain has been crapping out before reaching Cedar Rapids.