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I finished with 5.9" on the west side of Cedar Rapids. My liquid total is a much-needed 0.74". The very max part of the band dropped close to 7" just a hair north of me, but I am super thrilled with what I got.
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7" now being reported in Shellsburg, just nw of Cedar Rapids, and Tama, two counties west of CR. Major kudos to the models that shifted south to the hw30 corridor through CR.
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The snow is ripping pretty good here. The ground is completely covered. I'm guessing we might get a couple inches.
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There are some wildly different forecasts from the short-term models tonight. A couple show the heavy snow band through ne Iowa, with nothing in Cedar Rapids. A couple others show the heavy band through Cedar Rapids, with nothing in ne Iowa. The rest are in between.
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A few days ago the Euro/GFS were dropping 2-3+ inches of precip here. Now, the front is expected to stall much farther nw and the low will track along it, leaving southeast Iowa with much less rain. Every good system we end up hoping we can just squeeze a half inch out of it. We need inches of rain, but we can't get it.
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I sure would like to lock in the 12z op Euro. It is extremely active, with a lot of widespread rain and storms, with a very strong storm beginning to wrap up at day ten.
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I got an ok 0.45" of rain from this system. I'm looking forward to storm season so we can get some heavier rain.
I will have to cover a few budding shrubs early to mid next week.
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It's entirely possible Cedar Rapids gets very little rain from this system Wednesday night/Thursday. Pretty much all models show a wsw-ene swath through Iowa that gets jack squat. The storms should mostly miss southeast while the defo zone misses nw.
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I finished with a decent 0.53" of rain. I'll certainly take it.
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Most models continue to dry out the rain event for Nebraska and Iowa. A day or two ago, it had looked like widespread 1", but many are down to under a half inch. Southeast Nebraska may not get anything. It feels like the drought will never end.
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Only 0.02" here today, another bust.
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We did it! Cedar Rapids hit 80º today.
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Cedar Rapids has soared to 79º ahead of the front. Monday's rain needs to happen. Models are split between just light rain and a decent soak.
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There is no consistency on the models in the medium to long range. One run is wet, the next bone dry.
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Models have backed off of the colder air next week. The deep, slow-moving trough models had been showing is now flatter and it quickly lifts up into Canada. The latest Euro keeps us in the 50s and 60s through day ten.
We really need a couple good soakers. It is very dry.
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Much of Iowa has surged into the mid to upper 70s.
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The first robin and red-winged blackbird arrived today. Also, I have tulips and crocus emerging.
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It looks like the blowtorch will come right back later next week.
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March 2024 Observations and Discussion
in East of the Rockies
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It snowed for three hours, so we got 2"/hr rate avg.