July 2019 Observations and Discussion

[Hawkeye]

Much of Iowa is socked in with clouds this morning.  Cedar Rapids is in one of the slivers of sun.

[Tom]

That storm yesterday was by far the best storm of the season. First time we’d been under a t-storm warning in St Paul too. Power was just restored here at my house. It was out for roughly 11 hours.

 

Additional chances for severe storms overnight tonight and a better chance tomorrow. Nice active pattern, finally.

Being without power sucks, but at least it wasn’t for a long period of time. No damage to house = Win

 

Your area is sitting in a very good spot to get hit over and over on the periphery of the Heat Dome. The best severe wx threat of the year and probably one of the last events if things end up the way I think they will. Good luck up there and score a few more storms.

[Tom]

Some recent guidance is now suggesting the "heat wave" may be shortened by a day or two depending on your location.  A bit more blocking up north has been showing up on the ensembles and today's 12z GFS is suggesting a front to sag south across the I-80 corridor igniting storms throughout the weekend.

 

[james1976]

Nice lil storm complex on the IA/MN border.

[Stormy]

Some recent guidance is now suggesting the "heat wave" may be shortened by a day or two depending on your location.  A bit more blocking up north has been showing up on the ensembles and today's 12z GFS is suggesting a front to sag south across the I-80 corridor igniting storms throughout the weekend.

 

That would be awesome! Hopefully it verifies.

[Tom]

That would be awesome! Hopefully it verifies.

Agree, I happened to notice the ground has some very large cracks showing up so we could use a healthy drink from nature.  I'm looking forward to experiencing a bit of the Heat, followed by a long cooler spell to close out the month.  Nature playing the balancing act.

[Stormy]

Back to full sunshine now and feeling more humid than yesterday. Not much wind either. Should be more wind later this week during the hot spell.

[westMJim]

We are now at the half way point of the meteorological summer of  2019 and here are some facts as to where Grand Rapids stands here at the half way point.  For June the mean temperature was 66.8° and that was a departure of -1.6° there was 4.36” of rain fall in June there was just 1 day of reported thunder at GRR. Of the 30 days the mean temperature on 19 were below average and 11 were above average. In July the mean so far is at 75.8 ° and that is good for a departure of +3.3° This month so far there have been just 4 days of below average mean temperatures and one day of a average mean and 10 days of above average.  There has been just 1.96” of rain fall so far. For the  meteorological summer season so far there have been 26 days of 80° or better (today will be 27) and of those 26 days 5 have been 90 or better for the met season there have been 5 days in the 60’s and 6 more days where the high was under 75. The coldest low so far this summer is 40.  There have been 5 nights were the low did not get below 70 so far with the warmest being 72.

[Niko]

I like green grass, but I don't care if I don't need to mow it for a change & in fact, I'm enjoying the break. The caveat.....Now I need to water the garden, etc. Brown grass means it's going dormant for now, and not dying unless there's no rain for 6 or more weeks.

 

There are some pros and cons of these low clouds and light fog (haven't seen this in awhile) that moved in this morning, associated with 'Barry'. The pro is, it's keeping it cooler. The con is when we finally have our best shot at storms this week is it may prevent instability for late day storms.

 

I am very nip picky about my grass being green. If I don't see it in perfection, then, I do everything I can to make it green

 

Barry paid a visit here in SEMI today as well w temps remaining in the 70s w on and off downpours. Feels very tropical though outside

[Niko]

Currently cloudy w a few showers, some locally very hvy n temp at 80F, 74D, RH is at 90% and HI is at 83F. UGH!

 

Hello Barry. Welcome to SEMI today

[jcwxguy]

 

Storm that produced tornado in Iowa today

 

(Taken by me using phone when at work)

[Niko]

storm producing tornado in iowa

impressive

[james1976]

 

Storm that produced tornado in Iowa today

 

(Taken by me using phone when at work)

Where was the tornado?! I didn't hear anything about it.

PS: I'm getting a nice quick pop up shower moving through right now. Relieving!

[jcwxguy]

Where was the tornado?! I didn't hear anything about it.

PS: I'm getting a nice quick pop up shower moving through right now. Relieving!

just south of Atlantic, ia

[CentralNebWeather]

Welcome to the tropics, I mean Central Nebraska. Currently at 4 pm we have a temp of 92 with heat index of 103 and a 74 dew. I know some people like this weather, not me. Trying to think of cold fronts and winter storm watches.

[gabel23]

@ Gabel, how was your trip this past weekend in Chicago? Nice series sweep from the Cubbies. Did you make it to the beach on Friday?

It was awesome tom!! Best trip yet for my wife and I. Due to a mistake or canceled flight of some sort, we actually arrived earlier than we were supposed to. I had this trip booked since April and southwest never informed me that my flight was changed to 6 am on Thursday. When we got checked into our hotel, we ended up taking the Chicago mob tour which was fantastic. We then took in a Cubs game on Friday and did the beach on Saturday. That water is so refreshing on a hot summer day!! I love the city of Chicago and can’t wait to make a return trip in the future!

[St Paul Storm]

Another incredibly heavy storm again this afternoon. Flash Flood Warnings just went out for the metro. What started as a very small cell has grown upscale into a good storm. The storm is not moving at all.

[OKwx2k4]

If this rain shower makes it here by tonight, will still be 100% on days with precip in July. It is insane to think of that.

[Hawkeye]

There's a decent line of storms very slowly moving into my area from the wnw.  A cell also just popped up over Cedar Rapids, but about a mile to my northeast.

[Iowawx]

There's a decent line of storms very slowly moving into my area from the wnw.  A cell also just popped up over Cedar Rapids, but about a mile to my northeast.

Yes, it is pouring at my house on the NE side. Very happy to see this rain!

[BMT]

So glad it’s raining! It’s a bonus that the storm is stationary right now. My yard was browning up.

[Hawkeye]

The cell over ne CR continues to grow.  Meanwhile, I haven't seen a drop on the west side.  This line moving in had better not crap out.

[Iowawx]

Now up to 0.32" and it's still coming down. This is as good as it gets. Heavy rain just sitting over us after a really dry start to July. 

[bud2380]

I was wondering if you were getting anything Hawkeye. Pretty crazy cell that just popped up right over CR. I hope we get some down this way

[Hawkeye]

This is ridiculous.  The line moving in from the nw is crapping out.  The cells over ne CR and just nw of CR are not moving an inch.

[Iowawx]

Now up to half an inch and it continues to come down. 

[Iowawx]

This is ridiculous.  The line moving in from the nw is crapping out.  The cells over ne CR and just nw of CR are not moving an inch.

The line of storms is intensifying just off to the west. 

[Hawkeye]

Boy, it really doesn't want to rain here.  Radar has the red right on my doorstep, but I've still only seen a few sprinkles.

[Iowawx]

I am now up to 0.75". I think I have a very good chance of getting to an inch because more heavy rain is pushing into the Cedar Rapids area. 

[Hawkeye]

Woohoo!!!  Bright red on radar right on top of me, now pouring rain.     There's some wind, too.

[Hawkeye]

0.55" already in

[Hawkeye]

Now over 1" in 18 minutes.  

[Iowawx]

Now over 1" in 18 minutes.  

Wow. That's impressive. Seems like your area of CR got the better part of the storm. I got to an inch of rain at 7:35, about an hour and 10 minutes after the storm first developed over the NE side. 

[Iowawx]

How much rain did you finish with, Hawkeye?

[bud2380]

Looks like the storms are going to complete go around north Liberty. We have had a few sprinkles. Would be very lucky to get even a tenth of an inch based on the radar.

[Hawkeye]

1.53" of rain in my yard.  I was not expecting anything today, so this is great.

[Iowawx]

Finished with 1.07" of rain. I also was not really expecting anything, and this was perfect considering just how dry July has been so far. Looks like we have another chance of storms here tomorrow night. 

[jaster220]

Have to eat crow. Barry remnants striking pretty hard here after all..

 

 

 

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
751 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019

MIC025-075-170545-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FA.Y.0013.190716T2351Z-190717T0545Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Calhoun MI-Jackson MI-
751 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Flood Advisory for...
Calhoun County in south central Michigan...
Jackson County in south central Michigan...

* Until 145 AM EDT.

* At 746 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain showers moving
into the area. Over the next few hours, multiple rounds of
torrential rain will move through and will likely produce minor
flooding of small streams, low-lying areas, and spots with poor
drainage. In addition, very low visibilities will make driving
difficult.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jackson, Albion, Marshall, Vandercook Lake, Battle Creek, Homer,
Union City, Brooklyn, Grass Lake, Burlington, Brownlee Park, Level
Park-Oak Park, Leoni, Spring Arbor, Napoleon, Sandstone, Norvell,
Marengo, Pulaski and Concord.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

 

[CentralNebWeather]

Our dew point just touched 75. Dew in Orlando is 72, Miami 74, Key West 76. Not wanting to be fighting Florida for their type of humidity.

[Stormy]

Our dew point just touched 75. Dew in Orlando is 72, Miami 74, Key West 76. Not wanting to be fighting Florida for their type of humidity.

I have a cousin from Miami that was visiting here on the 4th of July when it was quite warm and sultry. I told her this is about like their weather, but she said this is nothing and it's worse there. I would say it's just as bad in Iowa at times though, in the summer!