CentralNebWeather Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 The ole 73 dew point at 11 am. Better be in A/C or water today. No breeze at all. Worked outside for a little bit and my shirt and hat are soaked. Think Fall. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, CentralNebWeather said: The ole 73 dew point at 11 am. Better be in A/C or water today. No breeze at all. Worked outside for a little bit and my shirt and hat are soaked. Think Fall. #thinkseptember 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Many of the latest model runs are looking much better for rainfall this week in Iowa or my area. I hope it verifies because we’re needing more rain. Things are kinda wilting in the hot sunshine! Today is probably the third consecutive day of hazy smoke filtered sunshine around here! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Everyone here is gonna get rain tonight, but it looks like 5 or so miles will be the difference between 0.3" and 3". 2 Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 It has already been ten days since our 2" rainfall. I don't expect much Wednesday morning, but I hope the late-week rain pans out. 2 Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaSnowFan Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 I just returned from a trip to Chadron State Park and then a couple of days out in Yellowstone. Yellowstone absolutely blew me away! Just crazy to see such a different landscape up close. The Grand Tetons still had some snow at the summits. We also ran into a hailstorm that covered the roads and hillsides in pea sized hail and dropped the temps from 81 to 46 degrees! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 It's a very warm and muggy morning 77F/68F with a slight breeze as daylight begins to emerge. This has to be the warmest overnight temps of the season. Heading up into the low 90's again today and could be a while till we see any more 90's again. The Monsoonal rains finally made it into the valley of the sun over the weekend on the 3rd. My place out west received about .50" of rain while others near an 1" but Sky Harbor only picked up .26" but was a record for the day. More Heat building later this week out west which will drive our wx pattern late this week into the weekend. Another slow moving cut-off low will fire up some severe wx and heavy rains for the MW. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 5 hours ago, OmahaSnowFan said: I just returned from a trip to Chadron State Park and then a couple of days out in Yellowstone. Yellowstone absolutely blew me away! Just crazy to see such a different landscape up close. The Grand Tetons still had some snow at the summits. We also ran into a hailstorm that covered the roads and hillsides in pea sized hail and dropped the temps from 81 to 46 degrees! Awesome photos! Have you ever hiked the trail leading down to the Lower Falls in the bottom photo? I have twice in my life, but not since 1995 being the last time, so it’s about time I do it again! It’s amazing being right above and beside those falls and seeing it plunge 300’ and hearing the roar! That was the highlight of Yellowstone to me. The Upper Falls are decent as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Friday already being marked for possible severe weather. Southern Iowa could see more excessive rainfall as well. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westMJim Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 The overnight thunderstorm dropped 0.75" of rain here. The temperature here at my house was 80 at midnight and it held at 79 until the storm came thru at around 4AM. At this time it is clear here with a temperature of 72. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Pretty consistent moderate rain for the past 3-4 hours. Not a drought buster by any means. 61°F. 1 2 Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westMJim Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 At 8AM in Key West FL the wind was SE at 35 with gust to 46. The temperature was 77 with a DP of 76 with rain falling. The wind has been gusting over 40 MPH now for over 6 hours. While not a hurricane at this time Elsa is letting her presence known. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Heavy smoke again up here. Strong smell and heavy haze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 I'm concerned the Friday MCS activity will dive south of my area, just like the last big event. 2 1 Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Went to Bismarck, ND with my girlfriend over the long weekend to visit her parents. She grew up there so she showed me around. I've never been there. Cool city! On Saturday we went out to the badlands in far western ND. Pretty amazing out there. Saw a lot of bison, wild horses and even an antelope. Very hot and dry out there. At one point we reached 104° with only 15% humidity. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 100% chance of storms this afternoon and evening. NWS Hastings going strong. We’ll see. They’ve been wrong a lot this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Hawkeye said: I'm concerned the Friday MCS activity will dive south of my area, just like the last big event. The GFS just pushed everything even farther south at the end of the week, pretty much has nothing around here. SOB. The GFS was one of the first models to correctly push everything south last time. 1 Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hawkeye said: The GFS just pushed everything even farther south at the end of the week, pretty much has nothing around here. SOB. The GFS was one of the first models to correctly push everything south last time. Wow this looks familiar, man I hope some of that trends back north! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 The Canadian and UK have the heavy rain across Iowa, but those models did the same thing last time and were very wrong. Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Earlier many models were showing much of the heavier stuff missing mostly further north than the last event a few weeks ago so I was hopeful we should be good if it shifts south, but it’s shifting to far, and maybe the late week event wasn’t totally included when I checked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Check out this landslide in Japan! Hopefully that van got far enough away! Maybe should’ve backed up instead?! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Here's the latest Euro. 3 Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 7 day WPC still looking good too. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Got about 0.40" so far as of 3:30 PM. Sure expected more the way the radar looked. Storms have really been falling apart as they have moved east. Well 0.40" is better than nothing. The chances this evening are really looking iffy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Cool video of all the fireworks being lit on the 4th of July over the city... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 The North wind has ushered the wildfire smoke down here. Had to check and make sure there were no structure fires nearby cuz the smell was so strong. 66°F. 2 1 1 Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Gauge now has 0.58” as of 9:30 pm. All and all, not a bad rain. Maybe a little more in a few minutes, not much though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttumwaSnomow Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 July indeed has started hot and dry. Not a drop of rain in July (not that I need any yet). But it has been scorching heat, humidity and sun the first 6 days of July. 5 straight days of 90f plus. Highest dewpoint was Monday at 79f. So 15 days above 90F all since June 1st 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaSnowFan Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 I would be happy with this setup for Friday 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 The Euro has been holding steady on the idea of a lead line of storms to form out in IA on Fri into Sat am. Last night's 0z Euro/EPS showing this potential pretty clearly. 0z Euro...what's interesting about this system over the weekend is the fact that the models show a linear convective area forming right over the center of the 500mb vortex. Friday night boomers for KC/N MO??? Big time CAPE showing up...#juice 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westMJim Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 No rain here overnight although there was lightning to the north last night. The overnight low here was a warm 71 and that is the current temperature here with the DP at 67 that is a little lower then most of yesterday and it makes a difference as it feels nice out this morning. The official high for the month at Grand Rapids so far is 89 and so far this summer GR has had 2 90° days (officially) At Muskegon the high for July so far is 86 and for the season 89. At Kalamazoo the high so far this month is 90 and they have recorded 8 days of 90 or better. At Holland the high so far this July is 88 and the high for the season so far is 89. To the east at Lansing the high so far this month is 91 for the season the high so far has been 94 and they now have had 7 days of 90 or better. You can see the influence that Lake Michigan has on summer temperatures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 I have thunderstorms possible today as a cold front moves through. Not a lot of rain anticipated but some cooler refreshing air will take over for a day. The GFS continues to show excessive rainfall this weekend for many areas that don't need it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Clinton said: I have thunderstorms possible today as a cold front moves through. Not a lot of rain anticipated but some cooler refreshing air will take over for a day. The GFS continues to show excessive rainfall this weekend for many areas that don't need it. Same here. I’m afraid much of the late week event could miss to the sw. of here. Some of the models are showing that and have shifted south again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Sparky said: Same here. I’m afraid much of the late week event could miss to the sw. of here. Some of the models are showing that and have shifted south again. What's even scarier is how similar the precipitation maps for this weekend look compared to what happened last weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 12z GFS still holding on to the idea of drowning southern Iowa and northern MO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Temp has been around 70 all day with clouds and occasional showers. Nice break from the heat. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 high of 58.8 today so far. If the sun doesn't pop out I think that is where we top out. Feels fantastic after the 90s! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Enough rain around here that irrigation systems have been turned off again. This is almost unheard of in July. More storms Friday night into Saturday could be an MCS moving Southeast through the area. What we don’t need is a hailstorm. The corn and soybeans look incredible. Corn just started tasseling today. My brother in law says his crops look the best that he can ever remember. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 A lot of bark and not much bite here as the front came through. Some areas received heavy rain this afternoon but only a trace fell in mby. Humidity is dropping and it's a very comfortable evening. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 Beautiful 72*F out, 49 DP. THESE are the days I signed up for. 4 Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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