***Official 2023 Weather Thread***
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801 deflector at it againDes Moines is going to miss out on the good stuff
You want tennis ball sized hail like I had?Des Moines is going to miss out on the good stuff
I'm fully convinced the only people that truly enjoy these types of storms are non-homeowners
I think there’s a good chance you will be fine. Eyeing storms to really mature later in the evening. 6-8.
I like two kinds of storms. 1) rain 2) my house is safe but I am getting new siding, shingles, windows, etc for a $1000 deductible.
A true Monster out there NW of the Omaha metro right now. Throwing grays and blacks on the CC.
Along with the tornado watch in southern IA the WPC has published a discussion for widespread flooding across NW and central Iowa. 2-4" of rain the rest of the day possible.
WPC Met Watch
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Storm lake had 4 inches last night. Will have to check again.
Edit. Another 1.5 in the last 45 minutes
Carroll and Harlan never got anything last night. A lot of people are mowing yards I noticed. Ames got hit hard this morning. It was like a cow pissing on a flat rock!
I know some people discussed this a few weeks ago, but I'm still second guessing my self about how to line up the HRRR model run time with CDT. From what I understand 00z = 7pm CDT. So Right now it's 3pm and that should be 20z. But, the current run of HRRR lists it as 19z. So, was that data actually collected an hour ago and the 000 frame is showing what it figured Valid for 19z = 2pm? I guess I keep second guessing myself since that part appears to be delayed. If you tell me it as easy as making the 5hr adjustment when looking at the Valid z time then so be it. The listed run times just confuse me.
19z run is initiated at 19z or 2 PM.
Still takes time to actually run the model, then get the output out.
So the 3 PM (20z) model isn't going to be available immediately. That just denotes the time it started running. It won't show up on the sites until later.
Still takes time to actually run the model, then get the output out.
So the 3 PM (20z) model isn't going to be available immediately. That just denotes the time it started running. It won't show up on the sites until later.