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7/4 ~weather thread~
Yet another front that is going to hang around Iowa for a few days. It is now looking like Central Iowa will have rain chances from this front through Wednesday ! -
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***Official Weather Thread 6/25-6/26***
The gust front from these storms is rapidly bearing down on Ames as they slowly weaken. Could be really windy (60+ mph) because the winds are falsely tripping the Doplar's Tornadic Velocity Signature functionality. This complex is an interesting one. The west edge is very slowly moving... -
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Golf Attire - No denim, no tank tops
If you are trying to honor the 'tradition' of golf - wouldnt you dress like they do in Scotland ? Dressing in Dress pants and a collared shirt emblazened with sponsorship logos is dressing like a professional golfer. -
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Pet Peeves
1) People who drink a small portion of their bottled water and then pitch it out the car window 2) People who snowblow their driveway at 6 am on a holiday and then dont go anywhere. 3) That one idiot in the office that comes to work all the time and makes you listen to those 100 decibel... -
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Tuesday Severe Weather
Looks like that Tornado warned storm in Emmett County is starting to weaken a bit. The strongest storm at 2:45 pm is just south east of Le Mars in NW Iowa. Nice line forming there and it just went severe. That tornado warned cell had a textbook Tornadic signature on the Storm Relative... -
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24: Great ending!
Let me add my 'Great Ending!' as well. The rampage of Jack was simply shocking. He gutted someone alive to get a SIM card (and avenge his redheaded woman) He abducted a former president with secret service protection. He shot himself. He had someone (at gun point) stitch his injuries up... -
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Who will win the Celebrity Apprentice tonight?
Holly will win the task, but given Brett's recent health problems, he will win. -
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Investing in Gold
Would these happen to be the same analysts that were calling for $200 a barallel oil in 2008 right before it went to around $40 something a barallel ? Point being is that many analysts and radio hosts are compensated to say certain things. You really think Big Gold Inc would send you an... -
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Car Lease Deals?
For a depreciable asset like a car, If you buy it, you only recognize the depreciation when you sell or dispose it. When leasing , you pay monthly for the depreciation. Vehicles loose the most value in the first few years. This means you are paying for those most depreciative years in the... -
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This weekend's weather...
Interesting, that looks almost exactly like the 9Z RSM model. Cant say as that is the most popular model but I really like that graphical approach. Looks like Central Iowa is going to be 'caught in the middle'. Darn. I really wanted to break that all time record snowiest winter record on... -
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This weekend's weather...
And here is the 'issue'. Every inch more of snow and every day below normal raises the risk of catastrophic flooding. Another factor, El Nino doesn't appear to be dying like it typically does by late winter. This means the amped up subtropic jet is more than likely going to make an assault... -
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This weekend's weather...
The EURO has been shown to be more accurate than the other models over time. The EURO is best, then the CMC, and then the GFS. HOwever, it isn't doing a good job lately with the northward drift of the past couple of systems. Earlier this week the EURO had a solution much like this for one... -
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Today's weather
Who is saying this ? Neither long range model is showing much for Central Iowa on Friday. Maybe some flurries or some very light snow. This one looks aimed at the Tennesee Valley on Saturday. It is borderline computer model fantasy land, but the next chance for more than light snow is... -
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Yet another weather thread...
You will be driving through an area with slightly more snow and more wind than Ames. This area will probably have about 5 - 7 inches of new snow being blown around by 35 - 40 mph gusts out of the Northwest. It will probably be a lot like Monday afternoon did only with lower visibilities. A... -
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Next Winter System
Even the forecasters with the Des Moines National Weather service office are sick of this .... they have started to name systems like Monday's, this Saturday's, and the one next week. They also are starting to add sarcasm which is pretty rare too. I'm not sure about the one for next week... -
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Winterstorm: 2/7-2/9
Nice decisions there geniuses to let all the schools out early so all the kiddies can go to the mall and Sleepy Hollow. The back edge of the snow is rapidly racing toward the DM Metro if you believe the Dopplar radar in Johnston.. -
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Snowstorm this Thursday/Friday
In your opinion, is this event more likely to over perform (like the 8 day ago blizzard that was forecasted to be an inch) or under perform like a lot of overrunning events have been this winter (that have had to battle dry air advecting in from the NE) ? It has been interesting to follow the... -
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Snowstorm this Thursday/Friday
It is more of a Friday than a Thursday thing. Most models are spitting out .25 to .35 of an inch of liquid precip which will probably be 2-4 inches of wet snow with some rain mixed in-especially I-80 and South. It will be interesting to see how the models handle the dry air being sucked into... -
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Happy Groundhog Day
What does the Groundhog day legend say about someone who was sick of this ****ing winter 6 weeks ago shooting the Groundhog ? -
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This Weekend's Weather
The computer models get much better data on storms once they come on shore and get over all the continental U.S. weather sensors. Weather ballon readings help as well. Another reason is that the short range computer models (SREF for example) are much more detailed than the med to long range...