Gameday Weather
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The tailgating/game window. It'll be raining still Saturday AM, but sounds like it'll be clear after 8.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.02534000000003&lon=-93.62019999999995
Looking at the future cast according to KCCI seemed to have a lot of the rain not even go through Ames on Fri night.
I don't put any trust into those future casts, though.
I don't put any trust into those future casts, though.
It looks that this Saturday will be wet ... with a possibility for thunderstorms. Yuck.
https://www.kcci.com/article/8-day-forecast/7024453
Coming in with this type of news means the OP earned a week long ban!!
Significant chance of heavy rain especially over night Friday night into Saturday with a good chance of straight line winds. Some areas may see 2" or more. Once that clears Saturday morning may not be too bad other than being really muggy. Saturday afternoon and evening there will likely be scattered showers and storms. Looking at QPF and the Excessive Rainfall Forecast lends me to believe that 2-3" of rain is not out of the question through Saturday night.
It's going to be wet and humid.
I had a friend (not from the Midwest) ask me what muggy meant. Those from a dry climate will never understand.
I'll send them my shorts after tailgating all day. That should give them a good idea of what it means.
I basically told him that when we are standing inside in AC and life is good, then walk out an exterior door, and the air punches you in the face with a nice heavy dose of hot “welcome outside,” that is muggy. He caught on pretty quick
Looking at WHO future cast tonight...def some major storms coming wiht all that rainfall..but according to their future cast right now it looks like storms will end every early Saturday morning in central Iowa and clear out rest of the day then redeveloping very late Saturday night/early Sunday morning...
Fingers crossed as this can all change obviously day of game really..
Fingers crossed as this can all change obviously day of game really..
Rain started about 4:45 60 miles south of Ames Decent rain and we need it
Now 6:41. Lots of thunder and lightning. We might get rid of some of the cracks in the ground
Now 6:41. Lots of thunder and lightning. We might get rid of some of the cracks in the ground
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FWIW, yesterday afternoon the NWS predicted 0.5-1.0" of rain for the Des Moines/Ames area overnight Thurs/Fri morning and another 0.25-0.5" Friday night into Saturday morning. I don't know if that forecast has changed in the last 12 hours but as I type this, this morning's round of rain seems to be significantly less than predicted. Fingers crossed.
EDIT: 7:35 a.m. and I'm already retracting these comments. Watching this storm come in on the radar, I thought it would blow through quickly but it's really hung on, and the heaviest rain has been in the last 20 minutes. We're probably well over a half-inch by now. And Pollard already tweeted about parking adjustments in grass lots tomorrow...he didn't offer anything more specific than that.
EDIT: 7:35 a.m. and I'm already retracting these comments. Watching this storm come in on the radar, I thought it would blow through quickly but it's really hung on, and the heaviest rain has been in the last 20 minutes. We're probably well over a half-inch by now. And Pollard already tweeted about parking adjustments in grass lots tomorrow...he didn't offer anything more specific than that.
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