The worst of it still stayed well south of Ames. Could have been a lot worse.
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That was my thought, too. Just looking at radar. It rained in Waukee from about 4:00-6:30. Not sure on amount, but I could see it being close to an inch.
Obviously rain for tailgating and the game would suck, but do any of the weather experts on here know what we're in for all this coming week? Forecast is for rain every day all the way to next weekend. Football is just entertainment, but massive flooding destroys lives.
This weather has sure been strange. Normally by the end of August my yard is brown and there's no rain in sight. Instead, it feels like I live in the jungle.
This weather has sure been strange. Normally by the end of August my yard is brown and there's no rain in sight. Instead, it feels like I live in the jungle.
I saw by Monday morning we could have close to 3 inches. I think the bulk of the rain comes Sunday?
I've been checking the NWS reports at the Ames airport, figuring it is quite close to JTS. It shows rain the past hour every hour, 3 hrs, and 6 hrs. Shows 0.59" as of 7:53am, since it started around 6am.
Let's hope it stops, dries out some, and then doesn't get drowned out tonight...
<http://w1.weather.gov/obhistory/KAMW.html>
Let's hope it stops, dries out some, and then doesn't get drowned out tonight...
<http://w1.weather.gov/obhistory/KAMW.html>
I bet we hear from JP today that the grass lots will be closed. Stinks, but it would sure be a mess on JP's hands if all those vehicles got stuck and had to be towed out of there one by one.
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/image_loader.phtml
All of the models as of now seem to have a pause in rain (flat line) from about Noon on Saturday until about 9 P.M. My amateur prediction is rain starting sometime middle to late in the second half with dry afternoon tailgating
All of the models as of now seem to have a pause in rain (flat line) from about Noon on Saturday until about 9 P.M. My amateur prediction is rain starting sometime middle to late in the second half with dry afternoon tailgating
3/8 inch of rain so far in NE Ames, sun is out right now. Fingers crossed for grass lots being open.
Looking at radar, there is a batch coming in a few hours, but it doesn't look too horrific.
Is there more developing from scratch overnight? Or might we luck out?
Is there more developing from scratch overnight? Or might we luck out?
It's tricky because it all comes down to where this front stalls out at, and then just a bunch of little ripples moving through that touch off each of these rounds of storms for the next 5 days or so. It's not just one, large system to track.
Right now we're cautiously optimistic that the front will be far enough south that the game should be mostly ok, maybe a few showers, but the main round of Saturday night storms not reaching this far north until more into the midnight and later time frame.
This isn't a 100% guarantee though, there is a sizable chance that there could be bigger issues, but at the moment, I'm inclined to lean more south. @wxman1 is right though. NAM is bad news.
