That site is ******* awesome! I love KCCI's futurecast radar but it's so clunky and outdated. This is awesome.
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I am as well, but I admit the 2020 derecho still gives me a little PTSD. Like an idiot, I watched 10 trees drop on and around my house from my living and dining room windows. I still have a few very large trees on the west side of the house and I worry about them every time the wind gets strong.
Reed Timmer is in Iowa today if it means anything
RIP to those cars who tried to drive through the water at Hickman and Merle Hay.
Every year they stress the importance of not doing this yet people still can't help themselves.
Every year they stress the importance of not doing this yet people still can't help themselves.
Iowa, where we don't need a total solar eclipse for it to be really dark during the day.
Wondering when I should go home to check basement and sump pump. Currently between weather events.
Wondering when I should go home to check basement and sump pump. Currently between weather events.
My daughter has/had crippling anxiety over storms. Even rain or a cloud that she didn't like would basically be paralyzing for her.
We got her some counselling and medication and that has helped immensely, days like today are still really tough but she's able to get through your average thunderstorm without sheer and utter panic anymore. Might be worth looking into. It's just so hard to watch them go through it from the outside.
This site is awesome! I just downloaded the app and am using this from now on. What model is the best to use for this?
Another site that may be useful this afternoon: https://mrms.nssl.noaa.gov/qvs/product_viewer/
The "Hail/Lightning" product type includes layers for estimated max size, as well as probability of hail in the next 30/60 minutes.
The "Hail/Lightning" product type includes layers for estimated max size, as well as probability of hail in the next 30/60 minutes.
When given a choice, ECMWF (European model) is usually a good choice, particularly for larger-area things.
When you get to near-term (what's happening this afternoon?) or thunderstorms, looking at the NAM and HRRR can be good. Those update more rapidly and include convection (e.g., thunderstorms).
For those that have kids with storm anxiety. I used to have anxiety about storms as a kid, but then KCRG came to my school one year and taught us about the weather. I was hooked and learned what I could. Maybe understanding storms will help with the anxiety some?
This is pretty crazy, still trying to decide if some of that bottom layer is snow?
Welp, just got the answer to my own question. Ankeny schools are dismissing 2 hours early today.
schools would of never closed for storms like this back in my day
we practice tornado drills! get ur book and goto the hall and cover your head!
we practice tornado drills! get ur book and goto the hall and cover your head!
