***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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Been up since 2 with the pups, just checked ours and coming in at 4" in Indianola.
Less than one quarter inch of rain with over two inches of thunder and another town’s tornado sirens but no wind here. Getting ready for a week of Iowa midsummer stank.
Dayton got 5" and Ackworth, 4.8" according to Megan on WHO-TV this morning.
I need to work an issue out with my neighbor whose 10' long black tile tube they have off their downspout that they have so graciously placed it so it points about a foot straight into my yard.
Go to escalation mode, patio block wall with stone in front to prevent erosion on your side and send it right back into their yard.
Dayton got 5" and Ackworth, 4.8" according to Megan on WHO-TV this morning.
I need to work an issue out with my neighbor whose 10' long black tile tube they have off their downspout that they have so graciously placed it so it points about a foot straight into my yard.
Setup a utility pump to spray it back against their house.
But I think there are typically municipal regulations for how far away from a property line you can discharge a sump pump. Might look that up to see if you can just use that as a conversation starter.
Murphy's Rule of stargazing in Iowa says this is far too optimistic, but I'm paying attention.
I feel confident in saying that this is a greenest my lawn has looked at the end of July since I moved to the DSM metro in 2017.
Think Des Moines had heat burst this morning as a t-storm died out over town. Temp went from 70 to 84 in 10 minutes, dew points briefly tanked and had a sudden gust of wind.
The setup does check out besides one thing. You typically don't see rain with them. Everything else though... This was a decaying t-storm with some drier air in the mid levels. The air begins to rush out of the decaying t-storm and goes through come compressional warming. Here's a bit more on heat bursts: https://www.weareiowa.com/article/w...ined/524-51d54741-1332-4597-8f9d-5944960076e9
The setup does check out besides one thing. You typically don't see rain with them. Everything else though... This was a decaying t-storm with some drier air in the mid levels. The air begins to rush out of the decaying t-storm and goes through come compressional warming. Here's a bit more on heat bursts: https://www.weareiowa.com/article/w...ined/524-51d54741-1332-4597-8f9d-5944960076e9
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