Heavy Rains

The severe risk for the system crossing the plains is over for the night, at least as far as Iowa in concerned. The threat now turns to the heavy rain which is continuing over parts of central Iowa and will be reinforced by the wave of thunderstorms currently in KS/OK by morning. By tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will rebound in the east ahead of the cold front with highs approaching 80 degrees. The rest of the state will range from the lower 60s to lower 70s from western to central Iowa. Ahead of the front will also be the place to watch for more thunderstorms, some potentially severe with the characteristics much like todays' storms. By tomorrow night the storms should have exited the state, leaving behind lows from the mid 40s to lower 50s from west to east. We finish off the work week with 70s on Friday, lows in the 50s and another round of thunderstorms coming in during the late night hours in the west.

TWISTEX Update: The late May crew was out Tuesday and Thursday in the central/southern plains. Tuesday they managed to be on the cell nearly every other chaser was, but much like them they were also only watching this cell as the road options for deployment were mud. Today the only update is via Tony Laubach who is out with the crew on this trip. Entered the HP cell in the Texas panhandle mainly in means of doing hail research, once entered in they were greated to two tornadoes! Tony has some shots already up on his blog page and full accounts later that you can enjoy. Remember I join the crew for the month of June...