Josh Richardson
EF4
Anybody see the dewpoints surging northward through IA? Already hitting 78 and higher in some places and its only 11 am. LOL, nice 6500 Cape Values over me already here....definitely a muggy day out there.
Dewpoints in IA/MN
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Adam Lucio
EF5
Evaportranspiration. Its that time of the year, I hate to see so many of these days go to waste under muggy sunshine and a field of fail-cu that cant amount to anything. If only we could get these dews in April or May.
Michael O'Keeffe
Yea it is always a shame to see these big moisture, extreme CAPE events go to waste but the once in a blue moon time they do happen can lead to some violent events. A few include August 28, 1990 Plainfield, IL F5 Tornado, where the dews were in the low 80s and CAPE soared to 8000+ j/kg, July 18, 1996 the Wisconsin F5, and Iowa has also had their share but I can't remember the name. I guess as long as you can get enough CAPE (at least 6500 j/kg) shear doesn't matter much.
A recent ob from the AWOS at Algona: 90/86 with a heat index of 126! Wow.
You can check obs over Iowa easily every hour at http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/mesonet.gif
You can check obs over Iowa easily every hour at http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/mesonet.gif
Josh Richardson
EF4
Yeah, I was actually going to bring up KAXA but that station always reads way higher than surrounding stations so I just kind of dont pay any attention to it.
We already have 89/79 here for a heat index of 105.
Steve Conley
EF0
Location: Newton, IA
Temp: ~91F
Dew Point: 80F
Heat Index: 110
It's like walking into a freaking wet sock...I don't even want to go out for lunch
Temp: ~91F
Dew Point: 80F
Heat Index: 110
It's like walking into a freaking wet sock...I don't even want to go out for lunch
Scott Weberpal
EF5
Both of those days were high shear events as well.
Josh Murfield
EF1
Last night at 10:00 here in Lincoln, NE it was 89/80, with all the windows on our house fogging up a bit on the outside. Not sure I've ever seen it quite this muggy here in NE!
Justin Wiley
EF1
Newton, IA 1:15pm CDT:
Temp: 93 F
Dewpoint: 84 F
Heat Index: 120 F
I seriously cannot imagine what that kind of oppressive humidity feels like. Wow.
Temp: 93 F
Dewpoint: 84 F
Heat Index: 120 F
I seriously cannot imagine what that kind of oppressive humidity feels like. Wow.
Steve Conley
EF0
Just keeps climbing:
Location: Newton, IA
Temp: ~93F
Dew Point: 86F
Heat Index: !125!
Thinking I'm going to skip watching the baseball game in town tonight...
Location: Newton, IA
Temp: ~93F
Dew Point: 86F
Heat Index: !125!
Thinking I'm going to skip watching the baseball game in town tonight...
Darren Addy
EF5
Shenandoah, IA
Temp: 97
DP: 85
Heat Index: 150.2
at 3 PM
Temp: 97
DP: 85
Heat Index: 150.2
at 3 PM
Jeff Snyder
EF5
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Do some of these sites (like Shenandoah and Newton, which I've heard mentioned a few times as "wow, look at this ob") have a normal high bias? I know that some METAR sites in Oklahoma are biased high (e.g. Ardmore and Watonga come to mind right away). 97/85 is absolutely ridiculous if it's an accurate ob! Looking at nearby obs, though, I suspect it may be a few F high.
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The Shenandoah site is planted in the middle of a corn field. Its dewpoint always reads a few degrees too high.
J. Murman
Record Dew Point
Is there a record high dew point maintained for areas in the United States?
Is there a record high dew point maintained for areas in the United States?
Josh Murfield
EF1
Dewpoint in Nebraska City is in the lower 70's, with mid to upper 70's in areas of southwestern Iowa near Shenandoah.
