Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Aurora May 9th 2016

The aurora made itself present in states as far south as AR on the eve of May 9th. Iowa was mainly cloud covered and had a very thick cover of smoke from wildfires in MN and Canada. A few observations where ovserved through the clouds and haze. Mainly a green glow. Too bad the wx didn't cooperate.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Creston, IA tornado 4/27/16

An unusual tornado day, temps in sw IA where in the low 60s and overcast. However, there was a strong low pressure located in eastern NE. The LCLs was very low and the storms formed along the warm front. Mean storm movement was 358@40. Tornado for sw of Creston and lifted to approx 200 ft AGL until it passed Creston. Then it sat down just north of town. A few power flashes were noticed, but the area is mainly pastureland and no damage noted.