What I fear is that the temperature in Cedar Rapids will REMAIN below freezing for the ENTIRE day; and that during the overnight hours, there will be the following setup: a stationary surface front just to the south of Iowa, an also stationary 850-millibar front cutting right across Iowa, and a low-level jet, which will serve as a moisture transport. What might happen is that the 850-millibar front might act as a lifting mechanism for thunderstorms; and because that 850-millibar front will be stationary, the storms will train across the same narrow band, including Cedar Rapids. This will result in VERY RAPID ice accumulations that might well cause an even worse power outage for Cedar Rapids than had occurred during the August 10, 2020 Derecho. Yes, this scenario does have precedent: back in December of 2007, Oklahoma had a devastating ice storm with the same setup that I had just described. And yes, this did result in training thunderstorms that trained through the Urban Corridor (i.e., Oklahoma City and Tulsa). This caused the biggest power outage in Oklahoma history! I now fear that the same thing may happen to Iowa.
I lived through the ‘98 Ice Storm in Eastern Ontario.
Mother Nature has many faces!
Glad she made everyone laugh
And here i am in southern California thinking 55 is freezing. Lol
What I fear is that the temperature in Cedar Rapids will REMAIN below freezing for the ENTIRE day; and that during the overnight hours, there will be the following setup: a stationary surface front just to the south of Iowa, an also stationary 850-millibar front cutting right across Iowa, and a low-level jet, which will serve as a moisture transport. What might happen is that the 850-millibar front might act as a lifting mechanism for thunderstorms; and because that 850-millibar front will be stationary, the storms will train across the same narrow band, including Cedar Rapids. This will result in VERY RAPID ice accumulations that might well cause an even worse power outage for Cedar Rapids than had occurred during the August 10, 2020 Derecho. Yes, this scenario does have precedent: back in December of 2007, Oklahoma had a devastating ice storm with the same setup that I had just described. And yes, this did result in training thunderstorms that trained through the Urban Corridor (i.e., Oklahoma City and Tulsa). This caused the biggest power outage in Oklahoma history! I now fear that the same thing may happen to Iowa.
I like her a lot lol
Oooh burrr cold in marshalltown.