Is true best crops are in SE Iowa. Up here along I-80 a sad sight. Lakes in the fields. Even if it were to stop raining the corn and beans I think would make it thru fine in the SE. I am just looking at the overall trends, not a crop farmer view. Every Summer the jet streams head north. In general the farther south you are, the less action storm wise you get. Coarse there are always exceptions as Nature has a way like that. Crazy ways likelast Sun-nite. There were a couple of storms up near Pella and Oskaloosa. They were heading to the Se. I thot sure they were no threat to me. Darndest thing the storms actually back up heading south and moved west,,,then congealed into one, then that one shrank down in size until it was one small cell heading right twards Eldon, and my land. When it hit it was the only storm left in the state, Not a lot of rain but wow! what an electrical storm! Anyhow,,it seems in Summer I-80 has to be flooding for Se Iowa to get normal rainfalls. When rain is average up there, we are droughty. I just like to follow trends year to year and I-35 and I-80 are the most frequent focal points for storms in the summer. I even heard a College trained meteorologist express this idea so I am not alone. If you keep records like I do you notice things. It usually all evens out at the end of a year all seasons combined. Western Iowa usually is drier during falls and winters.
The jet streams are multiple. You are correct though. The active jets are gonna take a trip south,. Expect some severe weather in the south and east coast when it does. The question is,,,tonight,, will everything come together for rain to break out as this transition takes place. This shift south will take a gradual timeframe and there are many elements that have to be together for storms. A, CAPPED, atomosphere usually takes hold as summer progresses and this dominates too,,, the farther south you travel. This cap can prevent storm development and is more dominant south than north. At any rate, the useasonalbly cool Canadian air will not last long and the active jets will head back north soon at the end of the week. Just like yesterday and last night,, the HOT Humid air mass pushed across Iowa with little resistance until it hit I-80 and points North. When the air masses clash,,,,rain breaks out. Early Spring this .Clash. happens further south and as summer goes on the battle and resistance moves north. The heat and humidity took over MO and Southern Iowa last night with little activity at all. This is more weather than most people care about. Unless you are a weather NUT like me. Sorry!
