***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[4cy16]

We had a house party the night before a home football game (Criner and Walden eras so we sucked and just went to drink) and we were hanging pretty bad the next moring and we just mixed up some left over liquor and we all tasted it first, We had to give it a name so one guy just said "gorilla fart" out of the blue so we ran with it.

Gorilla Fart is not to be confused with Gorilla glue, correct.

 

[Gunnerclone]

A line of storms are developing in NE along the Missouri River and then just west of there. Will there be 2 rounds of storms with supercells storms first then the cold front storms?

Depends on where you are but that would be the usual pattern for a setup like today.

 

[Jer]

Gorilla Fart is not to be confused with Gorilla glue, correct.

What if it's a Gorilla Shart?

Ok, back to weather. What's it looking like for Central Iowa the remainder of Tuesday?

 

[Gunnerclone]

Big hail (possible tennis balls) working SW to NE from SW IA. Hail is definitely going to be the major problem today imo.

 

[CycloneErik]

What if it's a Gorilla Shart?

Ok, back to weather. What's it looking like for Central Iowa the remainder of Tuesday?

Doom.

 

[ClonerJams]

Psh, talk to me when it's elephant hail.

 

[casey1973]

Big hail (possible tennis balls) working SW to NE from SW IA. Hail is definitely going to be the major problem today imo.

Well I have a contractor giving me a bid for a new roof..... soooooo......

 

[ISUcyclones11]

that Red Oak cell is starting to build pretty big and has tried rotating a couple of times. Keep an eye on that one

 

[AirWalke]

that Red Oak cell is starting to build pretty big and has tried rotating a couple of times. Keep an eye on that one

Yep, looks like it already produced a tornado warning. Are there any spotters tracking it right now?

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Yep, looks like it already produced a tornado warning. Are there any spotters tracking it right now?

Vince Waelti is close 15-20 mins out

 

[ISUcyclones11]

definitely been a couple spin ups in those clusters north of Harlan

 

[awd4cy]

It’s really funny to me to see the schools that let out early when the storms were forecasted after 5 pm for the central Iowa area.

 

[NWICY]

Gorilla-sized hail sounds pretty dangerous ..

Dimensional descriptions of hail is good enough, making up terms is silly, read and learned it was credited to Reed Timmer, not surprised.

 

[SayMyName]

It’s really funny to me to see the schools that let out early when the storms were forecasted after 5 pm for the central Iowa area.

Just spitballing, but it probably has to do with definitive cancelation of school-related evening activities and the avoidance of liability there.

 

[Cytasticlone]

This is crazy. Go about 30 mins back in this stream. Reed Timmer in Kansas. Just a wicked tornado.

Edit: Starts to form around the 35 minute mark of the video.

 

[Gonzo]

Dimensional descriptions of hail is good enough, making up terms is silly, read and learned it was credited to Reed Timmer, not surprised.

I think we should go with a Starbucks size rating system:

Venti
Grande
Tall
Short

 

[Agclone91]

Judging by the hail core headed towards Ames, it's probably a good thing I haven't had my house fixed from last March yet..

 

[Gorm]

 

[CychiatricWard]

Judging by the hail core headed towards Ames, it's probably a good thing I haven't had my house fixed from last March yet..

Looks like it’s going to miss Ames. Our company did a ton of work there last year, my hometown, but for the people that have already been through this I don’t hope for it again.

 

[FallOf81]

Judging by the hail core headed towards Ames, it's probably a good thing I haven't had my house fixed from last March yet..

This doesn't look good. Hope it swings and misses.