pollen8r

“oh, so you’re, like, a ‘hypeman’ for native prairie restoration” • pro-pollinator • former rock shop manager • BA/polisci • 🏳️‍🌈 & married • Libra • 33

[pollen8r @380wx]

with 3.8” falling last night (the month’s first measurable precipitation),
Iowa City is already +0.7” for September

[pollen8r @380wx]

September average precip by city

Cedar Rapids • 3.65”
Davenport • 3.06”
Des Moines • 3.03”
Iowa City • 3.17”
Waterloo • 2.63”

[pollen8r @380wx]

3.8” in the rain gauge this morning here in Tiffin (Johnson County, IA)

@NWSQuadCities @wqad

[pollen8r @380wx]

@lacherbauer why does this transit map just totally ignore Iowa? meanwhile it includes fuckin Sparta, WI & Winona, MN?

instead:

💡
Omaha - Des Moines (no stops)
Des Moines - Chicago (stops at CID, QCA)

[pollen8r @380wx]

Kirstie Gnome must be ELATED

[⚜️Sovereign⚜️ @sauvamemte]

25 police officers just shuffling around after one of them has killed a dog because the owner was celebrating a basketball game loudly is one of the most absurd scenes I’ve seen this fucking year.

[pollen8r @380wx]

an interesting choice
(kinda pisses me off, tbh)
to circle these areas &
in the same breath,
exclude them
from the newly-issued Tornado Watch
@NWSDesMoines

[NWS Des Moines @NWSDesMoines]

Heads Up! ⚠️ Storm development is expected from 3-4pm in southern/central Iowa. The environment is becoming unstable/volatile, and rapid intensification of supercell storms is expected. All hazards are in play, including tornadoes, large hail (2"+) and 70+ mph winds. #iawx

[pollen8r @380wx]

Occurred around 11:45/11:50 AM CST

[pollen8r @380wx]

difficult to see, but the storms that rolled through knocked down this mature apple tree in my neighbor’s yard, damaging our chain-link fence #iawx

Location: Tiffin, IA
@NWSQuadCities @NWSDesMoines

[pollen8r @380wx]

everyone in Iowa today

[MidwestDem 🌽 @NE02Dem]

Every photo of this guy on Google Images is just him with a beer in hand and a 10-gallon hat on his head. This is how Dems flip Iowa.

[pollen8r @380wx]

the legacy Iowa’s next Governor inherits from Reynolds:

#50 economic growth
#50 OBGYNs/capita
#50 psych beds/capita
#48 personal income growth
#48 hospital safety
#43 best for teachers
#41 workforce strength
#39 business-friendly
#37 air+water quality
#1 new cancer diagnoses

[pollen8r @380wx]

DUI-hire Kim Reynolds crowned “least popular Governor in the United States” for a second consecutive year.

Thanks to Kim & long lived GOP supermajorities in Iowa’s House, Senate, and Courts …

[Kim Reynolds @KimReynoldsIA]

Rob Sand wants to be Iowa's Governor. Here's what he's actually running on:

🗳️ Overhauling our elections to mirror California—because apparently one of the most secure systems in the country isn't good for Democrats.
🌿 Legalizing marijuana—ignoring data from states that have done it showing worse public health outcomes and tax revenue that never materialized.
🏥 Eliminating MCOs—a model 40+ states rely on to deliver Medicaid efficiently.
🏫 Ending educational freedom—pulling thousands of Iowa kids from schools that actually work for them.

This isn't an accountability agenda. It's a California agenda with an Iowa zip code.

[Jon Michael Raasch @JMRaasch]

Boebert: “Why is everybody so horny here”

[pollen8r @380wx]

at present in Iowa City:
Temp ~ 80°F
Dew ~ 70°F

Curious if this would be among Iowa’s earliest recorded dew points >70°F
(@akrherz)

Back on 3/21, we logged our earliest >90°F here in Iowa City (91°).

An anomalous year thus far.

[pollen8r @380wx]

top-shelf CAPE values ✅

[pollen8r @380wx]

it’s giving May 2011? 😕

[pollen8r @380wx]

70° & muggy in Iowa City …
concerning

[pollen8r @380wx]

@weathermandave_ Missing the energy you once brought to the DSM market on a day like today ⛈️🤓

[pollen8r @380wx]

@oldscarf1stweek Columbus Junction, Iowa

[pollen8r @380wx]

Disclaimer: it doesn’t really matter whether my hometown is (literally) ‘in the yellow’.

At this range, the risk area is fluid + subject to change(s) in size + scope.

Additionally, Nadocast is a ‘good’ source; SWODY1-3 is a ‘great’ source. I weigh these outputs accordingly

[pollen8r @380wx]

Took this ‘Nadocast’ screenshot to Claude, curious if it could quickly tell me

“is Iowa City in the yellow, on the map”

[pollen8r @380wx]

I was puzzled by the response.

Claude identified this area (yellow) as central / northern Indiana / northwest Ohio.

Claude tried to tell me
yellow area = (approx) Fort Wayne, IN