Warm Wind A-Blowin'

Conditions sort of felt like that ripe for severe weather--strong, warm wind blowing from the south. And indeed the temperature at this moment was around 68 degrees F. But instability was low as dew points were in the mid-40s. The skies as seen from Brentwood Drive NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa just before 6:00 PM on Monday, March 31, 2014 were streaked with parallel rows of cirrus fibratus clouds. The clouds quickly dissipated in the high winds and soon the skies were clear. Around 7:30 PM, a thin line of thundershowers moved through the area, dropping about 0.04-inches of rain. The top and middle images look northeast, the bottom image looks southwest. Wind speeds reached 30 mph this evening.