The late afternoon showers over Iowa were very hit or miss, with most of the state in the miss category. Even within a city, a given shower may have been hit or miss with Ames being a great case in point. The featured map presents NOAA MRMS precipitation estimates based on RADAR and observations over Ames. The incorporated city outline is shown along with US-30 and I-35 for some reference. The ISU side of Ames was a hit with the station at IEM headquarters picking up six tenths. Other parts of Ames, including the airport, were a miss with no or just a trace of precipitation reported. The MRMS estimates are not perfect, so there's even some variability found within the pixels shown with estimated rainfall.

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