THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MORE ON THE CONCERN LATER IN THE POST.... He may not be Springsteen, but around here Sayed Ahmadjan (MD) is known as the boss. He's the attending senior physician in charge of caring for people like me on the 6th floor of the University of Iowa Hospital. He manages more than a handful of people, as part of an internal medicine team that oversees my case and makes all the decisions regarding my treatment

Sunday was as a relatively down day on the 6th floor floor of the University of Iowa hospital. Few procedures take place unless they we're of the urgent nature. Even so there was plenty of activity with every room occupied at this popular medical facility. A stellar moment for me was getting to go to the "big shower room" where I was able to take a shower for the fist time in a week. It was a transforming experience and I suspect all of the people who ended up close to me not

For many of you around the Midwest, the name Terry Swails, is synonymous with weather. There's an association that goes back 48 years to the time I gave my first television broadcastcast for KWWL TV in 1978. My television days are behind me now, but not my passion for the science of weather that has brought 5 decades of me leading the charge against tornadoes, blizzards, and floods. I was they guy in the box for some of the most historic weather events ever in eastern Iowa an

Late Thursday into early Friday morning we got our welcomed first dose of rainfall that thankfully came without much fanfare, just a beneficial drink of water. Unfortunately while more rain is coming, the likelihood that it comes with severe weather is increasing with severe weather outlooks plastered to start early next week Monday through Wednesday. Eyes are particularly on Tuesday as of now, more on that in a moment. Analysis shows as expected a widespread 1-1.5" rain even

Our active pattern is moving into the region starting Thursday evening and night as the first of a few storm systems bring the risk of widespread showers and thunderstorms. The severe weather is very limited, but locally heavy rain is likely especially with training thunderstorms along/north of a boundary that is projected to stall to the south. The heaviest rain appears to fall along/north of the Iowa/Missouri border region. High resolution modeling continues to have a wides