Clouds of the Day - Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Here is the visible satellite image from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR taken at 9:41 a.m. (1441Z) this morning. Clouds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal cover the eastern two thirds of Iowa. Compare this photo with the posts on the past two days to see the progress of the storm and changes in cloud cover.

Altostratus with the Sun visible through it. Altocumulus are below the Altostratus deck. Looking up in an easterly direction from Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Another view of the altostratus with altocumulus below. Looking south from Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Another photo of the altostratus with altocumulus below. Looking SSE from Cedar Falls, Iowa.

This shows the Sun barely visible through the altostratus and altocumulus. This is looking SE from Cedar Falls, Iowa.

National Weather Service Radar, Des Moines, Iowa shows a broad area of rain over eastern Iowa at 10:14 a.M. CDT. A leading band of rain is over CEdar Falls northwest of Waterloo. It produced a trace of rain.

A rainy day with 2.12 inches

After the rain there was clearing to the southwest. Altostratus overhead.

Cumulus, stratocumulus, altocumulus

Close-up of cumulus and altocumulus

Stratocumulus and SCUD (stratocumulus under deck) under altostratus