'Tis the season for compact and powerful Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS) to frequent the state. Sometimes these systems can force air rapidly to the ground surface, which then heats the air thanks to compression. The result is a burst of hot and dry air known as a 'Heat Burst'. Such an event happened on Thursday behind a departing MCS over Monticello, IA (NE of Cedar Rapids). The featured chart presents the available observations and you can see the classic heat burst signature of a rapid warming of temperature and drop in dew point. These events can sometimes be damaging with extreme winds and blast furnace air damaging plants.

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