After historic, biblical flooding in May and June, the spicket has been off most of August in Iowa. Rainfall deficits in August in Iowa are over an inch below average across the state with some areas getting close to 2 inches down for the month. However for the year most areas are still over 10 …
Month: August 2008
More rain tonight and part of Saturday
A cold front moving in from the northwest will bring in more chances of precipitation tonight into Saturday in Iowa. The amounts should be no more than 1/2 of an inch but isolated amounts close to 1 inch are not out of the question. Severe Weather is possible north of a line from Cresco to …
Slight Risk of Severe Storms
Image from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ Link to Local Watches and Warnings http://www.crh.noaa.gov/hazards/mpx there is a Slight risk of Severe Thunderstorms for all of Northwest Wisconsin, With a Cold Front moving though. they best chance for Severe Weather will be after 1PM Large Hail Damaging Winds and Tornado’s will all be possible with the Severe Weather this afternoon. …
Rain tapering off
Most of the rain is now in the eastern third of the state. Rainfall will generally be light to moderate, with amounts generally under 1/4 of an inch with some isolated 1/2 inch amounts possible. It is very sticky outside with dewpoints well into the 60s and lower 70s. More rain is forecast for Friday …
Rain Chances Increasing
Image from http://michiganwxsystem.%20com/ The chance for rain is increasing for Thursday, Thursday Night, Friday and Friday Night. Tropical-like moisture from the south will stream up and bring the chance for popcorn-like showers and thunderstorms on Thursday, they will be isolated, so only some communities will see the rain. Temps on Thursday will be in the …
Rain Returning
The chances of rain will return to the state late tonight and will stick around through Saturday. There isn’t expected to be severe weather with this storm system, some heavy rainfall is a possibility. Right now August has been fairly dry across the state, and some yards have lost their lush green color. A good …
Another Book about the Iowa Flood of 2008
Earlier this month, I posted a link to a book that is being put together by KWWL-TV in Waterloo on the Flood and EF5 tornado this past year, now The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) and KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids (The Gazette owns KCRG) are putting together a book and DVD as well. The book is titled …
Isolated Showers diminishing
The VERY isolated showers, mainly in the eastern part of the state are beginning to dissipate. However in the next hour any shower could produce brief downpours of rain. One such shower went over my location in Springville (east of Cedar Rapids) and produced a good downpour for about 5 minutes. The showers are moving …
A few VERY isolated showers
The cloud build up today is more impressive than in previous days and a few of the clouds have produced some very small showers, especially in the eastern part of the state. They will not amount to much and might not even wet the ground. The largest shower was in NW Grant County in Wisconsin …
sunshine and hot temps
Taken August 19TH Sunshine and Hot temperatures is all that’s in the forecast for Today, Wednesday and even into Thursday. During this Time Sky’s should be mostly Sunny with Daytime high temps reaching the mid to upper 80s every day. so it feel Hot! Tonight and Wednesday Night should be clear, with low temps dropping …