This “Indian Summer” weather will continue through Election Day with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Although a slight cool off tomorrow into the 50s and lower to middle 60s will happen with an upper level distrubance that could bring some drizzle in the eastern part of the state, the weather will continue to be …
Month: October 2008
College Football Forecast
Iowa @ Illinois in Champaign (Kickoff 2:30pm) Tailgating: Partly Cloudy Mid 50s Light Wind Kickoff: Partly Cloudy low 60s Light Wind becoming east (blowing across the field) End of Game: Partly Cloudy low-mid 60s East Wind 5-10mph Iowa State @ Oklahoma State at Stillwater (Kickoff 2:30pm) Tailgating: Sunny low-mid 60s Light wind Kickoff: Sunny low …
A Seventh Look at Election Day Weather
This is the seventh look at election day weather. The chances of rain has diminshed siginificantly for Election Day in Iowa. The best chances will be in the NW part of the state early in the day before it moves into Minnesota. A new storm system to the west will begin to take shape and …
Very Warm and Windy
Temperatures this afternoon have climbed well into the 70s in the central and western parts of the state while upper 60s remain elsewhere. Dry air and winds out of the south gusting to 25mph will continue to bring this mild weather in for the next few days. Temperatures will continue in the 60s and 70s …
A Sixth Look at Election Day Weather
This the sixth look at what the weather will be like for Election Day on Tuesday. There is general agreement now of a storm system moving into Iowa on Election day. SW Winds will be apparent all day Tuesday with precipitation moving in around midday (seen above) and lasting the rest of the night. Temperatures …
Halloween Blizzard of 1991
This wasn’t even the biggest weather event of Halloween 1991. The “Perfect Storm” was occurring in New England at this time, but due to that storm there was a blocking pattern going on throughout the United States, thus a storm in the middle of the country could not move east. So it moved north from …
Warm Pleasant weather! Halloween looks good.
on our land looking northwest towards Clayton on a Sunny Clear afternoon Oct 29th the past day has been clear and Sunny which is perfect late fall weather! the weather was also perfect for photo taking this photo above in the South side of Clayton, most of the homes and buildings are covered by the …
Getting Warmer
A warming trend will begin today with temperatures near average for highs and then getting above average by later this week and first part of the weekend. High School Football sub-state playoff games tonight should have no problems except to bundle up with temperatures at gametime in the upper 40s to low 50s and in …
Temperature Departures
So far in 2008, the temperatures in Iowa have been below average. The chart above shows that Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City and Dubuque are all below average YTD (Year to Date) with departures between 1.7°-3° below the typical average. With a little over 2 months remaining in the year, there is little …
Fifth Look at Election Day Weather
A week from Election Day, it’s a good idea to take another look (our fifth) at what the weather might be like for Election day. The GFS Model Run (12Z) is continuing with this trend of a storm system moving into the state on Election Day. A 992mb Low over eastern North Dakota with some …