More rain has fallen over the last 24 hours. The heaviest rain again has fallen in the western part of the state where from 7am Wednesday through 7am Thursday some places recieved 1-2 inches more of rain added on to the 1-2 inches of rain that fell Tuesday-Wednesday. Sibley had 2.53, Sioux City airport 2.21, …
Month: October 2008
Midday Rain
At just before Midday, there is a line of showers and embedded thunder along a line extending from Algona to Allison to Cedar Rapids to Wapello. The Allison to Cedar Rapids to Wapello portion is 25 to 40 miles wide in moderate to at times heavy rain. 1/2 inch of rain is possible with this …
Flood Updates
A flood watch continues until 6am for the following counties in Iowa, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Decatur, Guthrie, Ringgold, Sac, Taylor and Union. Heavy rain in the previous 24-36 hours with an additional inch of rain possible tonight could lead to rises in streams and rivers over the next few days in these …
Snow Chances Return?
The latest GFS model is depicting the possiblity of some light snow Monday. This is due to a surge of cold air that will follow in the wake of the current storm moving through now. Temperatures Monday may not even get above 40 in areas east of Interstate 35 with lows well down in the …
More Rain
A batch of light to moderate rain is moving through the SW into the central and south central portions of the state late this afternoon. Most of the rain was south of of US Hwy 30 and west of Interstate 35, where amounts have already tabulated 1-2 inches of rain. Heavier rain was in NW …
Early Afternoon Look
Currently most of the rain has moved out of the state, however there is a band of rain that extends from Lamoni to Guthrie Center to Carroll to Storm Lake where it congeals into a big glob of rain in the NW part of Iowa and SE South Dakota and SW Minnesota. A few other …
Midnight Update
Showers and thunderstorms continue developing mainly in SW Iowa. Earlier thunderstorms that were in northern Missouri have weakened slightly and have moved in SE Iowa. The rain with embedded thunder (mainly south) will continue through the overnight hours. Rainfall will be heaviest in the western part of the state as discussed in earlier posts.
Second Look at Election Day Weather
Here is the second look at what the weather will be like for Election Day 2008 on November 4th As it’s been stated before the models tend to go awry when you’re out 2 weeks in advance and this is no exception. Yesterday the GFS showed a cold front moving into Iowa from the NW. …
Evening Update
Rain continues in the western part of the state, with the concentrated rain west of a Boone to Winterset line. Scattered showers exist elsewhere west of Interstate 35. Thunderstorms have developed in northern Missouri and are slowly moving NE, they should overspread the state by Midnight or thereafter. Temperatures will fall into the 40s and …
Rain Moving In
Rain is now moving into the state this afternoon. It’s light in nature and some reporting stations are reporting only drizzle or no rain at all due to the dry air that enveloped the state last night bringing temperatures down well into the 20s in the northern part of the state. Eventually the rain will …