A closed upper level low will move just to the south of the state Wednesday through Friday morning. This will lead to heavy rainfall amounts across the state with totals exceeding 3 inches mainly in the western part of the state, with at least 1-2 inches elsewhere. There is a wintery side to this storm …
Month: October 2008
First Look at Election Day Weather
Here is the first look at Election Day weather. This model (GFS) taken at 18Z (1pm CDT) today shows a front is moving southeast through Iowa. Temperatures will likely be in the 50s with shifting winds to the NW late in the afternoon. Remember this is 15 days out and anything can change, but trends …
More Frost and Freeze Advisories
A Freeze Warning has been issued from 3am until 9am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson and Jo Daviess County in NW Illinois (across from Dubuque). A Frost Advisory has been issued from 3am until 9am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Muscatine, Scott, …
Cold Weather Pattern, A Snowy Winter?
Our Front Lawn October 20Th Weather: Some of the coldest air of the season is over the area, a Cold Night is ahead for Monday night some places of the north could see temperatures as low as the mid 20s Cold, Below freezing weather is likely for all of the 6 county area. It looks …
Possible Heavy Rain this week
It still looks like a lot of rain will fall with a cut-off low that will be slow to move mid week across the area. The heaviest rain will fall in the western part of the state with amounts up to 2 inches possible there. The rest of the state may see at least 1/2-3/4 …
Another Round of Heavy Rain?
The morning QPF chart shows the possiblity of some heavy rainfall amounts in the state over the next 5 days. Most of the state will recieve at least 1 inch of rain with many places south of US Hwy 20 recieving up to 2-3 inches. This would be due to the slow speed of the …
Indian Summer
A warm day today, with temperatures early afternoon moving up into the 60s and lower 70s. This will not last long as cooler and more average temperatures will move back in next week. This might be one of the last warm days of the year.
Pleasant Weekend
After starting off the weekend with frosty windshields and dense fog, the weekend will be very pleasant. Temperatures Saturday afternoon are currently in the mid 50s in the east to lower 60s west with southerly winds beginning to usher in some warmer weather to the area. Sunday will be a few degrees warmer with many …
IowaWX Blog now on Twitter
The IowaWX Weather Blog has now joined Twitter. You can follow my life at twitter.com/iowawx. Twitter has become a very useful tool in the last few months and with the winter season approaching, it can useful for small reports on what’s going on in your neighborhood, whether it’s a snowstorm, an icestorm or even severe …
Snow possible a week from today?
There has been numerous model runs showing a cut off low forming by midweek over the central plains and moving slowly through the state Wednesday through Friday. It will bring down some cold air and there’s a logical chance that some snow could fall in the state a week from today. It is doubtful that …