A freeze warning has been issued from 4am until 9am Tuesday for the following counties in Iowa, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth and Woodbury. A frost advisory has been issued until 9am for the following counties in Iowa, Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Monona, Harrison, Buena Vista, Cherokee and Ida. Clear skies and …
Month: October 2008
More on Temperature Extremes
From the image above the cold front is currently moving through the central part of the state, the rain is mainly behind the front. The sky has cleared in the far NW part of the state and there is a possibility of patchy frost there tonight although no advisories have been issued for any Iowa …
Afternoon Extremes
45 and 79! That’s the temperature extremes at 2pm in Iowa today. It’s 45 in Denison and Estherville while it 79 at Muscatine and Oskaloosa. You can tell there’s a front in the state. Right now it’s located from between Mason City and Charles City through Des Moines to west of Lamoni. West of the …
Rain Moves In
Light to moderate rain has moved into the western part of Iowa this morning. The rain is mainly west of a Northwood to Fort Dodge to Shenandoah line. It will continue all day today, with temperatures cooler than yesterday but still well above average for the date.
Warm and Windy
Temperatures at mid-afternoon were in the mid 70s to mid 80s across the state. Winds were sustained at 20-25mph with gusts to 40mph from the south. It has also become humid with dewpoints climbing into the 60s. It doesn’t feel like October weather, but that will soon change after the passage of a cold front …
Wind Advisory
A wind advisory has been issued for the following counties in Iowa until 4pm, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. A Wind Advisory has been issued until 7pm for the following counties in Iowa, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury and Ida. Winds will gust from 25mph …
The Latest QPF
The QPF chart came out this evening and has decreased the amount of rain that will fall from the storm that is expected to move through Iowa beginning Sunday night through Tuesday morning. The heaviest rain is still expected in the western part of the state, but amounts have dropped to as much as 1 …
Isolated Showers
Isolated showers continue to develop and decay in the northwestern part of the state. The biggest storm was located near Sioux Rapids in northern Buena Vista County. Any of the stronger cells will dump 1/4-1/2 inch of rain in a short amount of time. These storms will continue to concentrate in NW Iowa whereas the …
Midday Look
There were a few showers in central Iowa that are in the process of dissipating. The rest of today will be ok with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s to around 80. Also the dewpoints have come up into the 50s to around 60, so it will feel somewhat like summer. The latest …
Possible Heavy Rain?
The latest QPF chart that came out this morning is showing a band of possible heavy rainfall amounts coming into Iowa. The Chart can be accessed here It shows the heaviest rain from the storm that will move through late this weekend into early next week may drop as much as 3-4 inches in the …