Another afternoon with scattered showers around. Right now, they are mainly in the SE part of the state roughly from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids to Grinnell to Osceola. Elsewhere skies remain cloudy with a few sprinkles here and there and even a few peeks of sunshine in SW Iowa. Temperatures will head back to winterlike …
Month: November 2008
Reading Rainbow: Book Review of Epic Surge
Epic Surge, Eastern Iowa’s unstoppable Flood of 2008 is a book by the Gazette (of Cedar Rapids). I recieved my copy today and went through it. The pictures speak for themselves. Numerous shots of the city of Cedar Rapids underwater. Homes destroyed and sandbagging efforts. Very little is said as they let the pictures tell …
Rain Today, cooler tomorrow with snow chances
Image from NWS Early this morning we had Moderate rain showers scattered though out the area with some places picking up two tenths of an inch of rain, what a Flip in weather since yesterdays 1 inch of snow! Friday a cold front will move though. so highs may start out in the mid to …
The Weekend Football Forecast
Purdue@ Iowa in Iowa City 11:00am Kickoff Tailgating: Light Snow/Flurries Temperature in the low 30s, Winds N/NW 15-25mph gusts to 35. Wind Chills in the teens. Kickoff: Flurries, Temperature 32° Winds N/NW 15-25 Gusts to 30 Wind Chills in the teens. End of Game: Flurries Temperature low 30s Winds N/NW 10-20mph. Wind Chills around 20. …
Steady Rain
Steady rain is currently falling mainly south of a line from Waukon to Waverly to Marshalltown and anywhere east of IA Hwy 14. West of that line there is rain but in a scattered fashion with another slug of rain moving into SW Iowa also. The steady rain should cease by Midnight tonight with only …
Winter Weather No Where Around Yet
Today is Winter Weather Awareness day in Iowa. However, temperatures today are winter-like with temperatures at midday already in the upper 40s to middle 50s. Some rain is falling mainly in the western and central part of the state. Rainfall amounts will generally be under 1/2 inch with this storm. Wintery weather will return to …
New Poll, what do you think of my blog?
I am asking all viewers to please take place in this poll. My blog has been running for almost one year!!, I first started out when my Friend Nathan, Owner of the Northern Wisconsin Weather Blog got me into it! and I’m glad he did! The purpose of my blog is to talk about possible …
Mid Week Gloom
Clouds continue to shroud the skies in Iowa late this afternoon. There will be little if any chance of sunshine the next couple of days as a new storm system moves into the state late tomorrow bringing more chances of rain and a little mix to the state. Temperatures tomorrow will be near or slightly …
First 1 inch snowfall But Rain tomorrow?
November 12th 1″ Snowfall Clayton,WI You have read the title of the post right, We got our first 1.0 Inch snowfall of the season here at Clayton. Most people around the area woke up too Fresh wet snow covering the ground! and I actually had to shovel the walk for the first time this season! …
A Look around the state this evening
Scattered light rain and drizzle continues across the state this evening. The only places in the state they may still pose a risk for a mix is far northern Iowa. Temperatures will remain above freezing most of the night tonight but some of the cooler areas will drop below freezing leading some roads to have …