Most of the snow, sleet and freezing rain has moved into Minnesota. Only a few counties in North Central Iowa remain under a winter weather advisory, which includes Mason City. Temperatures have risen into the upper 30s and lower 40s across the southern 2/3rds of the state. Rain may mix and change back over to …
Month: November 2008
Iowa Tornado Outbreak of 2005
The Iowa Tornado Outbreak of 2005 occurred on Saturday November 12th, 2005. Temperatures were in the low 60s on Saturday. A Vigorous system moved eastward from the plains. The SPC had a slight risk of severe weather for most of Iowa that day. Thunderstorms began early in the afternoon and by 4pm the storms began …
Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940
The Armistice Day Blizzard occurred on November 11th 1940. Now known as Veterans day, this blizzard was not well forecasted. Prior to this storm unusally warm weather was occurring with temperatures in the 50s and 60s, many hunters went out hunting given the warm weather and ideal conditions. Drastic temperature swings occurred with temperatures dropping …
Weather Update Snow Chances tomorrow/tomorrow night accumulations possible
Image from NWS Weather Update. First the Coldest temps of the season are likely to happen Monday Night lows are forecasted to get into the mid to upper teens I would to be surprised to see some low teens in some places. Tuesday It looks like we will have chances for Rain and snow tomorrow, …
Winter Weather Advisory Expanded Again
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 6am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Poweshiek, Sac and Warren. These counties have been added to the previous counties under this advisory. Snow, …
Freezing Rain Advisory Issued
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Freezing Rain advisory in effect until 4am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Pottawattamie, Mills and Montgomery and until 10am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Monona, Harrison and Shelby. Total ice accumulations here should be under 1/4 of an inch but …
Winter Weather Advisory Expanded
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that will go into effect at Midnight tonight and be in effect until 6am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Boone, Calhoun, Emmet, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Marshall, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Story, Webster and Wright. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE …
Winter Weather on its way!
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory which goes into effect at Midnight tonight and will be in effect until Noon on Tuesday for the following counties in Iowa, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien and Clay. A Winter Weather advisory has also been issued starting at 9pm tonight and …
Cold and Gloomy
Today it feels more like Mid-Winter than Early to Mid November. Temperatures at 1pm were still around the freezing point. A few places were reporting peeks of sunshine but most of the state is still socked in with clouds. The wind has died down from yesterday but the wind that is around is producing wind …
An Evening of Cold and Happiness
The temperatures may be cold outside, but happiness is all around with Iowa’s win today over #3 Penn State. At the game it was snowing off and on for most of the game, the wind was blowing constantly and everyone was trying to keep themselves warm with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee or …