Lows tonight will be a lot warmer than the below zero temps northern Iowa saw earlier this morning. A blanket of cloudiness will keep temperatures from falling into the single digits tonight, with lows likely being in the teens. A slight warming trend will continue through the weekend with a few flurries possible on Thursday, …
Month: December 2008
Below Zero Again
Lows this morning fell below zero again in northern Iowa with the fresh snow pack. The coldest readings were -4° at Clarion and Fort Dodge, with -3° in Mason City and -2° in Charles City. Most locations south of US Hwy 20 stayed above zero, with SE Iowa seeing lows in the lower teens due …
More Snow?
My Forecast Guess for Wednesday, Wednesday Night and Thursday I had some people give me Tips that I should make my Forecast Guess, more like ” My Own” I’ve added my own map again as many of you noticed. So now I will try to word this to make it sound like more my own …
Clearing and Cold
The sky is beginning to clear across the state this evening. Temperatures have dropped into the single digits in north central and northwest Iowa. Meanwhile, the cloud deck is keeping the temperatures up in the southern and SE portions of the state. This cloud deck will depart by midnight, along with the strong NW winds. …
Heaviest Snow Amounts
Here are some of the snowfall totals from the NWS Offices in La Crosse and Des Moines. Some of the cities may be mentioned more than once. 0558 AM SNOW DECORAH 43.31N 91.79W 12/09/2008 8 INCH WINNESHIEK IA PUBLIC 1020 AM SNOW N. WASHINGTON 43.12N 92.42W 12/09/2008 7.5 INCH CHICKASAW IA PUBLIC 1021 AM SNOW …
Storm Winding Down
The storm is winding down at midday, with only a few snow showers possible in SE Iowa this afternoon with another batch of moisture to the SW. Most of the precip in the south and southeast stayed as either rain or freezing rain before switching to snow. There was little if any accumulation of snow …
New Snowfall totals
Front of our house with the Snowpack December 9th The latest system brought Moderate snow to the area. This system was a very unpredictable system which it had already proved that by a shift north. This system developed in the plains and got stronger as it moved east though Iowa. The snow on Monday was …
Evening Update on Storm
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect in NC and NE Iowa. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued and will be in effect until tomorrow evening for a large portion of the state. The only places not in either Warning or advisory is SE Iowa, SW Iowa and Lyon County in NW Iowa. Freezing …
Freezing Rain Advisory Issued
A freezing Rain Advisory has been issued until 6pm this evening for the following counties in Iowa, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington and Louisa. Some freezing rain and drizzle is moving across the advisory area. Whereas the amounts are light at this time, only a …
Mid Morning Update
Some freezing drizzle and sleet is currently moving northward through the eastern part of the state, also some light snow mixed with some sleet is currently moving through western and central Iowa. This is very light in nature as no reporting stations in western and central Iowa are reporting any precip at this time. The …