Yesterday morning -34° at Waterloo, just a day and a few hours later at 11am this morning the temperature has blasted upward to 23°. A few places have even cracked the freezing mark, a long cry from the -15 to -35 degree readings. This is due to a warm front that has moved across the …
Month: January 2009
Dramatic Temperature Swings
This morning, it was brutually cold with readings in the 15 to 35 degree below zero range, but now at late afternoon all locations in Iowa (except Dubuque) have risen above zero! Some places have even reached the 20s ABOVE zero. Temperatures will hold steady or slowly rise (especially in the eastern half of Iowa) …
Warmer air moving in!
Weather map for Tonight, Saturday and Sunday Warmer air will begin to move in from the west today with a warm front, as a system moves south from the north. Tonight the warm front and system will begin to push in, bring the chance for Snow and even freezing drizzle. The heaviest snows look like …
More Record Cold
Another morning of bitter cold across the state. Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Waterloo have tied or set new records for the date. Burlington fell to -21° which broke the previous record of -20° in 1977. Cedar Rapids for the third straight day broke another record dropping to -28° which blew away the previous record …
Arctic Air Report
Frozen White Pine trees and Crystal blue skies! Northwest Wisconsin has been under an Arctic Blast Since Tuesday, Highs were not even above zero on Wednesday or Thursday and Wind chills got to as low as -40 below zero, this caused a lot of problems across the area, schools closed, and cars were shut down, …
Big Time Records Fall
Numerous records fell today from the blast of arctic cold. Spencer tied a record with a low of -27°. Sioux City set a new record this morning with a low of -20°. Burlington tied their record for the date with a low of -18°. Dubuque set a new record low for the date with a …
Bitter Cold
How’s waking up to a temperature of -28° with a wind chill of -52° sound? That what it was at 8am this morning in Cedar Rapids. By far the coldest readings seen in the state since last February and in some places since the 1996 Arctic outbreak. Here are some of the lows seen across …
Near Record Lows
Tonight temperatures will plunge to record or near record lows. Records for Thursday morning are generally in the low to mid -20s, the forecast is for temperatures to fall into the -20s in areas north of Interstate 80, while to the south it will drop only into the teens below zero. Wind chills will be …
Very cold night ahead!!!
Image from NWS With this image from the NWS We can see that Very cold temperatures are forecasted for tonight, as Arctic air continues to come in from the northwest. everyone should be ready for extremely cold temperatures tonight which will last though Thursday night. Weather map for Wednesday Night Thursday and Thursday Night. Update …
Dangerous Wind Chills through Friday
A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for the following counties, Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Adair, Cass, Madison, Audubon, Crawford, Dallas, Guthrie, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Warren, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Wayne, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren and Lee. This will be in effect at least …