Another storm, another round of snowfall across the state. The heaviest snowfall from this storm fell in roughly the same areas that had the heavy snow in the last storm. Anywhere from 4 to as much as 9 inches fell across an area from Parkersburg to Clinton. Unlike the last storm, the snow this time …
Month: January 2009
Welcome to Arctic Weather
At mid-afternoon locations in the northeastern part of the state have failed to crack 0. Cedar Rapids reported -8° at 2pm along with Mason City and Charles City. SW Iowa has warmed nicely, into the teens, with single digits elsewhere. Any snow that falls with the storm tonight will be very powdery snow (very little …
Bitter Cold and More Snow
If it wasn’t bad enough with temperature readings this morning well below zero, another round of 1 to as much as 5 inches of snow is expected late tonight through Wednesday with another Alberta Clipper that will scream southeastward across the state. Winter Weather Advisories are being issued for the NE half of Iowa for …
Horrible Travel Conditions
Numerous roads across the state are becoming impassable with blizzard or near blizzard conditions. Iowa DOT Incidents shows what roads are closed at this time. Many roads that are still open are not advised to be traveled upon this evening. Winds are gusting to near or over 40 mph in several locations. This is not …
Blizzard Warning Expanded
A Blizzard warning will now be in effect beginning this evening and will continue through Tuesday morning for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington, Jackson, Clinton and Scott. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the same areas through this evening. A Winter Weather …
Big Time Storm
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6pm for the following counties, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 4am Tuesday Morning for the following counties, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, OBrien, Osceola, Sioux and Lyon. A Blizzard Warning is in effect from Noon until …
A Blizzard of Advisories and Watches
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued in NW Iowa. This is in effect until tomorrow morning when a Blizzard watch then goes into effect. The Blizzard Watch also is in effect beginning tomorrow morning for areas north of Interstate 80 in the Des Moines CWA and for the Iowa counties in the La Crosse …
Snow, then Coldest air of the season so far moves in.
weather map for Monday, Monday Night and Tuesday A strong clipper system will quickly move though the area before Very cold air comes down behind it from Canada. This Clipper judging by the models at 2:50PM Sunday looks to drop 1 to 3 inches over the area, but as much as 4 inches are possible. …
An Arctic Preview
Lows last night gave a preview of what is to come this week as an arctic express comes roaring in on Monday and Tuesday. Lows fell into the single digits below zero in the areas where the heaviest snow fell from the previous storm. It was -8° in Monticello, -5° at Independence, -4° at Cedar …
Blizzard Watch
A Blizzard Watch is in effect from 3am until 9pm Monday for Lyon County, A Blizzard watch is in effect from 6am Monday until Midnight Tuesday for the following counties, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, OBrien, Osceola and Sioux. A Blizzard Watch is in effect from Noon Monday until 3am Tuesday for the following …