The National Weather Service has changed the advisories and watches and warnings. A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect in NE Iowa, (This will likely change in an hour or so, when the morning discussion is issued by the National Weather Service in LaCrosse. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued that will go into …
Month: February 2009
Notes on Upcoming Storm
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued from 4am Thursday morning until 9pm Thursday evening for Lyon, O’Brien and Sioux Counties in NW Iowa. There the precipitation will begin as freezing rain before changing to all snow. Total amounts of ice will be around a tenth of an inch. 2-4 inches of snow will fall …
Winter Storm Coming Thursday, Heavy Snow likely
Weathermap is based on the Models and my thinking at 10:13AM Wednesday, the outcome of this storm may be different then what you see here. A fast moving Winter Storm will impact the entire 6 county area Thursday. accumulating snow is likely. Judging by the models it could become Heavy at times. snow accumulations I …
Morning Notes
Light rain with embedded thunderstorms are moving through the northeastern quarter of Iowa this morning. Lightning is few and far between, so hearing a clap of thunder or seeing a stroke or two of lightning this morning will be possible. Temperatures have stayed above freezing all night so it has stayed all rain, although some …
Winter Storm Watch to the North
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued in southern Minnesota for Thursday’s storm. Up to 6 inches or more of snow may fall in those areas. Anyone traveling to the Twin Cities, or is flying through the Twin Cities on Thursday should keep up to date on this storm. As for what will happen in …
Warmup
Temperatures have warmed into the 40s and 50s across the state. This will continue tomorrow as well. The next storm is beginning to shape up, freezing rain and sleet may begin late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Freezing rain and/or sleet may be ongoing at sunrise Thursday and will switch over to all rain. The …
Warmer for now, but then cooling.
Weathermap for Tuesday and Tuesday Night, Wednesday and Wednesday Night. Todays weather will be sunny and not too bad with not much wind, look for highs in the low 20s. lows tonight in the teens. looks like weather for the next to days will be mild, with a small system that will hit the area …
Calm Weather
Another Morning of below zero temperatures with Monticello and Mason City topping the list at -2°, Waterloo and Decorah with -1°. Temperatures will rebound today into the 20s to lower 30s with sunny skies. Temperatures will begin a warmup ahead of the next storm at mid-week. Highs Tuesday through Thursday will be in the 30s …
Cold Morning
Temperatures this morning fell below zero at Mason City (-1°), while Estherville and Spencer fell to 0°. The rest of the state had single digit lows except the Des Moines metro, SW Iowa and Keokuk which fell to 12°. Another night in the single digits tonight will be followed by a warmup with highs reaching …
Blowing Snow Continues
Accumulating snow has ended across the state this afternoon. A few flurries or a snow shower continue mainly in the eastern part of the state. The wind continues to gust to 40mph, leading to blowing and drifting snow. Road conditions have improved slightly from this morning. Winds will begin to subside tonight as temperatures fall …