Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Rolling Thunderhead just to the east of my house. Today started out Very warm and humid Some places had there first 80.F degree readings of the season some Some places of the southern counties even reached the upper 80s ahead of a cold front that later produced strong storms. Here is a list of of …
The latest mesoscale discussion shows that while there is some capping in the atmosphere (warm air aloft), thunderstorms should begin to fire in a few hours in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A Weather Watch will likely be needed later this afternoon and this evening. The main threat will likely be large hail.
The cold front has moved into the northwestern part of Iowa at mid-day. Temperatures behind the front are in the 60s while ahead of the front, readings have soared into the 70s and lower 80s. A few record highs might be possible today. The slight risk of severe weather continues in the same area as …
The latest outlooks are out early this morning for Friday-Sunday. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined slight risks all 3 days for portions of Iowa. Today (Friday) the slight risk is for all of Iowa except the NW and southeastern portions of the state. The main threats today will likely be large hail and damaging …
Dense Fog is developing across southeastern Iowa early this morning. A Dense Fog advisory has been issued until 10am this morning for many counties in the southeastern part of the state. (Mainly south of US Highway 30 and east of US Highway 63) Visibilities have been reduced to under 1/4 of a mile in many …
Weathermap for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. ok First I will talk about the possible Severe weather for Friday, The chances do not seem high, But I still think a few pop up, Severe storms will be possible. across the entire area but Especially for the Southeast areas, Menomonie Elk Mound Downsville area. Just be alert …
The Latest Drought Monitor for Iowa that was released Thursday morning shows only the far northern part of the state in abnormally dry conditions. Several counties in northern and northeast Iowa have instituted burn bans because of this. The dry area extends from NE Iowa northeastward into SE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin where D2 drought …
Numerous Record Highs are likely to have broken this afternoon across the western part of the state. Sioux City has already broken their old record high temperature of 87 with a current reading of 90 at 4pm. Numerous other locations in NW Iowa are at or above 90 degrees. More record highs are possible in …
Some moderate rain was falling in SE Iowa mainly in Van Buren, Lee, Henry and Des Moines counties. Some other showers were further north as far as Interstate 80. This is part of an upper level feature along a warm front moving through the state. This same complex produced thunderstorms in central Kansas last night …
The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe weather for the northwestern half of Iowa on Friday, the southeastern half of Iowa on Saturday and Sunday as a storm system moves in from the west. The front will stall over the state this weekend leading the to ongoing risk throughout the weekend. Very …