A few showers have popped up this afternoon across the eastern part of the state. The showers are mainly along a line from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. They haven’t moved much in the last hour and are raining themselves out. More showers are expected to develop this afternoon with any daytime heating or sunshine that …
Month: September 2009
Sunshine This Afternoon
Rain has moved north out of the state early this afternoon. Most of the state is receiving some sunshine with a few puffy cumulus clouds. There is still a chance for an isolated pop up shower through sunset as the upper level low is still to the west of the state. Fog will be possible …
Weekend Football Forecast Week #5
Sloppy is the best word to describe the forecast for the Football Friday night and Saturday. Friday Night High School Football Mostly Cloudy with a 20-50% chance of light rain Temperatures will start out in the low to mid 60s at kickoff and drop into the upper 50s to low 60s by the end of …
Another Round of Rain
Rain chances will increase from now through Saturday morning as a large upper level low moves ENE across the state. Heavy rain is still possible mainly in the eastern half of the state. Some thunderstorms that may develop from this system may have the tendency to produce some brief small hail, but severe weather is …
Better Rain Chances, Then Much Cooler Next Week.
Weathermap for Friday Saturday and Sunday We will have 2 systems that will effect the weather this weekend. Both need to be talked about, The first System will be a weaker Low pressure system which will bring us some much needed rainfall Friday and Saturday, most of the rainfall will fall Late Friday into Saturday, …
A Sloppy Friday and Saturday in Store
A upper level low which is currently spinning over Colorado will begin to move eastward tomorrow bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms back to the state late Thursday through Saturday. Rainfall from this system could be quite heavy with the QPF model indicating 1-3 inches of rain possible, mainly east of Interstate 35, with at least …
More Rain This Weekend
Somewhat drier weather will return to the state for the rest of the week, however there will still be chances of rain through the weekend. The best chances will come again beginning Friday and lasting through late Saturday. No severe weather is anticipated with any thunderstorms that develop during the week. Some rainfall could be …
Officially Fall Starts Today and Finally some rain in the area!
Yellow Ash in our Front yard Sept 22nd. We welcome in Fall Officially Today at 4:18PM, and we also Very much welcomed in some rainfall which we finally got overnight and this morning. Some places got as much as over 0.30″ but most places got under 0.20″ and some places much less then that, It …
Wet Roads Today
Light to moderate rain is moving through the state at Midday. One blob was located from Brooklyn in Poweshiek County straight northward to the Iowa-Minnesota Border. There is another batch of rain in SW Iowa that will skirt the southern part of the state this afternoon. This will be the first good dose of rain …
So Close
Rain, some of it moderate, is moving through west Central Illinois late this morning. It is skimming the southeastern parts of the state, mainly from Burlington on south. This rain is moving to the northeast and will not effect much of the state today, but there will be more clouds in the sky then in …