The rain that fell this morning and overnight has moved off to the east of the state. Skies have begun to clear in the western 2/3rds of the state this afternoon, which has boosted readings into the lower to middle 50s in western Iowa. The eastern side is still socked in with clouds and temperatures …
Month: October 2009
A Wet Week Ahead
As the weekend is drawing to a close, the week ahead looks to be wet across the state. A few showers are currently ongoing across the SE Part of the state. This will continue through the evening and overnight hours but will have moved out of the state by dawn Monday morning. On Tuesday, the …
Weather Equipment, What to I use do gather information?
Temperature unit, in our Backyard. Some people may be wondering what I use to gather weather information, This is a post explaining what I use and how I use report weather information. Above is my Temperature unit, This gauge reads Temperature and Humidity along with Dewpoint, This gauge sits right in my backyard, so as …
October 23 Rain, Then Wet Slushy Snow caused problems in some areas.
Moderate snow that fell Friday afternoon. what a mix up of a day it was today! at first people woke up to moderate rain showers, like when I woke up it was raining pretty heavy then near 11AM it turned to sleet then big snowflakes started falling down, then it remained snow and actually became …
Rainfall Amounts Oct 22-23
Here is the rainfall amounts for the storm system for Thursday and Friday (From AWOS/ASOS Stations, Amounts are Thursday 24 hour total plus total precip through Friday evening). This doesn’t include any rain that fell on Wednesday. Amounts of 1-2 inches were widespread across the state. Some creeks, streams and rivers are running high and …
Cooler weather made it’s come back, chances for accumulating snow Friday
Weathermap for Friday Saturday and Sunday. Cooler weather has made a come back! and now we have the chance for accumulating snowfall Friday, as much as 2 inches may accumulate in places in the north. I must say this is a hard forecast, I had much trouble in deciding what to go with but here …
Weekend Football Forecast Week #9
Here is the weekend football forecast for October 23rd and 24th. Friday Night Football: Kickoff: Cloudy with a 30% chance of light rain (mainly east of Interstate 35). Temperatures 37° (NW) to 47° (SE) Winds NW 10-15mph gusting to 20. End of Game: Cloudy, 30% chance of light rain (Mainly east of US Hwy 63). …
A Good Soaking
Here is a chart of the rainfall amounts for today through early afternoon. With the rain that fell yesterday (which isn’t included in the chart), numerous locations have recieved 1-2 inches of rain so far with more to come. At early afternoon, most of the state was covered in light to moderate rain. Another inch …
Another wet rainy system! Rainfall totals. impressive temp contrast
Rainy conditions Oct 22nd. Another rainy system once again passed through the area bring widespread rainfall totals to our area which continues to help lakes and streams, Drizzle started late Tuesday Night, Wednesday morning, temps started out mild in the mid 40s, we had Moderate to even heavy showers through the area in the morning, …
Cold and Rainy or Warm and Windy
Depending on what side of the state you were on today, was what type of weather you recieved today. In the southeastern half to 3/4ths of the state, temperatures were in the 60s to lower 70s with partly cloudy skies and gusty south winds. In northwest Iowa, light to at times heavy rain fell with …