Regional View Iowa is looking at Significant ice accumulations Wednesday with a system expected to produce rain falling while high temps will remain right around 32.F In that area a Ice Storm is looking pretty likely, Farther north, most of Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin will see partly sunny, to partly cloudy skies. what is left …
Month: January 2010
Ice Storm Warnings Issued
Above is a map of the current advisories and warnings that are now in effect in the state of Iowa. Ice Storm Warnings are in effect in central Iowa until Wednesday afternoon in southern parts of the state and Thursday morning in the north. Other advisories are in effect through various times between Wednesday afternoon …
Watches issued for Wednesday
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the western 2/3rds of the state. The following counties are under the Winter Storm Watch, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster, Wright, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Sac, Story, Tama, Warren, Appanoose, Davis, …
Neat Frost Pictures.
Frost pictures January 19th Freezing Fog formed overnight last night, due to the mild temps and still air, This accumulated frost on everything, It was a beautiful site, and made for some Very neat photos, This is one of the thickest freezing fog accumulations, I’ve ever seen! Woods north of our house, everything was covered, …
An Active Week Ahead
Another day and more dense fog shrouding the landscape. Dense Fog advisories remain in effect this afternoon, with some already being extended into Tuesday morning. Other possible extensions are likely to occur. A storm system will move into the state on Wednesday bringing a chance of some freezing rain. Amounts will generally be under 1/4 …
Another Night of Dense Fog
A dense fog advisory is now in effect until Noon Monday for most of the state. The exceptions are in NE Iowa, but an advisory may be issued later this evening. Like last night, visibilities will be greatly reduced with low-level moisture from melting snow, in some cases down to less than a quarter mile. …
Dense Fog This Morning
A dense fog advisory is in effect for almost all of the state through the morning hours (Only Allamakee County in NE Iowa is excluded, but patchy dense fog is possible there as well) Visibilities are likely to be under a quarter mile through the morning hours. Make sure to use low beams if you …
January Thaw- Temps finally reached above freezing Today.
Sunshine & Mild temps January 16th Saturday Morning, Low clouds and Fog finally cleared out, This allowed for some much needed warmth, temps to rose above freezing for the first time Since December 25th, Highs were in the Mid to upper 30s across the entire 6 county area, Finally allowed ice and snow on roads …
BIG NEWS!
The Blog is Moving! Soon the Iowa Weather Blog will be moving to www.iowawx.com This will enhance the blog and make it more visible on the web, and easier to type. There will be a slow transition to the new domain name. Currently the new site redirects to the old site for the time being, …
The First Two Weeks
Here is a chart of the temperature departures over the first two weeks of the year through Thursday. With the exception of Dubuque, the rest of the state is roughly 10-15 degrees below the seasonal average of the first two weeks of the year. The numbers have come up substantially with the recent January thaw …