Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Regional View. All attention is turned towards a system moving through that will bring fairly chance of severe thunderstorms somewhere in the Upper Midwest. although it is not certain will this will occur At this time it appears like Iowa, Much of Minnesota and Wisconsin appear to be at risk. Weather will quiet down a …
A few notes this evening, The slight risk for severe weather still covers the entire state tomorrow and tomorrow night. The storms will hold off until late afternoon into the evening and overnight hours. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds with isolated tornadoes also possible. Heavy rain can also be expected …
There is a slight risk of severe weather for the entire state for Tuesday and Tuesday night. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds, but a tornado cannot be ruled out. Below is the SPC statement, LOW 60S DEWPOINTS WILL ADVECT NEWD THROUGH PORTIONS OF CNTRL PLAINS…UPPER MS VALLEY…AND GREAT LAKES PRE-FRONTAL …
A 30 or so mile wide band of scattered showers and thunderstorms were moving across the state this evening. The line is from around Mason City to Clarinda and moving east around 30-35mph. Some brief heavy rain will be possible with these storms as they move through, but amounts will mainly stay under a half …
Image from SPC Wind threat. The SPC has issued a small risk for severe weather for parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Although the risk is quite minimal, there is a chance some afternoon storms may become strong enough to become severe, the severe activity will likely be isolated, the main threats are hail and strong …
Another Video with today’s forecast plus the forecast for the next 5 days (through Friday) for 52 selected cities in Iowa. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yBJLS7zGlQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
The first day of the Memorial Day Weekend was fairly warm with highs in the 80s to around 90. Dewpoints were rather low today, so the warm temperatures didn’t lead to any uncomfortable heat indices. Sunday will see slightly higher dewpoints along with readings again in the 80s, heat indices may approach or exceed 90 …
This is certainly something you wouldn’t expect as you head into Memorial Day Weekend, but those in the upper midwest thought the same thing as Memorial Day (then Decoration Day) approached. Temperatures preceding the storm had been in the 60s and 70s (around average for the time of year). A cold front moved through the …
The Blog’s First Ever Weather Forecast Video (It might be the last!) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hgv0hAFvjw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00]
A small but very strong tornado outbreak occurred on this date 15 years ago this evening. Numerous thunderstorms were moving through the western and central portions of the state early in the evening hours. The first tornado warnings were issued just before 7pm near Sioux City. Between 7-11pm, 26 more tornado warnings were issued (25 …