Some of the hottest weather of the year is expected Sunday into Monday, with temperatures approaching 100° in western Iowa with heat indices well over 110° in some locations. Excessive Heat Watches have been issued in western Iowa for Sunday and Monday. Along with the intense heat, there is also a chance of showers and …
Month: August 2010
Slight Risk Saturday
Image from SPC The Storm Predicting Center in Norman,Oklahoma has issued a Slight Risk for parts of the Upper Midwest including Eastern ND, Northeast SD, Central MN and Western WI, including my entire 6 county coverage area. Thunderstorms are expected to develop in the afternoon along a Strong warm front in parts of SD,ND and …
Extended Heat Wave moving in for next several days. Also Severe Thunderstorm threat Saturday.
Regional View. An extended heat wave is about to move over the Upper Midwest and bring 90+ degree weather with high dew points much of this upcoming week, especially in Iowa and Nebraska, where Heat Index’s well into the 100s are possible. Severe Weather will also be possible along a strong warm front, severe weather …
Iowa Forecast Video Through August 13th
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OygwEAZGxs&hl=en&fs=1] Here is the forecast video for August 7th through August 13th. It includes the first two days of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. There will be individual forecasts each day of the Fair starting Wednesday.
Dewpoints To Rise
Dewpoints today were very comfortable with readings in the 50s to lower 60s. This led to very comfortable conditions across the state today, which will also continue into Friday. However, this is not going to last as dewpoints will begin a slow climb through the weekend back into the 70s by Sunday. This will also …
Drier Air Moving In
Showers and Isolated thunderstorms continue to move out of the state last this afternoon. Drier air is moving into the state with dewpoints expected for the next couple of days to be in the 60s, instead of the lower and middle 70s of the past few days. temperatures will not see a major difference, with …
New Warning (Clinton and Scott) until 5am
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 357 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN …
Iowa Weather Blog wins Award!
The Iowa Weather Blog has won its first award in the just over 2 years that the blog has been online. We thank everyone that has come to the blog since June 2008. Thank You!
Heavy Rain Over Southern Iowa Again
Thunderstorms are training once more across the southern sections of the state this morning. Already, flash flood warnings have been issued in areas that received heavy flooding rains the previous night. More rain is expected mainly south of Interstate 80 the rest of the morning, with only scattered chances to the north.
Flash Flood Warning (Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk and Washington) until 9am
These are the same areas that were hit with flash flooding yesterday morning as well. BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 308 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN IOWA …