As you can see on the chart, it has been a relatively dry October across not only the state of Iowa but across the upper midwest. Only Kansas City has had more than a quarter of an inch of rain this month of the sites shown here. Only Ames, Dubuque and Burlington have had more …
Month: October 2010
Turning a bit chilly upcoming days then slight rain chances Monday
Regional View We’ve got a cooler northwest flow pattern for us the next few days. It will be a bit chilly across the entire region, Monday a weak system will bring some slight rain chances to mainly Minnesota and Wisconsin, It will clear out by Tuesday and temperatures will turn more fair for this time …
Football Forecast Video Weeek #8
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fCl-L61idU&hl=en&fs=1] Here is the forecast video for Week #8. This includes the Iowa High School Football Forecasts along with the Forecast for the Iowa game at Michigan (2:30pm CT), Iowa State game at Oklahoma (6pm CT) and the Northern Iowa game at South Dakota (4:05pm CT).
The end of the warmer weather near
The above average temperatures we’ve been seeing across the state and the upper midwest over the last few weeks looks to be coming to an end sometime early next week. A cold front is expected to move into the state late Sunday night through Tuesday bringing widespread chances of showers during that time. Temperatures will …
Fall Color Report #7
Fall Color Report #7 Fall Color peaked, and passed very quickly in the local area, Most locations are now past peak, All of the Northern and Central locations have past their peak, the only acceptation is Hudson which is at peak now. At my location I am officially reporting Past Peak conditions, The most colorful …
Shocker! Storms moving through State
For the first time in over two weeks, showers and isolated thunderstorms are moving through the state this afternoon. Some of the storms may produce some small hail, but severe weather is not antcipated with any of the storms this afternoon and evening. The storms are currently along a line extending from Monona in northern …
Mild air turning more seasonible by Wednesday
Regional View The rest of this week will start off very mild and it will end out more seasonal as a cold front moves through, there is only a slight chance of scattered showers Tuesday afternoon with the cold front then it’s back to sunshine with more October-like temperatures. Local View Locally Tuesday will start …
Where is Fall?
Seems like summer doesn’t want to end across the state and the upper midwest this year. Temperatures this past weekend were at or near record highs for the date. Readings today were in the 70s outside of the clouds and widely scattered showers and sprinkles that occurred in the western sections of the state today. …
Weekend very warm temp report, record highs broken.
Warmth October 8Th A very mild air mass surged in behind a huge high pressure system that has been keeping us dry for the past week. High temperatures soared up to 20 degrees the normal highs of the Lower 60s. 80s were common across much of the local area, breaking record high temperatures in some …
Record Highs Saturday
A number of record high temperaturtes were either broken or tied this afternoon. Here are the ones that have been reported so far. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES WAS SET AT MOLINE IL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 87 SET IN 1938. A RECORD WAS TIED AT CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA WHEN …