The latest model run is in and the snow amounts for the weekend storm continue to decrease across the state. The heaviest amounts have continued to move further north into Minnesota and Wisconsin, with the heaviest accumulations in Iowa now being 3-5″ near the border with Minnesota, with lesser amounts farther to the south. With …
Month: December 2010
Major winter storm Saturday accumulation 12-17″ with near blizzard condtions. very cold single digits highs by Sunday Updated X1
Regional Weather view. Attention is turned to a storm that has the potential to be a major winter storm in the Upper Midwest. Significant accumulations of at least 6 inches is possible across most of the Upper Midwest including Central Wisconsin, Southern & Northern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Very heavy, major snowfall totals are possible …
Far Out Look at Xmas 2010
This is just for a fun look WAY ahead to Christmas Day. The GFS Model run goes out 384 hours which puts the end of the run on Christmas Day. This model runs shows that it will be quite cold for the holiday with no precipitation expected (unlike Christmas 2009 which had a lot of …
Another Weekend, Another Snow Storm
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch from late on Friday night through late on Saturday night for the following counties, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Winnebago, Hancock, Wright, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Mitchell, Floyd, Butler, Howard, Chickasaw, Bremer, Winneshiek, Fayette, Allamakee and Clayton. According to the latest model …
Very Cold By Monday Morning
The image says it all. Cold temperatures will be making an appearance, with most of the state seeing readings beginning with a minus sign in front of it, with a few locations seeing readings with a minus sign in front and more than 1 digit after. This cold snap is expected to last Sunday through …
A Bit of Wintry Precip Tomorrow
The calm beofre the big weekend storm will come through tomorrow across the state. There will be a chance of some light snow or possibly a mix in the non snowpack areas. Temperatures will be warmer than today with readings approaching the freezing point in the snowpack to as high as the 40s south and …
Warm Up Before The Storm
Temperatures will begin warming tomorrow through Friday before the weekend snow storm approaches from the west. Tomorrow will be no different than today, maybe a few degrees warmer with highs in the 20s to the lower 30s in non-snowpack areas. Thursday a swath of light snow or a mix will be possible across the state. …
Arctic Air for Tuesday, Warming up with light snow again by Friday. Minor snow totals.
Regional Weather View. The Upper Midwest will be getting another taste of arctic air Tuesday as a high passes quickly through. It will be short lived though as warm air begins pushing North ahead of the next system. The next system to effect the Upper Midwest will hit Thursday which looks to bring mainly minor …
Arctic Cold Next Monday
Earlier I blogged about the arctic cold that is forecast to move into the state following this weekend snow storm. Below is the projected lows off the 12z run of the GFS. Considering tonight, temperatures will be in the single digits above and below zero (mainly above), next week will be MUCH COLDER, with possible …
Potent Storm Followed by Arctic Cold
Except for a few light snow showers or flurries this week, the weather will remain rather benign up until the weekend. Another cold night is in store tonight with single digits and teens for lows. Colder locales may dip below zero. Temperatures will steadily rise through the week with highs climbing to near or slightly …