This coming week will feature a lot of cold weather, a lot of sunshine with a few clouds and a few chances of snow. First off, temperatures, readings will be cold to being the week, especially in the snow covered locations where highs may struggle into the lower 20s Monday and Tuesday, while the rest …
Month: December 2010
FINAL Snowfall Amounts (12/3-4 2010)
This is the FINAL Total of snowfall amounts. (There could be a few more but they won’t be listed here). These amounts are as of 3pm Saturday Afternoon.
Clipper System Report- West & Northwestern Wisconsin
Very wintry looking front yard Dec 4th with new landscape shrubs from last summer. A strong Alberta clipper system hit the Upper Midwest this weekend, with the edge of it effecting Western and Northwest Wisconsin. This system which was unusually strong for a clipper had a thin snow band that stretched from North Dakota though …
Road Conditions as of 5pm 12/3/10
Here is the current road conditions across the state. An update to this map is that US 52 from Dubuque to Sabula is completely covered in ice and snow.
Travel Conditions Deterioriating
This shows how travel has become impacted in the Quad Cities. This was taken a few minutes ago from I-74 at US Hwy 67 looking south toward the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge (which you would be able to see in normal conditions). Travel is slowing down with snow beginning to accumulate on the road surfaces. This …
What Snow will Do to Temps
Above are the GFS MOS Projected lows for Tuesday morning for the region (NOTE this map includes more cities than previous maps). Readings will be below zero throughout most of northern and NE Iowa (where the heavy snow will fall tonight into Saturday), most of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Where snow is not likely to fall …
Midday Update on Snowstorm (12/3/10)
Here are the current advisories and warnings as of Noon Friday. A few counties have been added to the Winter WX Advisory and some counties in the NC sections of the state were upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. Accumulations are still on target for as much as 5-7″ of snow in the NE. 2-5″ …
Winter Storm Warnings for NE Iowa
The National Weather Service in LaCrosse has issued a Winter Storm Warning effective this afternoon until Saturday afternoon for the following counties, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Fayette, Chickasaw and Clayton. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory now in effect from Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon for the following counties, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Hancock, …
Strong clipper system on the way Friday and Saturday sigificant snowfall accumulations possible in parts of the local area, then cold Sunday UpdatedX1
Regional weather view. A strong clipper system will cross the Upper Midwest and bring heavy snow to parts of the region, a large stripe where significant accumulations are likely in parts of Central Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa and far Western and Southern Wisconsin. Minor accumulations a likely north and south of this area. Arctic air …
Winter Storm Watch Friday and Saturday
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch which will go into effect Friday afternoon and be in effect until Saturday morning (in NC Iowa) and Saturday afternoon (in NE and EC Iowa) for the following counties, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Hancock, Kossuth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Winnebago, Worth, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, …