Looking ahead to next week bitterly cold temperatures will be making a reappearance across the state. With a fresh blanket of snow, light wind and clear skies, temperatures will bottom out below zero once again Wednesday and Thursday morning of next week, with the coldest morning being on Thursday (as an average across all cities). …
Month: January 2011
Increasing chance for snow Sunday into Monday, then cooler and Drier for Tuesday Updated X2
Regional Weather View A new couple of fairly complex storm systems has it’s sights set on the Upper Midwest for early to middle this week, The 1st one it could bring significant snowfall accumulations to South Dakota, Southern Minnesota, Northern Iowa and a part of Southern Wisconsin. The 1st system will merge with a second …
Watches and Advisories in N Iowa
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective from 6pm Monday evening until 6pm Tuesday evening for the following counties, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury and Ida. Snowfall accumulations of 5-7 inches will be possible with snow beginning on Sunday night and lasting …
Weather, Nature and our wonderful Environment
Good evening from Overlook Farm at Lakota, Iowa! We had a nice dusting of snow today covering the already pristine snow here in North Central Iowa. Three days of thawing this week helped reduce our snow piles on the farm yet cold weather is creeping back tonight. We started the day at 29 F and …
Morning AFD from NWS Des Moines
From the NWS Des Moines’ Area Forecast Discussion on the possible snow event beginning Monday and lasting through Wednesday of next week. MODELS BEGINNING TO COME CLOSER IN THEIR SOLUTIONS AND WOULD PUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OR SO OF IOWA UNDER THE GUN FOR TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN …
Possible Big Snow Next Week?
A large storm system will be very close to the state next week and more and more model runs have been showing that it will effect the state in some way with some wintry precipitation. The image above shows the 12z GEM Model at 6am Wednesday morning. This shows a low pressure east of St …
Freezing Drizzle Across NE Iowa
Some light freezing drizzle is possible over the northeastern counties of the state this evening which could cause some issues on the roads especially on bridges and overpasses. Because of that, the National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective until Midnight tonight for Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette and Winneshiek counties. …
Last Time There was Drought
The image above shows the last time there was a “hint” of drought across the state. The yellow across southwestern Iowa and a small smidge of eastern Allamakee County in NE Iowa was considered abnormally dry or D0 on the drought monitor. The last time D1 or Moderate Drought occurred in the state was September …
Mild with snow Friday/Saturday Minor accumulations but as much as 2-4″ North. Then colder with and cloudy and flurries possible Sunday.
Regional Weather View. A partly complex weather system will move into the Upper Midwest for Friday bringing with snow chances once again for Far eastern Minnesota and most of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Significant accumulations of at least 6 inches are possible in Northern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. This weather system will bring up some …
Thursdays Reported snowfall totals
New snowfall and fog January 27th We had an interesting system last night that brought some new snowfall to the local area. Snow which was even heavy at times in a narrow band started around 7:30pm for locations in western Polk county then it slowly spread south before shifting a bit towards the northeast. The …