Regional weather view. A mild and stormy weekend ahead for the Upper Midwest, first one last nice dry day, with highs reaching the mid to upper 60s to low 70s region wide. Saturday a weak storm system will spread some spotty showers and thunderstorms across the region, some showers will be left over for Sunday …
Month: May 2011
Iowa Forecast Video 5/6/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQH6CXuFGI&hl=en&fs=1] ACTIVE PATTERN: One storm has departed the state, but dry conditions won’t last long, as another one will be moving through late tonight into Saturday morning with another chance of showers. Amounts will be light with no more than a quarter inch possible. A more significant storm system moves in late Sunday with …
Iowa Forecast Video 5/5/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFh3VdSp2Xo&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERAL STORMS: Som stormy conditions will move through the state over the coming week, with several rounds of showers and isolated thunderstorms possible. A weak disturbance will cross the state early today bringing a chance of rain through the afternoon hours across the eastern counties while the west will see most of the …
Iowa Forecast Discussion 5/4/2011
NO VIDEO Today Some showers and thunderstorms will be possible Thursday morning and again on Saturday and early next week. The latest QPF chart shows amounts of a half inch to inch of precipitation possible over the next 5 days. Some severe weather could be possible with the early week storm system (Monday into Tuesday), …
Frost and Freeze Conditons Wednesday Morning
Another frosty morning is in store tomorrow morning across the state. A Freeze Warning is in effect from 3 until 7am Wednesday morning for Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Black Hawk, Crawford, Carroll, Tama, Audubon, Poweshiek, Cass, Mahaska, Monroe, …
Completed Survey of April 9th Tornadoes
There have been a few changes from the preliminary findings of the tornado outbreak that hit NW Iowa hard on the evening of Saturday April 9th. One tornado was upgraded from EF3 to EF4 in Pocahontas County. Here are the tornadoes (NWS Des Moines’ Only) results.
Iowa Forecast Video 5/3/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58ORDXICoE&hl=en&fs=1] FROSTY MORNING AGAIN: Another frosty morning, but near average temperatures this week with readings in the 60s with mainly dry conditions across the state outside of a chance of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday as a front moves through. Amounts will be light with this storm, generally around a half inch. NEXT WEEK …
Frosty Morning Tuesday
The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory for a large portion of the state for the early morning hours, mainly 4-7am (3-8am across far western and SW Iowa). Counties in the advisory include, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Black Hawk, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Story, Tama, …
Iowa Forecast Video 5/2/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGgGqjLxl54&hl=en&fs=1] FROSTY MORNINGS: A frost advisory is in effect this morning across a large portion of the state. Another frosty morning is possible again Tuesday morning with clear skies and light winds. A hard freeze is not likely outside of cooler valley locations. SOMEWHAT DRY WEEK: QPF shows anything from a trace to half …
Cold Monday with second freeze possible. Turning decent with sunshine by Tuesday, and nice by Wednesday.
Regional weather view. Yet another cold couple days ahead for an Upper Midwest that is way more then sick of it! Frost or Freeze conditions are possible from north to south as high temperatures struggle to reach the levels forecasted. Snow flurries are even still possible in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Warmer conditions will …