[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrsYYz8BOjw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] LEE CLOUDS: Cloudiness from what was once Tropical Storm Lee which made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday will be moving into the state from the east today. Little if any moisture will accompany the system, however there could be a shower along the Mississippi River from Clinton on down and across southeastern Iowa. …
Month: September 2011
Iowa Forecast Video 9/8/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ5kn0OT-FI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE DRY WEATHER: I could type the same thing over and over, dry weather continues across the state over the next few days. BUT some interesting weather will move into the eastern counties of the state later Thursday and mainly Friday into Saturday. Clouds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee will be …
Dry sunny weather continuing!
Regional Weather View. A stretch of mild sunny weather continues as a high pressures sits over the Upper Midwest. We can expect these conditions to continue through the weekend for the entire region. Highs will by in the upper 70s to 80.F Region wide, with very little chances at precip. Local weather view. What does …
TROPICAL UPDATE: 2 Storms, 1 Hurricane in the Atlantic
The month of September is living up to it’s means, If you are talking about Tropical Development. With 2 Tropical Storms (Maria and Nate) and One Hurricane (Katia) churning in the Atlantic, it’s time for a TROPICAL UPDATE. KATIA: Hurricane Wind Speed Probability 50-knot Wind Speed Probability Trop Storm Wind Speed Probability Maximum Wind …
Record Lows on Tuesday at Mason City and Ottumwa
…RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET AT MASON CITY AND OTTUMWA IA… A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET AT MASON CITY IA YESTERDAY…SEPTEMBER 6. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 39 SET IN 1988. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA IA YESTERDAY…SEPTEMBER 6. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF …
Iowa Forecast Video 9/7/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bKmWnF2drs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY TIMES CONTINUE: The weather pattern doesn’t look to be changing anytime soon across the state. There is a wrinkle in the forecast however. The remnants of Lee may swing back in our direction by Friday into Saturday. The model wants to bring an isolated shower, but given the dry atmosphere and low …
Iowa Forecast Video 9/6/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu0ZA8NeyV4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE DRYNESS AHEAD: It will be a broken record forecast over the next week or so. Almost no chances of rain (outside of a very isolated chance Friday across the SE) over the next week to possibly ten days! Temperatures will be slowly warming up through the week with highs climbing back into …
Premature coloring-The difference between harmless fall color and possible tree stresses or disease.
Green ashes exhibiting perfect fall color. Photo taken September 2009 in Clayton,Wis A resent argument that came up persuaded me to make a post discussing the different between fall color and pre mature color of leaves caused by stress or disease. This information which could prove to be helpful to area residents. First it is …
Iowa Forecast Video 9/5/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaQFs-qWrTM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEATHER AHEAD: Cool and dry weather conditions will prevail across the state for the next several days. Outside of a possible chance of an isolated shower due to an upper level feature of which part of it will be from Tropical Storm Lee’s remnants late Friday into Saturday, the weather will be …
Iowa Forecast Video 9/4/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qjY8NdnvU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEEK AHEAD: Cool and dry weather is in store for the rest of the holiday weekend, with slowly warming temps heading into the following weekend. Sunshine with some afternoon clouds is all we’ll likely see through at least next weekend. This may change depending on the progress of Lee and its remnants. …