Month: November 2011

Gardening, Uncategorized

Warm temp report. Warmest Thanksgiving in many years. Record high temps broken with highs in the 60s!

Photo near Rochester Intl. Airport on a mild November day the 23rd. What a warm Thanksgiving that was! I hope everyone had a great holiday, and hopefully you were able to enjoy the beautiful weather! This will go down in history as the warmest thanksgiving in many locations. as abundant sunshine and lack of snowcover …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 11/24/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh46GZVtDFE?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WARM TODAY: It will be warm and breezy with highs in the 50s to lower 60s. There could some morning fog across the eastern counties of the state that will quickly burn off my mid-morning. The warm conditions will continue into Friday as well for Shoppers, with the chance of rain holding off …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Very nice Thanksgiving ahead-Record highs likely! then late weekend light rain/drizzle Fri night/Sat ending as flurries and light snow. small accumulations- Updated x1

Regional view. A very mild Thanksgiving is expected as a warm airmass peaks. Highs will be near if not breaking records for parts of the region. Saturday a fairly weak storm system will develop in Iowa and Wisconsin which could produce rain across the Eastern half of the region, which could change to light snow as the sysatem departs.  It does …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 11/23/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8x1D289bQ4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WINDY WARM HOLIDAY: Clouds will not be a factor over the next two days, but the wind will be. Breezy south to southwesterly winds of 10-25mph with some higher gusts will be possible by later today across the western counties and statewide on Thanksgiving day. This will transport warmer air into the area, …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 11/22/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clRKoSQ942w?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SEMI-QUIET: The weather will remain reasonably quiet through Thanksgiving with temperatures slowly warming back into the 50s to lower 60s by Thursday. The winds will be the main story with gusty southerly to southwesterly winds of 10-20mph, with higher gusts possible. NEXT STORM: The next storm system moves in Friday afternoon with a …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 11/21/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4JhODL2TE?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MAINLY BENIGN: The weather will be fairly benign across the state, outside of a slight chance of some showers on Tuesday across the southeastern counties, it should remain dry through Friday. Temperatures will also begin a slow warm up with southerly winds beginning to take a hold of the state by Wednesday with …

Gardening, Uncategorized

System report. Drizzle turning to snow-First accumulation of snow for some areas. Also 1st Thanksgiving cactus bloom on houseplant.

Snow falling on West Downtown Rochester November 19th 2011 Many people seen their first snowfall accumulation of the season with the resent system that passed through the Upper Midwest. What started off as drizzle with temperatures in the mid 30s on the warm side of the system here in Rochester eventually started to turn to …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 11/20/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDCteSW3pVg?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] QUIET WEEK AHEAD: No problems across the state through Thanksgiving, with temperatures slowly warming up as the week progresses. It will also remain dry as well, with only a very slight chance of showers on Tuesday across the far SE, but most likely that will remain just to the south and east of …