Month: December 2011

All of Iowa, Sports Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 12/28/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugK54g0j420?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DUD TO END 2011: The weather pattern looks to remain mostly quiet to end the year. Outside of a few light rain or snow showers Thursday into Friday. Temperatures will remain at or above seasonal norms at least through the end of the year. COLDER TO BEGIN 2012: The GFS, GEM and the …

Gardening, Uncategorized

UpdatesX1 Snow tonight, some possibly heavy then warming up and turning windy Saturday.

Regional weather view. A more active pattern is setting up across the Upper Midwest finally! It is not conducive for big storms but multiple little systems and clippers with move southeast through the region this week. bringing chances for accumulating snows north and snow and drizzle chances south. It will be a very mild week …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 12/27/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCKsxP3thw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SYSTEM TO WATCH: There is a disturbance that will be moving through the state Thursday into Friday this week that may kick off some rain, snow or a mix. There’s a better chance of rain during the daylight hours with temperatures likely being well above the freezing mark across the state, with snow …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Warm and snowless winter continues so far highs reached 50.F today and severe drought continues to cover parts of the area. Warm temps causing some plants to start sprouting.

Snowless brown fields from Clayton,WI December 26th Another beautiful and warm but breezy, sunny late December day occurred across the area today, as well as here in my hometown area of Western Wisconsin, where the high was a balmy 48.F today! Today was a nice day in a string of them which seems to have continued for quite some …

Uncategorized

Wind Advisory for Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, and Cerro Gordo Counties

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 …VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY… IAZ004>007-015>017-261800- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0015.111226T1600Z-111226T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ESTHERVILLE…ALGONA…FOREST CITY… NORTHWOOD…EMMETSBURG…GARNER…MASON CITY 354 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 …WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 12/26/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIr_xwO7cf4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] CONTINUED CALM: The non-stop good weather goes on through the week with some slight flurry chances near the end of the week (Thursday into Friday). Until then temperatures will remain above seasonal averages for this time of year, with mid 30s to mid 40s possible for highs with lows in the upper teens …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Very mild Christmas hoilday expected. Everyday above freezing for highs, 35 to even near 45 after Christmas Day. Plenty of sunshine as well.

Regional weather view. A very mild week in late December expected for the entire Upper Midwest as mild air combined with very little snowcover moved in. Highs well above freezing are expected region wide for through Christmas and well into next week. As we continue a pattern meant more for fall then Winter. The only …