Regional Weather Map The weather story is currently focused on the Midwest as a severe weather outbreak is likely, with the potential for heavy rainfall over a large area. Passing low pressure systems along a meandering front will produced bouts of showers and thunderstorms, especially in Minnesota and Wisconsin over the next few days. Every …
Month: April 2012
WEDNESDAY: Large Severe WX Threat Area, Uncertainty in the Forecast
It seems like our Severe Weather chances will never end! After the Tuesday evening to overnight threat, the warm front will leave the area and a frontal boundary will set up and stall over the area, and this will bring another threat of storms over the area. As a result, the Storm Prediction Center has …
TUESDAY: Severe WX Threat growing
The Upper Midwest severe weather threat seems to be growing, as models come into better and better agreement with this forecasted system. This system, in the Dakotas, is expected to bring Showers & Thunderstorms to the area in the mid to late afternoon. To the right, you can see where the Storm Prediction Center has …
Severe Weather Possible Tuesday
…UPPER MS VALLEY THROUGH NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS REGIONS… LEE TROUGHING WILL HAVE BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WITHIN THE QUASI-ZONAL UPPER FLOW REGIME. AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NWD A BROAD…MOIST WARM SECTOR WILL ADVECT THROUGH ERN PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS AND UPPER MS VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES WITH UPPER 50S TO NEAR …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/30/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uUUctLX0VA&w=480&h=360] LOTS OF CHANCES: Forecast is about the same as yesterday with several chances of showers and thunderstorms this week across the state. Some of the storms could be severe especially on Tuesday and possibly Wednesday. Late this morning will have another post when the Day 2 and 3 outlooks come out. There could …
IASWC Weather Story 4/30/12
ISSUANCE: Pleasant Weather has returned after an extended period of Widespread Showers & Thunderstorms! We will see Mostly Cloudy skies in the morning make way for Partly Cloudy to Sunny skies in the afternoon with warmer highs in the upper 50’s to mid 60’s. Additional chances of rain and strong to severe storms will be …
Spring Growth Update #6 Leaves of Summer!
Downtown Rochester skyline April 29th 2012 This is a canopy view of Rochester as of the current date. The Downtown skyline can be seen in the back round with a crane to the left which is currently working on the future Richard O. Jacobson Building. The weather has been back and forth between warm from …
IASWC Weather Story 4-29-12 Evening Update
EVENING ISSUANCE: Scattered Rain Showers will continue to linger around the area today, making way to Mostly Cloudy to Partly Cloudy skies tomorrow. Lows tonight will range from the mid to upper 40’s in the northeast to the low 50’s in the southwest. Thunderstorm chances will linger through the work week with stronger to severe …
Severe Weather makes an Active Return to Iowa
Iowa has seen a rather quiet weather pattern these past weeks. The Midwest has definitely seen their share of severe weather, such as St. Louis being under a Tornado Warning last night. Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, as usual, have also ruled the severe weather map the past couple of weeks. Everybody have been asking me, …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/29/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t2DVt8Kodw&w=480&h=360] RAINY WEEK: Continues to look like we’ll have several shots at some rainfall this coming week across the state. Several disturbances will move through with slight to scattered chances of some showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be strong to severe especially Tuesday and Wednesday. SPC had an outlook yesterday morning …