Month: April 2012

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Frost and Freeze Saturday Morning

The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory effective from 3am until 8am Saturday morning for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington, Mercer IL and Rock Island IL. There is also a Frost Advisory from 1am until 8am for Allamakee, Clayton, …

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Benefical Rains yesterday! 1+ inch amounts in some areas, with some nearing 2″!

Photo of the steady rain that occurred April 20th 2012 A storms system with a stationary front in Iowa caused a huge area of rain to develop across Southern Minnesota yesterday. This spread steady beneficial rains across the entire local area! The rain started around 11AM in many place, an increasingly got heavier as the …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 4/20/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0NSrTNlpg8&w=480&h=360] ROLLER COASTER OF TEMPS: Not taking anything away from the Ohio Players with their hit Love Roller Coaster from 1975, but the temperatures across the state over the next few days will be like a roller coaster, an especially steep one for those who saw sunshine yesterday in southeastern Iowa where readings got …

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Spring Growth Update # 5 Lilacs in full bloom in Early/Mid April!

Lilacs in full bloom April 18th 2012 There you have it Lilacs in Mid April! The Lilacs actually started bloom on the 9th of the month before that big cold snap arrived. I was stunned to see that most plants were fine and were not harmed despite us getting a freeze 3 nights in a …

Gardening, Uncategorized

This Week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota! Tomorrow: Tornado awareness and Tornado Drill.

This week is Severe Weather Awareness week in Minnesota! People should take this time to learn more about tornadoes and the warning system that defends most communities against it. Tomorrow is focused on tornado awareness! It is a fact that severe weather hits Southern Minnesota annually, and it is likely that at least somewhere in …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 4/18/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORiyJYaRP64&w=480&h=360] SHOWERY WEATHER: Several days of showers and thunderstorms are in store for the state, with several quick moving disturbances. The total rainfall with these systems could be significant with at least an inch of rain possible by Friday afternoon when the rain will move out of the state. Temperatures will remain in the …

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Changible temps from warm to cool with Much needed rainfall arriving over the course of the next few days. Wednesday looks while with Tstorms while Thursdays looks chilly and quite wet with snow flurrly potienal. Then much drier and nice for weekend.

Regional weather view. Quite an active and changeable pattern set up for the region to end this week. A series of weather systems passing through Minnesota and Wisconsin will bring mutiple rain threats over the next few days. Most of the rain will be in Northern Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. North of the passing systems …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 4/17/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c94scCRGFD8&w=480&h=360] RAIN CHANCES: Several disturbances will move across the state over the next week bringing some showers and thunderstorms to the area. Rainfall amounts through the weekend will be between a quarter and three quarters of an inch. The chances of rain come through Wednesday through Friday afternoon. Temperatures throughout this period will remain …