Month: May 2012
Iowa Forecast Video 5/19/12
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGLhhNV2T_s &w=480&h=360] RAIN AND WIND: Thunderstorm chances will be prominent over the area today with a marginal severe storm threat. Accumulation should be fairly small, adding up to around a half-inch. Winds will also be gusty today around 10-20 MPH, however no advisories have been issued. WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: The GFS and EURO models have both indicated …
It was a very hot day for the area today. Mid 90s were seen but humidies were low. 1st 90.F of the season
Sunset after a hot day in Rochester,MN May 18th 2012 Many people were feeling the summer-like heat today as temperatures rose into the 90s for the 1st time of 2012. A hot dry air mass that was situated over the Western U.S over the past couple days moved east and brought in this hot, but …
Travelogue 2012: Recap
Back home with the sunburn and AC blowing on me, I write to recap the trip I took to the east coast, filled with rain, sun, injuries, hot tempers and car issues. From the baseball game Tuesday afternoon in Boston to Washington DC Thursday, the trip had everything you could imagine, and everything you could …
Travelogue 2012: Don’t Forget the Luggage
A very good day in Washington DC turned sour fast only minutes after returning the second rental car to the station. This involved, you guessed it luggage and that we’d have to take it on our night tour of DC. We were told three or four times that it would be ok to take it …
Sunny and hot for midweek! Dry heat with highs in the 90s. Tstorms chances with a cold front Saturday night.
Regional weather view. A summer like pattern is developing across the Upper Midwest. A hot but dry airmass has made its way in. Tempetures will be in the 80s to 90 region wide for the rest of the work week. Then as a cold front moves through Thunderstorms could develop long this front which will …
Iowa Forecast Discussion 5/17/12
NOTE: My Computer crashed and therefore no video. This is being typed from my iPhone. MORE, MORE, MORE!: More pleasant weather is expected today with highs from the mid 80’s to upper 90’s with Partly Cloud skies. 2 AREAS WE ARE WATCHING: We are currently monitoring two precipitation windows for this week and next week. …
Travelogue 2012: A Steve Martin Kinda Day
Oh the rain had cometh and gone away from the start of the morning. A train ride to Washington DC was on the plan of attack. Before that came an interesting twist to the plot involving yours truly and a penalty which I will not go into. The rain stopped outside of NYC, although we …
Record High Temperature Tied at Des Moines
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT DES MOINES IOWA… A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES WAS REACHED AT DES MOINES IOWA TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 91 SET IN
Travelogue 2012: Rain and Mist
Going forward with the rain galoshes and smell of cut grass we made our way to Fenway Park in Boston for the Red Sox Game. They could have called it the Red Sox game in the mist. It did it almost the entire game. They honored knuckleballer Tim Wakefield at the game, made it Tim …