[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAvEDtnafd0&w=560&h=315] BECOMING HOT AGAIN: A slight cool off today will be short lived as the frontal system that brought the showers and thunderstorms Friday retreats back across the state to the north on Sunday and into Monday. With this, there could be a risk of some showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be …
Month: June 2012
Heat Advisory for Eastern Iowa, Western Illinois, and Northeastern Missouri this Afternoon
993 WWUS73 KDVN 300847 NPWDVN URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 347 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 …DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY… .A DOME OF HOT AND HUMID ARE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PUSH …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/30/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd7K_VM0j4E&w=560&h=315] STORMY AND HUMID: This looks to be the case this weekend with hot humid weather during the day with several chances of showers and thunderstorms across the area during the afternoon and especially at night with some possible MCS’s. Readings will remain throughout the next week in the upper 80s to middle 90s …
My Belief about NOAA Weather Radio
Bad weather strikes Iowa at least once per year – and usually more. From severe weather to winter weather to fire weather to flooding – we depend on a source to alert us when the weather will be turning bad. We rely on Mobile Alerting Systems, Social Media (us!), Television, Radio, or Outdoor Alerting Systems. …
Severe Weather Coverage 6/29/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD6KRVideSs&w=420&h=315] Watch our coverage of this severe weather event.
Heat Records in Des Moines Wednesday and Thursday
…HEAT RECORDS FOR DES MOINES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS… THE LAST TWO DAYS…JUNE 27 AND 28…HAVE SEEN EXCEPTIONAL WARMTH AT DES MOINES ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SUMMER. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES ON THE 27TH WAS THE FIRST TRIPLE-DIGIT HEAT REGISTERED SINCE 2006…AND THE FIRST IN JUNE SINCE 1988. THIS IS …
Slight Risk of Severe Weather Friday
There is a slight risk of severe weather today and tonight for a large portion of the state. The main threats with any storms that fire will be from large hail and damaging straight line winds. This is a conditional threat based on a wave moving along the stalled boundary that is situated currently over …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/28/2012 Evening
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWyo-c1ws68&w=560&h=315] HOT WITH STORMS: The GFS continues to be bullish on some continued chances of showers and thunderstorms. These storm chances are likely to be mainly nocturnal and isolated with everyone not seeing rainfall every night over the next couple of days. Some of the storms could get strong if they develop with hail …
Heat Wave Hottest of the season so far! Sweltering heat Wednesday across the area, upper 90 degree air temps with heat index values as high as 108.F
Photo showing heat rising from the buildings near the highway 52 area. Everyone felt the sweltering heat that arrived in the area today as air temperature rose to there highest levels of the season so far making it into the upper 90s nearing 100.F. The cause of the hot weather is a very fast moving …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/27/2012 Evening
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LvacLkHZk&w=560&h=315] NOTE: The Forecast Videos are moving to evenings, more changes to follow. Also there’s a few hiccups in the video as I was trying to find all the images from the google hangout. TOO HOT: It got over 100 today in Des Moines for the first time since 2006. It also hit the …