THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT REACHED 100 DEGREES TODAY. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE…LAST SET IN 1936. IN ADDITION…THIS IS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN DES MOINES. THE LAST TIME THAT OCCURRED WAS THE 14-17TH OF AUGUST IN 1988. LAMONI IOWA ROSE TO A HIGH …
Month: July 2012
Iowa Forecast Discussion 7/7/2012
No Video Today LAST DAY: The heat wave is looking to come to an end today, but not in what we hoped was some widespread rainfall. It’s looking more and more as if many areas if not all may not even get a drop of rain today as the cold front moves through. Given the …
June 30th to July 6th Sigificant Heat Wave Report. Records broken with a very long streach of 90+ degree weather peaking out into triple digit numbers July 4th and Friday July 6th! Longest heat wave in years.
Image from Weather.com A significant and long lasting heat wave effected the area this week from June 30th through independence day to July 6th. The cause of the long stretch of hot weather was a large ridge of hot high pressure which pushed a huge very dry and extreamlly hot temperatures across the entire central …
Update on the Heat…Excessive Heat Warnings to expire at either 10AM, 7AM, or 7PM
…Corrected Burn Bans headline for duplicate… …Corrected Burn Bans headline… Below is a summary of heat related Weather Alerts that remain in effect. Most counties will expire at 7PM tomorrow. We will also have an update on the drought soon. …Burn Ban in Effect for Butler, Clayton, Dubuque, Fayette, and Linn counties… Excessive Heat Warning …
Baking at Mid-Afternoon
This is likely going to be the hottest day of the year. Many locations have reached the century mark today with many others only a few degrees shy of the mark at 3pm. Here are a few of the hottest temperatures across the state and region at 3pm Omaha NE 103° Sioux Falls SD 102° …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/6/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvxBXWJr8O4&w=480&h=360] HEAT WAVE END: The heat wave is beginning to come to an end with one hot today in store today and a semi-hot day for Saturday with a slight chance of some showers and thunderstorms at that time. Right now the chances are looking worse than they did yesterday with the QPF chart …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/5/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFsvUgnq_wM&w=480&h=360] OVER AND OVER: The heat is continuing for a couple more days across the area. Readings will be in the 90s to near 100° both today and Friday before some relief comes in this weekend. Excessive Heat warnings are in effect statewide through Friday for this heat wave. RAIN?: A cold front is …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/4/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJgQUkNrkk&w=480&h=360] CONTINUED HOT: The heat wave continues into the holiday with readings well into the 90s, perhaps over 100 in some areas. Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warning remain in effect. Heat Indices will be in the 100s easily today approaching 110 in some areas. Be sure to keep all heat related precautions in …
Dangerous long lived Heat Wave Expected All time highest records in jepordy with highs in the lower to middle 100s Heat Index Values between 110 and 115.F
Regional Weather View. The top story in the Upper Midwest continues to be an ongoing dangerous heat wave! A very stubborn high pressure seen south of where it is shown will continue to create a long live heat wave for the entire region. triple digits heat is expected for the next few days for cities …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/3/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2boofdpEkko&w=480&h=360] HEAT BUILDING: It will be several days of hot weather across the state and region and this will be the case at least through the weekend with heat advisories for most of the state until Saturday at the earliest. Temperatures will climb well into the 90s with heat indices exceeding 100 each afternoon …