[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oczPtYG6ZwE&w=640&h=480] THE WEEK AHEAD: Slowly warming temperatures through the week ahead of the next cold front that will move into the state Thursday into Friday. The front hangs up and there could be a continued chance of showers and thunderstorms into the weekend as well with readings in the upper 70s into the 80s …
Month: August 2012
Sioux City ties Record Low this Morning
…RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE TIED AT SIOUX CITY IA… THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING AT THE SIOUX CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT WAS 43 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 2004.
Typical Afternoon Summertime Convection
A few showers and thunderstorms have developed this afternoon mainly across the eastern half of the state. If you get under one of these cells, you may get up to a tenth of an inch of precipitation with some gusty winds. These showers and storms will begin to dissipate once the sun goes down this …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/19/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0eeUe1iYs&w=640&h=480] NO DISCUSSION TODAY: No real big changes from yesterday’s discussion, see that for the look at the next two weeks along with the video above. This is the last Forecast Video under its current form, we will begin the new weather video series tomorrow, HOWEVER if current page view trends continue we will …
Records Lows Saturday Morning
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 47 DEGREES AT 555 AM WAS SET AT OTTUMWA IOWA THIS MORNING. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THIS DATE WAS 50 DEGREES IN 1963. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 DEGREES AT 440 AM THIS MORNING TIED THE RECORD LOW OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 1977 AT WATERLOO.
Iowa Forecast Video 8/18/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_2137FWE0c&w=640&h=480] WONDERFUL WEEKEND: No changes in store this weekend, mostly sunny skies and pleasant September like temperatures. There is a fly in the ointment and it could be a small chance of a spinkle or light shower the next few days. This is with a disturbance that is rotating around an upper level low …
Dry persistant weather pattern brining severe days of nice calm weather with sunshine and seasonible temps.
Regional Weather View. It will be a very quiet pattern across the entire region, the cause is from a large area of high pressure which will go really no where anytime soon. This feature will bring widespread dry weather and sunshine across the area that will last for the next several days. High temperatures will …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/17/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fylj-Wq2Aqc&w=640&h=480] FALL LIKE: Temperatures will be similar to September readings over the next few days, which seems poignant with High School Football beginning tonight for some schools across the state. Kickoff temperatures will be in the middle to upper 60s with end of game readings a few degrees either side of 60, cooler north …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/16/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-1X5WKto1w&w=640&h=480] COOLER IN STORE: Temperatures will be dropping to seasonal levels, for mid to late September across the region over the next few days. It will feel a lot like fall with High School Football beginning again this coming Friday night for a few schools across the state. Highs in the upper 60s through …
Wednesdays Severe Weather Risk
Image from SPC A Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms has been issued for parts of the Upper Midwest, including most of the local area. A very strong cold front pushing into a warm airmass across Minnesota will spark thunderstorms first in Western Minnesota, then traveling east through the evening and overnight. For the local area …