Month: February 2013

All of Iowa, Forecast, Winter Weather

Iowa Weather Report February 8th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzsFI5SOPV4?list=UU817NS1iqqA3UJGnNIrbySA&w=640&h=360] HALF AND HALF: The upcoming weekend will be an interesting one across the state with sunshine and seasonably warm readings for this time of year. Highs on Saturday will be well into the 30s and 40s across the state with southwestern Iowa possibly getting close to 50. Cloudiness will increase across the state …

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Sneek peak at Sundays/Mondays storm. Were likely to be in the warm side and we will see sleet, rain, possibly even thunderstorms and very little in the way of snow ammounts.

Regional Weather View weekend sneakpeak The map above is showing the system concerning this weekends expected event it’s a sneakpeak, but a good idea what the models are coming into agreement with at this point. The models take the low pressure from this storm up in the Twin Cities area or just southeast of that …

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Iowa Weather Report February 7th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5uZaKOSI1M&w=640&h=480] PRECIP TODAY: Precipitation will be winding down later today across the state as a system moves off to the east. Drier air will take hold for a few days before another storm moves in later in the weekend with some rain and snow at that time. Highs today will be in the 30s …

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Iowa Weather Report February 6th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ-LKjmXmoo&w=640&h=480] WINTRY ISSUES: The parade of storm systems continues today with a system that will bring a plethora of precipitation. This will be in the form of rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow and/or a combination of two, three or all four. The best chances of any precipitation looks to be east of a …

Gardening, Uncategorized

February 5th early morning very heavy snow burst delivers 2-3″ of snow in short period

Photo of the heavy snow early morning February 5th 2013  We have definitely been thrown into a winter pattern that we have not been seeing for quite some time. This morning yet another clipper delivered a burst of very heavy snow dropping a widespread 2-3″ across all areas, with the highest amounts being seen in central …

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Iowa Weather Report February 5th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxpxMPbQlos&w=640&h=480] WINTRY ISSUES AHEAD: Outside of a slight snow chance over the northeastern counties of the state today, the next best chance of precipitation occurs Wednesday night into Thursday morning across the state. Temperatures are going to be a factor as warmer air will be filtering into the state keeping temperatures in the 20s …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Finally starting to be more like Winter thanks to the Clipper system parade

Rochester Neighborhood February 4th 2013 Were finally getting a real taste of winter here in Southeastern Minnesota. Something that has been significantly lacking the past couple of winters. Because of the jet stream being located just southwest of the area and systems available to ride it southwestward one behind each other like floats in a …

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Iowa Weather Report February 4th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_6HNJzIPPo&w=640&h=480] WARMING UP: Readings are going to be near to slightly above seasonal levels for this time of year. Highs will vary depending on the amount of snow cover on the ground. Areas that don’t have any or very little, mainly in the western counties will see readings well into the 40s to near …

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Iowa Weather Report February 3rd 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnlNhlibDYo&w=640&h=480] SNOW AND COLD: The daylight hours will be calm with a few peaks of sun here and there but by the mid afternoon hours clouds will be increasing once again as another disturbance approaches from the northwest. This one will target the northeastern counties of the state with the heaviest snows, possibly an …