Month: March 2013

All of Iowa, Forecast

Iowa Weather Report March 25th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOy8lmaWAdk&w=480&h=360] COLD START TO LAST WEEK OF MARCH: A few flurries will fly across the sky today mainly in the eastern and southern counties of the state. There will be no additional accumulation with this. Skies will remain cloudy with highs still below average in the 30s. The colder than average temperatures continue into …

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Spring finally arriving! Significant warm up and decreasing snowcover this week as calm weather is expected with temps rising each day, 30s, 40s then 50s a real possibility by the end of the week! Updated X1

Regional Weather view After a very long winter with snowstorms lasting through most of this month, spring is finally going to show its face here in the Upper Midwest. A high pressure system will bring calm weather to the region through the week and the jet stream will be moving northward. This will finally bring …

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WXTEST: 2013 Severe Weather Awareness Week includes Tornado Drill

Written by the National Weather Service in Des Moines ************************************************* The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared the week of March 25th through March 29th, 2013 Severe Weather Awareness Week. Severe Weather Awareness Week is an annual event to remind Iowans that severe weather is part of …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Iowa Forecast Discussion March 24th 2013

VIDEOS RESUME TOMORROW SNOWY SPRING SUNDAY: Snow will continue over much of the state today with the heaviest snow likely falling near the Iowa Missouri border. The heaviest snow band will be across central Missouri into Central Illinois around Columbia to near St Louis to Springfield and Decatur on eastward. Amounts here will range from …

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Monday March 18th snowfall/wind event. Now 3rd snowiest March on Record at Rochester- This year is an extreme difference compared to last year.

 Windblown snow on a cold morning March 19th 2013 Many are starting to get exhausted with this winter weather that seems never ending at this point. Monday a quick moving storm system brought moderate to heavy snows once again into our area. This one was a different then our last few because this one came …

All of Iowa, Forecast, Winter Weather

Iowa Weather Report March 19th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BMp9K8EnKQ&w=480&h=360] NO WHERE NEAR AVERAGE: Temperatures are going to be at least 10 degrees or more below average for the most of the week as High Pressure settles into the area. Sunshine will abound with a few clouds around. Highs today will range from the 20s in the northern counties to near 40 in …