Month: April 2013

All of Iowa, Historical Weather, Winter Weather

Historical Wx: April Blizzard of 1973

When you think of April, you think of trees budding, grass beginning to turn green, flowers starting to poke out of the ground and bloom, farmers getting into their fields to prepare for Spring Planting and the first days you’re able to open the windows and let the fresh warm spring air in after a …

All of Iowa, Forecast, Severe Weather

Iowa Weather Report April 5th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkI_BPJ7VjM&w=480&h=360] CARBON COPY: Today will be similar to yesterday with partly to mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 40s NE to lower 60s south. Clouds will be on the increase from west to east during the day as the first in a series of storm systems approaches from the west. ACTIVE TIME: …

All of Iowa, Forecast

Iowa Weather Report April 4th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGHLfJvbrB4&w=480&h=360] WARM DAYS: A few warm days ahead with some chance of rain Saturday as the pattern starts to become active across the area. Today we’ll see plenty of sunshine once again with readings heading into the 50s and lower 60s across the area. A weak frontal system will move through the state late …

All of Iowa, Forecast

Iowa Weather Report April 3rd 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TkBfWv5IMc&w=480&h=360] ON THE REBOUND: Temperatures are on the way up for the rest of the week. Sunshine will continue across the state today with readings heading into the upper 40s to near 60. It will warm a few more degrees Thursday with 50s and lower 60s possible across the area. A weak cold front …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Consistant seasonable temperatures 45-50.F for the rest of the week, 60.F by Saturday with showers and Tstorms, then drier for Sunday into Monday Updated X1

Regional Weather view The weather pattern lately has been a bit more conducive for Spring-like weather. A high pressure system will bring warmer conditions to the region and produce temperatures more normal of that for this time of year, 60s in Iowa, 50s in snowless areas of Minnesota and middle 40s for the snowcovered areas. …

All of Iowa, Forecast, Severe Weather

Iowa Weather Report April 2nd 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdZk6XwpTss&w=480&h=360] SLOWLY WARMING: Today will continue to stay fairly cold for this time of year with readings in the upper 30s through the lower 50s from north to south today with sunny skies. Temperatures are going to start a slow and steady warm up into the 40s and 50s tomorrow and perhaps some 60s …

Uncategorized

Beginning Today: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings Changing

The National Weather Service Central Region will begin experimenting with new, modified Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings beginning today, April 1st.  This will be an expansion of a smaller experiment that was confined to Kansas and Missouri in 2012. Okay, I’ll cut to the chase. The Impact Based Warnings experimental product is to help better communicate weather threats …