[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pp7bU2sAV0&w=480&h=360] NO JUNE WARMTH: No big changes regarding the lack of summer weather across the area. Temperatures are still trending below average for the next several days with chances of showers and thunderstorms as well. Today however will not be one of those rainy days. We should see some ample sunshine today with readings …
Month: June 2013
Severe Weather back in Full Motion for the Weekend
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted an elevated risk of severe weather for the southwestern half of the state (enhanced risk across far SW Iowa) on Saturday as a low pressure system moves southeastward, bringing moisture into the region. Thunderstorms will be ongoing early in the day leading the way to an …
TODAY is Heat Awareness Day in Iowa
Via National Weather Service Des Moines, Iowa – Check out the IowaWX.com Heat Safety Page here The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division, and the National Weather Service have declared June 6, 2013 as Heat Awareness Day in Iowa. Extreme heat is a seasonal hazard in Iowa which is often underestimated. Understanding heat safety is …
Iowa Weather Report June 6th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCao8xuehI&w=480&h=360] MORE COOL: No warmups in the near term as a storm system will be departing the state today taking with it the chance of showers. This may linger into the early afternoon hours over the eastern counties otherwise skies will begin to clear from west to east with highs remaining in the 60s …
POLYGON: A New Weather Vodcast
We are in the very near future going to debut a new vodcast entitled POLYGON, a program that will discuss the aspects of weather. This will be done via Google Hangouts and archived via Youtube. We are scheduled to debut it sometime this month if we’re able to get more participation from the public at …
Current weather condtions and forecasts and interesting facts
Image from Iowa Environmental Mesonet Starting off this morning with current temperatures we have the warmest conditions taking place in the southern part of the state where it is currently in the middle 60s. The coolest conditions can be found in the northern part of the state where temperatures are 10 degrees cooler in the …
Iowa Weather Report June 5th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBxNeIqFNHc&w=480&h=360] STAYING COOL: No real changes in today’s report with rain slowly moving away today and tomorrow, mainly over the eastern counties of the state. Readings will still remain cool for this time of year with 60s to lower 70s both today and tomorrow. It dries out Friday into the first part of Saturday …
Iowa Weather Report June 4th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ5V8kATqXg&w=480&h=360] COOL AND RAINY: It will not be your typical early June across the state this week with readings below average with some showers and a few thunderstorm rumbling around. Severe weather doesn’t look all that likely given the cooler conditions across the area, but some decent rainfalls are possible that could elevate already …
May 31st flooding, Severe thunderstorm and reported tornado in the Floyd area.
Rainbow on the back side of the Floyd Tornado storm cell. May 31st Lime Springs,Iowa The area was again rocked by several waves Severe Thunderstorms Friday May 31st, this time as a sharp cold front pushed through the area. The front was a slow moving front which allowed for multiple waves of severe thunderstorms to …
Iowa Weather Report June 3rd 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YfS3RZtsrQ&w=480&h=360] NOT JUNE LIKE: It is not going to feel a whole lot like the first few days of June across the state this week with readings stuck in the 60s and 70s through the week with a northwesterly flow overhead. There will be a system that will come through by late tonight or …