HOT AND DRY: No real big changes over the next week across the state with a continued dry pattern with slowly warming temperatures through the weekend into the middle of next week. Highs today in the lower to middle 80s will be the norm rising to the upper 80s to lower to middle 90s by …
Month: July 2013
Iowa Forecast Discussion July 11th 2013
FEW CHANGES: Quiet weather looks to continue for a few days but a change in the latest model run may bring a chance of showers and storms to the state this weekend. There was a chance before but it was very isolated and mainly across the northern tier of the state. Now the GFS is …
Iowa Forecast Discussion July 10th 2013
NO BIG CHANGES: There doesn’t look to be any changes with the weather the next several days outside of a few shower and thunderstorm chances this weekend in the northern part of the state, it will remain dry across the area. Temperatures will be cool through Friday with highs in the lower to middle 80s. …
Record Warm Minimum set at Des Moines Monday
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 107 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2013 …RECORD DAILY WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES IA ON MONDAY… THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON MONDAY WAS 77 DEGREES 642 AM CDT. THIS TIES A NEW RECORD FOR THE WARMEST LOW …
Iowa Forecast Discussion July 9th 2013
NO VIDEO DUE TO COMPUTER PRODUCTION ISSUES ONE MORE DAY: Another day of hot and humid weather today with some showers and thunderstorms as well. Some severe weather is possible with the Storm Prediction Center having a slight risk of severe weather outlooked across the entire state. The main threats look to be from large …
Iowa Forecast Discussion July 8th 2013
NO VIDEO DUE TO COMPUTER ISSUES WITH PRODUCTION MACHINE STORMY BREAKS: Still on track to continue to see some shower and thunderstorm chances over the next few days. They will be scattered in nature with some areas getting some decent amounts of rain of a few tenths to a half inch, but flash flooding doesn’t …
Severe Weather looking to have a classic comeback after period of silence
It’s been quite a while since we’ve had to discuss severe weather around here. Mother Nature has been awfully nice to us, especially around the 4th of July, with temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s around the area. Well, Mother Nature has held her silence enough and it looks like we will be seeing another …
Iowa Weather Report July 7th 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6XBHJ4ozI&w=420&h=315] ACTIVE WEATHER: Still on track to see some shower and thunderstorm chances from now through at least Wednesday across the state. There will be some breaks of dry weather in between so it won’t be an all day rain by any means. Temperatures will range in the 80s to lower 90s with readings slowly …
Iowa Weather Report July 6th 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiAONjSdMtU&w=480&h=360] MORE ACTIVE: The weather is going to change with a threat of some showers and thunderstorms returning late tonight in NW Iowa but more likely on Sunday across the state. Temperatures this weekend will be more typical of July with highs in the mid to upper 80s with a few lower 90s possible in …
Iowa Forecast Discussion July 5th 2013
NO VIDEO TODAY DUE TO LOW VIEW COUNT WARMING UP: Temperatures will warm slowly as we head into the weekend and next week but it also looks like the weather pattern will become more active as well with the ridge over the west and over the Atlantic flattening out with the westerlies moving close by. …