THE WEEK AHEAD: Rain will be the main story today across the state with some embedded thunder possible as well. Some of the rain will mix with some sleet or snow in our northwestern counties by the afternoon hours as the cold air filters in from that direction. Highs today will be in the 30s …
Month: December 2014
Iowa Weather Report December 14th 2014: A Storm Comin’ On The Bare Trees
STORM MOVES IN: The next storm will move into the state later today and last through Monday into Monday night. This will bring showers across the state. Some of the precipitation may mix with some snow, sleet or freezing rain during the afternoon hours on Monday as colder air filters in from the northwest. Highs …
Dense Fog to Persist through Sunday Morning
Patchy dense fog has expanded across the state with many airortsĀ seeing less than 5 mile visibility readings. At 8:20 PM, the airports in Carroll and Creston reported one and a half mile visibility, the airports in Mason City and Lamoni reported one-half mile of visibility, and Decorah airport reported visibility of a quarter mile. This …
Iowa Weather Report December 13th 2014: Rainy Night (by) Sunday Night
CLOUDY, DRIZZLY, BLAH: The weekend while being warmer than average by a ways, it will continue to have clouds or in some parts that saw sunshine yesterday, the clouds returning. This will be ahead of the next system that will move into the state late on Sunday through the day on Monday into the early …
Iowa Weather Report December 12th 2014: Deck The State with Lots of Clouds
WARMTH AHEAD OF THE STORM: Warmer temperatures are still on track heading into the weekend, but a lot of clouds will be around as well. Highs today will be in the 30s and 40s across the state with them rising into the 40s and 50s by Saturday. Skies will be mainly cloudy through the weekend …
Locating Prairie Remnants
Prairie remnants, a very rare look into Iowas past. I’ve done a few posts on prairie plantings in the past and now I’d like to turn attention to a very rare land type to raise awareness about them. Prairie remnants as they are called, are areas of land containing prairie plants that were “lucky” …
Iowa Weather Report December 11th 2014: Walking in a Snowless Wonderland
TOO MANY CLOUDS: It is looking more and more like clouds will be the main feature in the weather through the weekend, however temperatures are still going to rise into the 40s and 50s by the weekend ahead of the next storm system. There will be times when the sun may peak out of the …
Iowa Weather Report December 10th 2014: Tis the Season to Get Warmer
RISING: Temperatures will be rising through the week and into the weekend ahead of the next system that will move into the state on Sunday with some rain. Prior to that, skies will be partly to mostly sunny. There will be a few more clouds in the southern counties with a dissipating disturbance moving to …
Iowa Weather Report December 9th 2014: Warming Bells Warming All The Way
A WARM UP: The weather will be mainly sunny with some clouds from time to time through the end of the week. Temperatures will be slowly warming through the week as well with highs today in the 30s and lower 40s, rising into the 40s and 50s by the end of the week. This will …
Iowa Weather Report December 8th 2014: Hark, Warmer Weather on The Way
A SLOW WARMING: Not a whole lot to talk about with regards to the weather over the next week. It looks fairly calm with temperatures slowly warming through the week toward the weekend. We may see some interesting weather when we get to that point. First off, skies will be slow to clear today as …