NO REAL CHANGE: It’s still going to stay relatively cold for the weekend and into next week with reinforcing shots of cold air coming in every few days. Today will be somewhat warm compared to what we’ll see in the coming days. Highs in the 20s and 30s across the state with partly to mostly …
Month: February 2015
Iowa Weather Report February 12th 2015: No Warmth Seen
ARCTIC BLASTS: Several blasts of Arctic air will be the main forecast topic for the next several days with the first in a series of them moving in today. Highs will only make it back into the teens for most of the state. The northern and northeastern counties of the state may not make it …
Iowa Weather Report February 11th 2015: Below Average Temps A Norm For A While
No Video Today COLD TIMES: Temperatures will be well below seasonal levels for at least a week or more looking at this GFS model run. The first batch of cold air is arriving today as readings will be steady or slowly falling through the day. Readings in the 20s and 30s will be likely across …
Iowa Weather Report February 10th 2015: Cold Blast Arriving
COLD BLAST ON THE WAY: Another warm day in store for most of the state today. There will be an increase in cloudiness ahead of the next system which will be dropping into the state later today into tonight and Wednesday morning. This will bring a chance of some freezing rain, sleet and snow to …
Another Round of Freezing Rain Possible Tomorrow
After a generally quiet day today with mostly cloudy to cloudy skies with seasonally-normal temperatures in the 20s east to the 30s west, a more active weather period is expected into tomorrow. High pressure has dominated over the area with a frontal boundary expected to drive east. As this happens, potential for a wintry mix will …
Iowa Weather Report February 9th 2015: Cold Air Later this Week
A FEW MORE WARM DAYS: The week will start out with some warm days with readings in the 30s and 40s across the state. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny today with more clouds around on Tuesday ahead of the cold front. The cold front will move through late Tuesday night into Wednesday. This …
Freezing Rain Advisories for Northern Iowa This Morning
Freezing rain has developed across southern South Dakota and into Minnesota early this morning and is expected to continue pushing south into the far northern sections of the state. Temperatures in these areas are hovering around freezing which will allow for freezing rain to occur this morning. For this reason, the National Weather Service offices …
NEW: Automated Weather Alerts on Facebook and Twitter for Nine Regions in Iowa
One of our many goals for 2015 was to become more localized and unique to each and every viewer of the state. In association with this point, we have decided to re-configure our automated NWS alert system to switch from having all of the statewide alerts on our main Facebook and Twitter pages, and instead having …
February 7th Warmth
Today was a beautiful day across Iowa, warm air surged in from the south on day 2 of our warm up raising temperatures into the mid to upper 40s. What was impressive is that these temperatures were reached even with an extensive snow cover that dwindled quite a bit today. I had grass showing in …
Iowa Weather Report February 7th 2015: Drizzly, Foggy, Blah Weather
QUICK REPORT: Not a whole lot of changes regarding the forecast over the next few days. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny with some fog possible with the melting snow. Highs today will be in the lower 30s northeast to near 50 in the southwestern counties of the state. A disturbance will move through …