Not a lot of updates to share about severe weather on Wednesday with the current forecast, published yesterday, still on track. A pair of low pressure centers in Manitoba and in northern Minnesota with an associated cold front extending into the Upper Mississippi Valley into the Central Plains looks to set the stage for severe weather …
Month: March 2015
Iowa Weather Report March 31st 2015: Preparing for Wednesday
AHEAD OF THE STORM: Another warm sunny day across the state today. Highs will be well into the 60s and 70s across the area, with sunshine. Winds will be a bit lighter than today but still somewhat breezy. As we head into Wednesday, temperatures will boost into the 70s and perhaps some lower 80s as …
Severe Weather Potential Wednesday; Damaging Winds Primary Threat
After the several ups and downs of March with rain, snow, a mixture, warmth, coolness: virtually everything you expect out of Iowa, the severe weather season is finally looking to uncork across the state as a cold front extending from a low pressure center in western Ontario to the southern Plains moves through the area …
Red Flag Warning in Western and Central Iowa This Afternoon
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag warning for this afternoon into early this evening for the western and central counties of the state. This is due to low relative humidity and breezy conditions which will lead to a extreme risk of wildfires in these areas. This includes the cities of Fort Dodge, …
Iowa Weather Report March 30th 2015: Warming Up, Wednesday Active?
THE WEEK AHEAD: The work week will begin with temperatures warming well into the 60s and 70s across the state with mainly sunny skies around. The next storm system will move into the state on Wednesday. This will bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Some of the storms …
Spring Update #4 – Quick Green Up, Forsythia in Bloom
This week temperatures have been quite cool, starting off in the 30s for highs Tuesday last week when we had rain, and slowly moderating to the lower 60s today. Plants had a much slower progressing due to this from previous weeks. The only exception to this being the grass, which has seen a quick progression with …
Iowa Weather Report March 29th 2015: Morning Rain, Afternoon Sun
No Video Today HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK: Some early morning showers will be possible with skies clearing from west to east later today. Readings will be held down in the eastern counties due to the amount of clouds around for quite a bit of the day. Readings in the lower and middle 50s will be …
Iowa Weather Report March 28th 2015: Saturday Sun, Sunday Rain
WEEKEND: This weekend will bring some sunshine today and some rain with some wintry mix early on Sunday. Today skies will be mainly sunny with a few clouds with readings in the upper 30s northeast to the lower 50s in the western counties of the state. Heading into Sunday, a storm system will move into …
Severe Weather Awareness Week 2015 – Family Preparedness
Disasters of all kinds disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Each disaster has lasting effects, both to people and property. If a disaster occurs in your community, local government and disaster-relief organizations will try to help you, but need to be ready as well. Local responders may not be able to reach you …
Severe Outbreak in South Central US Awakens Relatively Quiet Tornado Season
A relatively quiet severe weather season was brought back to life yesterday with seven tornadoes being reported across the Southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley regions. This brings the total tornadoes for March to eight, which comparatively speaking to the last three years, is very below average. 2015 as a whole has been quiet thus far with only …