WARMING ON UP TO THE SPRING SIDE: Not too take too much out of the Jefferson’s Theme Song, but we’re finally moving the temperatures on up to seasonal levels and even above them as we head into early next week. We finally got a piece of spring that we’ve been waiting for. Highs today across …
Month: March 2015
State Girls Basketball Forecast – Day 5
Congratulations to Springville, Unity Christian, North Linn, Nevada, Pocahontas, Harlan, and Western Dubuque for advancing to the IGHSAU 2015 State Championships! Weather today will be much warmer than earlier in the week with highs in the mid 40s and partly cloudy skies expected today. Winds will be relatively light winds at 5-15 MPH. Things will continue …
At the Tipping Point in the Garden- Spring Soon Arrives!
Well, it can finally be said! We have made it through the worst of the cold. Today was the last day of a very long stretch of colder than normal weather that has been in place since the second week of February and really has had the entire country all the way to the …
State Girls Basketball Forecast – Day 4
A big congratulations out to Newell-Fonda tonight who will be advancing to the class 1A state championship! Also congratulations out to class 4A participants Bishop Heelan and Western Dubuque and class 5A teams Western Des Moines Valley, Iowa City West, Dowling Catholic, and Waukee who will be advancing to the semifinal round. We will be having …
Iowa Weather Report March 4th 2015: Spring Around the Corner
QUICK COLD SNAP: The next two days will be cold once again across the state with readings in the teens and 20s for highs. Lows will be down below zero Thursday morning for most of the state except the far southern and western counties where single digits to near 10 will be likely. Friday morning …
State Girls Basketball Forecast – Day 3
Congratulations to class 2A team Western Christian, class 3A teams Mediapolis, Nevada, Crestwood, and Pocahontas, and class 4A teams Carlisle and Harlan for moving on to the Iowa girls basketball state semifinals! Weather today with be bitterly colder compared to yesterday. Temperatures are only expected to climb to the upper teens with winds around 10 …
1:00 AM: Light Snow, Freezing Rain, and Sleet Event Still on Track
A look at the radar early this morning shows light snow scattered over the state. However, much of this is not reaching the ground. Our radar is picking this precipitation up as snow, however Ottumwa last reported UP, or unknown precipitation, also known as the station not being able to identify what kind of precipitation …
State Girls Basketball Forecast – Day 2
Congratulations to class 1A teams Newell-Fonda (21-5), Burlington Notre Dame (23-1), Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (25-0), and Springville (22-3) and class 2A teams Unity Christian (25-0), South Central Calhoun (22-2), and North Linn (24-1) for making it on to the semifinals of the 2015 Iowa girls high school basketball tournament! They will be playing later this week for a chance …
Several Advisories Out for Some Ice in the South and some Blowing Snow North
The National Weather Service has issued more Winter Weather Advisories for the state. The southern counties, the advisories are mainly for the chance of some light freezing rain, sleet or freezing drizzle as warmer air moves into the state over the cold snow pack. Any ice accretion will be light and under a tenth of …
Morning Look at System Later Tonight into Tuesday
It is still a very complex situation with regards to the system coming in later tonight into Tuesday. Precipitation should move in during the evening and late night hours mainly as snow with temperatures rising slowly toward the freezing mark. The precipitation will begin to change to freezing rain and sleet during the early morning …