The final day of RAGBRAI is expected to go out with a boom with shower and thunderstorm chances for the vast majority of the day. The day, starting out at 4am, will see Mostly Cloudy skies with a 60% likely chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be mild for this time of morning at …
Month: July 2015
High School State Baseball – Day 2 – Class 1A Quarterfinals
A fantastic day for those heading out to the high school state baseball tournament today in Des Moines as we have the last two class 1A quarterfinal games! Congratulations to Newman-Catholic and Martensdale-St. Marys for winning yesterdays games and earning an advancement to the semifinals. Nothing much to mention for today aside from partly cloudy skies …
July 25, 2015 National Balloon Classic
Saturday, July 25th, marks the first full day of events at the 2015 National Balloon Classic held in Indianola, Iowa. The day looks to be partly cloudy, with warm and muggy conditions persisting throughout the day. As the day progresses, chances for storms will be on the increase with severe storms possible during the late …
Strong-to-Severe Thunderstorms Possible across Iowa Today, Tomorrow
After a brief lull severe weather wise, things are looking to heat back up across Iowa today as the Storm Prediction Center has marked an elevated risk of severe weather for much of the state. Early this morning, scattered showers and thunderstorms were noted across central and southern Minnesota. Unlike the 70 MPH damaging wind …
Heat Advisories across West Central and Southwest Friday
The National Weather Service offices in Des Moines, Omaha, and Sioux Falls have all issued Heat Advisories for the afternoon and evening hours for portions of southwest, west central, and northwestern Iowa today. Temperatures in the afternoon Friday are expected to reach the low-to-mid 90s, and when combined with dew points nearing 80° in some places, …
Iowa Weather Report July 24th 2015: Sun and Showers and Storms
CHANCES OF RAIN: We’re heading into a more active period over the weekend and into next week with several days of showers and thunderstorms possible. These will not be all day rains by any means and most of the daylight hours will be dry, however we can’t rule out the chances of showers and storms …
High School State Baseball – Day 1 – Class 1A Quarterfinals
Hot and mugginess will be the words to describe the first day of the state baseball tournament, featuring the two Class 1A quarterfinal games, starting with #1 Newman Catholic (36-4) vs #8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (17-11) at 5:00 p.m. and #4 Martensdale-St. Marys (33-5) vs #5 Coon Rapids-Bayard (29-6) at 7:30 p.m. By the time the first …
RAGBRAI XLIII Day 6 Hiawatha to Coralville
RAGBRAI is looking to have another great day tomorrow as the riders head 65.6 miles from Hiawatha to Coralville with 2,955 feet of climb. Things will not be bad at all today with low-to-mid 60s early before hoping up to the mid 80s. Partly sunny skies should be the main condition most of the day …
RAGBRAI XLIII Day 5 Cedar Falls to Hiawatha
Another quiet day weather-wise for RAGBRAI as the bikers head from Cedar Falls to Hiawatha for a total of 70.9 miles and 2377 feet of climb. Partly-to-mostly clear skies will prevail for the majority of the days with cool temperatures early before driving into the low 80s in the early-to-mid afternoon. Winds will be calm …
RAGBRAI XLIII Day 4 Eldora to Cedar Falls
RAGBRAI will be continuing their trek across the state today as they head from Eldora to Cedar Falls for a total of 58.4 miles, 1644 feet of climb, and stops in Steamboat Rock, Cleves, Ackley, Austinville, Aplington, Parkersburg, and New Hartford. Things will likely start off cool early in the upper 5os with mostly clear conditions …