NOT MUCH HAPPENING: Outside a few flurries early today, the weather will be fairly quiet through the weekend. Highs will be in the 20s today and in the 20s and lower 30s on Saturday and Sunday. The big weather event will be out in the east with a major storm in that area. Anyone heading …
Month: January 2016
Flakes Here and There, Big Mess Out East
A FLAKE OF SNOW: A weak disturbance will move into the state today bringing with it a chance of some snow mainly across the western half of the state. We can’t rule out a few flurries in our eastern counties but they will be few and far between. Any accumulations will be minor with most …
Rather Meh Weather For a Bit
MUNDANE WEEK: The weather the rest of the week looks to be fairly mundane with only a chance of some light snow over our western counties beginning late tonight and lasting through the day on Thursday. Any accumulations look to be rather light with an inch or less possible. The rest of the state may …
Snow Today, Goodness it’s ABOVE ZERO!
SNOW TODAY: A system will move through the state today into tonight with some snow possible. The heaviest accumulations look to take place across our southern and southwestern counties of the state. There, accumulations of 2-4” are possible with lighter amounts further to the north. Highs today will be the warmest we’ve seen in a …
Brightening Moods by Adding Nature
At this time of year, it is really easy for cold and snowy weather to get the best of people’s good moods, especially with the extreme cold we’ve had the past few days. I know quite a bit about long winters, being from northwestern Wisconsin, and being the plant enthusiast that I am, it does …
A Few More Days of Dangerous Cold before Relief
A bitterly cold day, to put it lightly, is on tap today as a large high pressure system and northwest flow aloft keep cold, arctic air hanging around the area. The best way to describe this is by looking at the highs today which will be below zero across the north with single digits in …
WIND CHILL WARNING: Bitter Cold Outbreak Starts Today
“The forecast beyond 24 hours looks to be absolutely fantastic. A large arctic area of high pressure will shift into the area from the northwest, causing wind chills to do even more of a nosedive than the temperatures we will see this morning in the north. Wind chill temperatures on Sunday morning are expected to range from the teens below zero south to the low 40s…below zero…north. Doesn’t that just sound wonderful.”
The Bitter Blast
DOWN DOWN DOWN: That’s what the temperatures will be doing today and into this weekend as bitter Arctic air returns to the state after a brief spell of warmer weather. Some precipitation is possible just east of the state but we should stay mainly dry and mostly cloudy today. Highs will be occurring early on …
1/14/16 Brief Warm-Up Brings 30s to 50s
The past two days offered relief from the arctic air that was in place earlier this week. In typical Iowa fashion, the weather made a 360 degree turn from the cold air, and today it was some 30-to-40 degrees warmer. Areas in the south and central part of state had highs soar to the 40s to …
Enjoy Today
WARM TODAY, BITTER COLD LATER: Today will be the day to be outside to enjoy the sunshine and mild temperatures because they will not be back for a while. Highs in the 30s and 40s will be likely across the state with partly to mostly sunny skies. A storm system will skirt the state late …