A look at the weather map early this morning (a little past 2:00 a.m.) shows an ongoing but somewhat eroding mesoscale convective system moving east-to-southeast through the central Plains. Temperatures are ranging in the upper 60s to low 70s for most spots, the exception being areas where rain had just fallen. Dew points remain to be rather …
Month: June 2016
Enhanced Risk of Severe Weather Tomorrow
An enhanced risk of severe weather is currently in place for Tuesday afternoon and evening across southwest Iowa, primarily south of Highway 3 and west of Interstate 380/Highway 218. Large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps a tornado-or-two are the threats initially before the system grows upscale into a mesoscale convective system later in the overnight. Flash flooding is also a large concern.
Sweat Bags and Prickly Heat!
IN A STANLEY STEAMER OR SAUNA: It will be very uncomfortable to be outside today and Saturday with readings well into the 90s and heat indices approaching or exceeding 100 in places. It will be mainly sunny with some haze during the day across the state today into Saturday, but as we look at night …
Get Out the Steamers!
STEAMED BROCCOLI: Summer will be in full force today through Saturday with temperatures climbing into the 80s and 90s across the state. Dew points will also be on the rise as well which will lead to heat indices at or above 100 in many areas. There will be plenty of sunshine around the state today …
The Easy Bake Oven Coming Up
TURNING ON THE OVEN: Enjoy the comfortable readings today because it’s going to get a lot warmer and more humid as well heading toward the end of the week and into the weekend. There will be plenty of sunshine across the state with a few clouds here and there during the afternoon. Highs will range …
This Forecast is on Fire!!!!
HEATING UP: Temperatures will be heading upward as we head through the rest of the week with mainly dry conditions through the end of the week. Sunshine with a few clouds will be around today and tomorrow. Highs will be in the 70s today across the state with middle 70s to lower 80s across the …
A Comfy Beginning to June
A COOL START: Meteorological Summer begins today and it is going to start out a bit cool and dry with temperatures in the 70s and comfortable dew points in the 50s. We may see some early morning rain showers in the eastern counties but this should be gone by mid-day. This will leave mostly sunny …