Not a lot of weather concerns in the short term with the primary highlight being a considerable warmup through the weekend. High temperatures today will be in the low 30s northeast to low 40s southwest, with low temperatures sitting in the upper teens to mid 20s. But have no fear, the warm up is here! …

Cool, calm, and quiet weather would be the best way to discuss the short term outlook over the end of this week as we see few precipitation chances and generally normal temperatures, aside from a warming trend for the end of the week. Today: The weather today will feature mostly sunny-to-partly cloudy skies in the morning …

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 …

“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 title and featured image sums the weather situation across the region nicely over the next week as a Roller Coaster of Temperature Swings. Mother nature will be granting us as a break from the recent bitterly cold today with high temperatures in the teens to 20s (better than the single digit highs we’ve been seeing as of late!) before saying “eh, never mind” by Tuesday as we head back into the upper single digits to high teens. Wind chills on Tuesday morning will likely be sitting in Wind Chill Advisory range (-20°) and headlines for this will probably come out today or tomorrow. But, have no fear, we’re heading back up with highs in the upper teens to mid 30s by Wednesday and upper 20s to upper 30s Thursday. And then…. guess what? Down the roller coaster we go. Things will slide cooler and cooler with low 20s to mid 30s Friday, teens and 20s Saturday, and upper single digits to mid 20s Sunday.

A bitterly cold day of several in the forecast makes it’s debut today with high temperatures across the state ranging from a quality 3 degrees in Sioux Falls to right around the freezing point in the southeast at 32. Temperatures are already frigidly cold this morning, in the lower single digits for many, with wind …

Precipitation is currently overspreading the state southeast of a line from Prairie Du Chien to Nebraska City at the five o’clock hour with precipitation ranging from snow for the vast majority, to sleet for Clinton, Davenport, Muscatine, Fairfield, and Bloomfield, to freezing rain for those in far southeast Iowa in Burlington, Keosauqua, Mount Pleasant, and associated …

A significant snow and icing event is on the way today as a surface low moves through the area. The entire state is under a Winter Storm Warning for the majority of the day today due to either heavy snow or icy conditions. This is a very tough forecast to nail down due to considerable …

Out of curiosity, we went over to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet’s website this evening to produce these two maps that show when the last Ice Storm Warning or Blizzard Warning was issued. It’s been a long time for both! For the Des Moines weather office, it’s been about six years since the last Ice Storm …

Not a lot of big changes to mention with the new forecast package this afternoon. A major winter storm is still pegged to impact the region beginning early Monday morning and continuing into Tuesday morning. Deep and unseasonably high will overspread the state along the low pressure system, and this will assist in yielding significant snow …