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 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 …

Potentially the best day weather-wise is on tap for RAGBRAI today as the riders head roughly 73 miles from Fort Dodge to Eldora. Skies will be clear for just about the entire day with the exception of a few passing clouds here and there. Temperatures will be cooler than recent days, with highs getting to …

Another fantastic day for bikers across the state today. The day may start out somewhat soggy with some thunderstorms possible in the early morning hours before gradually dwindling off by mid-morning. As always, you should be cautious if you approach storms – if thunder roars, go indoors. Clouds should begin to think out to partly-to-mostly …

A lovely day on tap for the first day of RAGBRAI XLIII. Temperatures will be a bit chilly early in the low-to-mid 60s before picking up quickly by early afternoon into the low 80s. Mostly sunny skies should be the prevailing conditions of the day as the riders swing through Sioux City, Leeds, Kingsley, Washta, …

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has opted to upgrade the Heat Advisory to an Excessive Heat Warning for Warren, Marion, Mahaska, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, and Davis counties, which will go into effect at noon and remain until 7 p.m. A Heat Advisory remains in effect for the afternoon and …

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a High Wind Warning for Ida county until 6 a.m. this morning and Woodbury county until 5 a.m. this morning. Rapidly weakening thunderstorms are producing strong winds, sometimes 45 to 60 MPH which could produce damage to weak structures and trees. A High Wind Warning means a …

After another hot and muggy day with a severe weather risk that was ultimately kept to the north of the state, Iowa is preparing for a redo with a somewhat cleaner setup. Before we get into any of the nit and gritty details, it’s important that there is a lot of wild cards at play …

Severe Thunderstorm Watch #407 has been issued to replace Tornado Watch #406, effective until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for much of northeast and north central Iowa, including the following counties: Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, and Worth. Threats Include: Scattered Damaging Winds and Isolated Significant Gusts to …

Another hot and muggy day is expected across the area today with temperatures in the low-to-mid 90s with dew points in the mid-to-upper 70s, creating heat indices in the 100° to 110° range. This will create a very unstable atmosphere over much of the upper midwest and will be key in enhanced storm development later …