Author: Henry Luker

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4:00 AM Winter Weather Update

Road conditions have deteriorated across north central Iowa with many roads either mostly covered or completely covered. Northwestern Iowa hasn’t gotten too bad with nearly all roads reported as only partially covered. The central diagonal one-third of the state is mostly wet with the exception of some roads southwest of Waterloo which have been reported …

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Winter Weather Advisory for NW Iowa until Tomorrow Morning

Snow has developed across the region this afternoon and will continue to do so into this evening and overnight. This snow will be moderate to potentially heavy at times, primarily between midnight and 5 AM or so. Freezing drizzle will be possible early this evening, however as temperatures cool, precipitation should transition to all snow overnight. Winds will …

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Dense Fog and Winter Weather Advisories Tomorrow

Winter Weather Advisory in Northwest The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain and snow for Lyon, Lincoln, Rock, and Nobles county from 8 AM to 6 PM Monday. Rainfall overnight is expected to transition to freezing rain in the morning to snow in the afternoon before …

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Dense Fog to Persist through Sunday Morning

Patchy dense fog has expanded across the state with many airorts seeing less than 5 mile visibility readings. At 8:20 PM, the airports in Carroll and Creston reported one and a half mile visibility, the airports in Mason City and Lamoni reported one-half mile of visibility, and Decorah airport reported visibility of a quarter mile. This …

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Dear Andrew Cuomo: Stop Blaming the National Weather Service for your Ignorance

It’s not often where I speak ‘opinionated’ articles on this site, but I thought it was time to set the record straight for a certain New York governor that felt like blaming the National Weather Service (again) for his own terrible response to natural disasters. Let’s start with the beginning. Andrew Cuomo, governor of New …

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It Was Nice While It Lasted: Windy, Snowy, Cold Conditions Return Monday

Temperatures this weekend were balmy for this time of year in the upper 40s to the low 60s across the region. Rain was seen across the area today along a cold front that was drifting east. These conditions are not expected to return for the beginning of the work week with highs in the 20s …