[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usm3XPoyAew&w=640&h=480] SATURDAY STORM: The next few days will be relatively quiet with temperatures mainly in the 50s and 60s for highs and lows in the 30s and 40s. With regards to Saturday, the storm does look a bit weaker on the latest GFS Model Run and also on the NAM. There would still be …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Weather Report October 10th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUNGW4RYwow&w=640&h=480] QUIET FEW DAYS: Mainly sunny skies and readings in the 50s and 60s to near 70 across the state today through at least Friday before the next storm moves in. It could be a bit breezy Friday ahead of the approaching storm however. SATURDAY STORM: Models are still in decent agreement regarding the …
Severe Weather on Saturday?
The Storm Prediction Center has outlooked a possible area of severe weather for Saturday (day 5) across most of the region including nearly the whole state of Iowa. With a storm system ejecting out of the southwest Friday and the difference between southerly winds at the surface and southwesterly winds aloft, there could be ample …
WeatherBrains 350 (Winter Storm Naming)
This is the episode of Weatherbrains that discussed the naming of Winter Storms by the Weather Channel. This was taped Monday Night via Google Hangouts and shown live online and on WBMA, WCFT and WJSU’s .2 channel. The guests included Bryan Norcross of the Weather Channel and Bob Ryan of WJLA (ABC) Washington DC. James …
Iowa Weather Report October 9th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atdGtGdc0DQ&w=640&h=480] RAIN TODAY: Some scattered showers will be moving through the state today. Don’t expect to get a lot of rainfall however with many locations getting a few hundredths perhaps up to a tenth of an inch in some of the luckier locations. Readings will be cooler today with the clouds and possible showers …
Red Flag Warning Today for large portion of northern and western Iowa
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for this afternoon until 7pm this evening for the following counties, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Winnebago, Worth, Wright, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Sac, Webster, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek and Monona and for the …
Iowa Weather Report October 8th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUiMjk_B4KM&w=640&h=480] WARM BREEZY DAY: A big turnaround from this past weekend for today with breezy warm temperatures in the 60s and lower 70s across the state. This will be ahead of a cold front that will swing into the state Monday night into Tuesday with some widely scattered showers. The rain amounts will remain …
Record Lows Sunday Morning
Several locations had record lows this morning. Here they are, A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 19 DEGREES WAS SET AT MASON CITY THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 20 SET IN 1896. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 25 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 26 SET …
Iowa Weather Report October 7th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYdtjKraxmg&w=640&h=480] WARMING AND WINDY: It will be warmer today than yesterday with highs back into the 50s to near 60 across the state with a lot more sunshine than was seen the last few days across the state. Monday will be even warmer and more windy with temperatures another 8-12° warmer with mid 60s …
Iowa Weather Report October 6th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeUFr89emps&w=640&h=480] COLD DAYS: It’s going to be a cold weekend around the state with mainly sunny skies abounding. There could be an isolated flurry or sprinkle in the far northern counties during the morning into early afternoon hours but it won’t amount to much. Readings today will hold in the 40s to lower 50s …