The latest drought monitor came out this morning and the drought has worsened ever so slightly across the state. For the first time in the monitor era (or at least since 1999 which is how far the monitor archives go back) exceptional drought or D4 drought has made its way into the state. Only 2.4% …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Weather Report September 6th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaxhUrNFrrQ&w=640&h=480] NEXT RAIN: Another disturbance will move into the state later tonight into Friday with some showers and thunderstorms possible . This will be the last rain chance we have for several days as behind the front will come cool Canadian High Pressure from the north and northwest. Rainfall will be anywhere between a …
Tornado in Grant County Last Night UPDATE Rated EF2
Here is the tornado that dropped down near Patch Grove and moved to near Bloomington in Grant County WI last evening. There was some minimal damage to a house and farm but nobody was home at the time. We’ll see later today what the rating will be on this tornado from the NWS in La …
Iowa Weather Report September 5th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfabsLKr4c&w=640&h=480] SEVERE WEATHER MOVING OUT: Even though there is a slight risk of severe weather for mainly this morning into this afternoon in the far eastern counties, the main threats look to remain in Illinois eastward through the day, although anyone traveling east and SE today will need to keep an eye to the …
Iowa Weather Report September 4th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-UmM6vH_sI&w=640&h=480] MORE RAIN: There is still some more chances of showers and thunderstorms today into early tomorrow across the state. There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across a good portion of northern and central Iowa. The main threats will be from large hail and damaging straight line winds. …
Iowa Weather Report September 3rd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfKAxgzpTjw&w=640&h=480] ACTIVE LABOR DAY: The holiday weekend is going to come to an end with some possible active weather across the state. There is a slight risk of severe weather for mainly this afternoon into this evening for a large section of the state. The main threats would be from isolated large hail and …
Summer 2012 Precip Totals
Here is a tabulation of the summer of 2012 rainfall totals across the region. There were a few locations that aren’t on this list that have been in the past (Estherville, Ames, Marshalltown and Lamoni due to the climate data from NWS Des Moines failing to show the precipitation totals on their data anymore). Many …
Iowa Weather Report September 2nd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ijRmm3gujM&w=640&h=480] SMALL BREAK: The rain or in many cases the lack thereof from what was once Hurricane Isaac is moving away today leaving the state with mostly sunny skies and readings in the 80s to lower 90s. A few clouds could linger in the far eastern counties through at least the morning hours but …
Iowa Weather Report September 1st 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrnxlmuldw&w=640&h=480] SEPTEMBER RAIN: The southeastern third of the state will see rainfall from what was once Hurricane Isaac today. The rainfall is going to be heavy in far southeast Iowa say Burlington, Fort Madison and Keokuk with amounts dropping drastically as you travel north and west. Readings will remain the the 70s to near …
Several More Record Highs from Thursday
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT MASON CITY IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 95 LAST SET IN 1941. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN WATERLOO REACHED 96 DEGREES TODAY…WHICH TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 96 SET IN 1937.