[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa00BorG4MM&w=640&h=480] WEEKEND RAIN: Best chances of rain are now looking like Saturday into Sunday across the state. Rainfall is looking a bit better with this system as well with some half to one inch totals possible with isolated totals heavier than that mainly in western Iowa. Temperatures will be warm again today with 80s …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Weather Report August 23rd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF_iSvx68KE&w=640&h=480] SOME RAIN: The first wave of rain later today into Friday is looking less and less impressive to the point where we almost took the chance out on our 36 hour forecasts especially for the eastern half. Temperatures will remain warm both days with 80s and 90s, some places yesterday got into the …
Iowa Weather Report August 22nd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDA8cOI1C8A&w=640&h=480] WARMER THAN RAIN: A few warm days ahead of the state before a cold front moves in bringing some slightly cooler and drier conditions albeit not for a while. Temperatures today and tomorrow will be in the 80s and 90s with partly to mostly sunny skies. A cold front will move in late …
Iowa Weather Report August 21st 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAHhkRP9x5Y&w=640&h=480] RAINFALL THIS WEEK: Still looking good for getting some much needed rainfall across the state this week mainly Thursday into the weekend. This will be dependent on what becomes of the tropical wave in the central Atlantic that could make a run on the east coast in several days. This could slow systems …
Drought 2012: The Latest Rainfall Deficits
Many locations are still well below on rainfall this year. Although some areas have received some rainfall this month, it’s not enough to get back even close to seasonal levels for this time of year. Right now with the crops heading toward harvest time, any rainfall now will be mainly for building up soil moisture …
Iowa Weather Report August 20th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oczPtYG6ZwE&w=640&h=480] THE WEEK AHEAD: Slowly warming temperatures through the week ahead of the next cold front that will move into the state Thursday into Friday. The front hangs up and there could be a continued chance of showers and thunderstorms into the weekend as well with readings in the upper 70s into the 80s …
Sioux City ties Record Low this Morning
…RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE TIED AT SIOUX CITY IA… THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING AT THE SIOUX CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT WAS 43 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 2004.
Typical Afternoon Summertime Convection
A few showers and thunderstorms have developed this afternoon mainly across the eastern half of the state. If you get under one of these cells, you may get up to a tenth of an inch of precipitation with some gusty winds. These showers and storms will begin to dissipate once the sun goes down this …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/19/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0eeUe1iYs&w=640&h=480] NO DISCUSSION TODAY: No real big changes from yesterday’s discussion, see that for the look at the next two weeks along with the video above. This is the last Forecast Video under its current form, we will begin the new weather video series tomorrow, HOWEVER if current page view trends continue we will …
Records Lows Saturday Morning
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 47 DEGREES AT 555 AM WAS SET AT OTTUMWA IOWA THIS MORNING. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THIS DATE WAS 50 DEGREES IN 1963. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 DEGREES AT 440 AM THIS MORNING TIED THE RECORD LOW OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 1977 AT WATERLOO.