The Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch effective until Midnight tonight for the following counties, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Atchison MO, Thurston NE, Burt NE, Washington NE, Douglas NE, Sarpy NE, Cass NE and Otoe NE. Thunderstorms are expected to develop in this area over the next few …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Forecast Video 7/25/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfDqUFGj8dU&w=480&h=360] ONE MORE DAY: The heat will be very extreme today with temperatures well into the triple digits in most of the state. The only exception will be far NW Iowa which will see the passage of the cold front first, readings there will be in the lower to middle 90s. There is a …
Other Record Highs from Monday
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT MASON CITY… THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY IN MASON CITY WAS 99 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH SET BACK IN 1940. …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES IOWA… THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT REACHED 105 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 103 SET FOR …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/24/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgZ_-ntCkU&w=480&h=360] HEAT ENDING: Only two more days of extreme heat to go before a noticeable cool off begins on Thursday. There is a slight chance of some showers and thunderstorms over the next 3 days across the northern third of the state today and Wednesday and statewide Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Some of …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/23/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5g4MTB6L6U&w=480&h=360] HEAT AND STORMS: There is going to be a lot of heat and very little chance of showers and thunderstorms unless you’re in the northern counties where the chances will be greater, but still very isolated. 90s and triple digits will be the norm through at least Wednesday when a cold front will …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/22/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhgaEIecLtg&w=480&h=360] HOT WITH ISOLATED RAIN: There’s no real changes over the last few days over what is going to be taking place this week. Temperatures will be hot and there’s slight chances of some isolated showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday at least. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories remain in effect in the western …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/21/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzeso8anT8&w=480&h=360] EXCESSIVE HEAT: Several days of very hot weather in store for the state and region. Excessive heat warnings are in effect beginning this weekend and lasting well into next week for a large portion of the state. Several more counties may be included in the warning or in a heat advisory later this …
2012 Drought: Burn Bans Expanding as of July 20th
Counties are beginning to mount with burn bans across the state. Here are the current list of counties as of Friday morning, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Calhoun, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Clayton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Hardin, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/20/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZM6Mo1KX70&w=480&h=360] HEAT BUILDING: It’s becoming a broken record of continuously repeating the same forecast over and over again. If it was for rain, it would be a welcome forecast, but unfortunately it’s for more heat and humidity through at least mid-week next week if not longer. Temperatures will run back up into the 90s …
Iowa Forecast Video 7/19/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81jZSksIW5A&w=480&h=360] HEAT AND MORE HEAT: More of the warm weather will continue for at least another week with temperatures well into the 90s and perhaps a few more triple digit readings as well. Muscatine yesterday hit 106, while several other locations in southern Iowa also made it above 100. The northern counties were spared …