Author: Jeff Wilcox

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 2/5/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv6ZcF0ys7g?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] BECOMING QUIETER: After some places saw 5-10+” of snow Friday night into Saturday, the state will be in for some quieter and cooler, but seasonal weather over teh next week. Today and Monday however will see some sunshine (more during afternoon) with readings climbing back into the 40s across the east, (cooler in …

All of Iowa, Storm Reports, Winter Weather

Snowfall Totals (2/4/2012)

Here are the snowfall amounts from the system that moved through western into central Iowa Friday into Saturday. These will be updated frequently Lincoln NE 13.5″ Little Sioux 12″ Cumberland 11.5″ Papillion NE 10″ NWS Des Moines 9.1″ NWS Omaha 8.5″ Logan 8.5″ Creston 8″ Adel 7.8″ Greenfield 7.5″ Winterset 7.5″ Atlantic 7″ Earlham 7″ …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 2/4/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B12tdWHWyw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] HALF WEEKEND: Half of this weekend will be somewhat stormy, especially across the southern 2/3rds of the state. The other half will be dry and mostly sunny. First off today a Winter Storm Warning and Winter Weather Advisory remain in effect through Sunday morning, however most of the moisture will move out of …

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Light Freezing Rain Over Eastern Iowa

From the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. A BAND OF VERY LIGHT RAIN AND SPRINKLES WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS AREAS FROM VINTON…TO NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA….AND OVER TOWARD BELLEVUE. SINCE TEMPERATURES WERE HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK IN THOSE AREAS…THIS LIGHT RAIN WAS FREEZING UPON MAINLY ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. …

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Winter Storm Warning for DSM Metro

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has now upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a WINTER STORM WARNING, effective at Midnight Saturday until 6am Sunday morning for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Polk, Story and Union. They have also issued a Winter Weather Advisory for …

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Winter Storm Warning now in Western Iowa

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING in effect from Midnight Saturday until Midnight Sunday for the following counties, Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Mills and Montgomery. Fremont and Page counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory from 6am Saturday until Midnight Sunday. ACCUMULATIONS…A BAND OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO …

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Iowa Forecast Video 2/3/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXzQNhLqI1c?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] STORMY DAYS: The storm we’ve been talking about the last few days is now on the doorstep of the state. The amounts of snowfall have come down substantially and have been shifted southward. This is the reason the Winter Storm Watch was cancelled over the northwest and moved into southwestern Iowa. Snowfall will …

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Winter Storm Watch for Central Iowa

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective at 9pm Friday evening through 6am Sunday morning for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Madison, Marshall, Pocahontas, Polk, Sac, Story, Union and Webster. TIMING…A MIX OF RAIN AND …