UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Omaha has extended the Winter Storm Watch to include Fremont, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Mills and Montgomery Counties. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective from 6pm Friday evening until 6pm Saturday evening for Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O Brien, Plymouth and Woodbury …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Forecast Video 2/2/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgYc1m4KZs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] STORM AHEAD: The biggest weather event on the board is the upcoming storm this weekend. It will begin around midday Friday across the western counties and spread eastward throughout the day Saturday before ending early Sunday. It will begin in the form of rain or a wintry mix transferring to all snow over …
Another Month, More Record Highs!
AT 352 PM THE TEMPERATURE IN OMAHA REACHED 61 DEGREES WHICH ESTABLISHED A RECORD HIGH FOR FEBRUARY 1ST. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 58…LAST SET IN 1987. THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT AT 3O5 PM WAS 60 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH WAS 56 IN …
Melting Snow, Dense Fog
A Dense Fog Advisory has been issued until 10am Thursday morning for the following counties, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story, Tama, Winnebago, Worth, Wright, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek. Melting …
Iowa Forecast Video 2/1/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtxtdHGTyCI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SEASONALLY MILD: Temperatures are expected to be cooler for the rest of the week, but will remain above average for the early part of February. Highs will be in the upper 30s to near 50 dependent on snow cover. Skies will remain mostly sunny. STORM FOR WEEKEND: The track still isn’t certain with …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/31/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joK8BMRvy5g?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WARM SPELL: Temperatures made it to record territory across the southern half of the state yesterday with numerous locations reaching the 60s setting record high temperatures. While the far northern counties where there is still snow on the ground struggled to get out of the 40s. Some more warmth is in store today …
More Record Highs!
Record highs have so far been set at Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska, Des Moines, Lamoni, Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Burlington and Moline IL. The official readings will come later tonight. Even late this afternoon, temperatures were in the 60s south of a Sioux City to Ames to Iowa City to Burlington line. …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/30/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm98cu_p6b4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WARM DAYS: A few warm days to end the month of January with readings into the 40s across the northern counties, with 50s to around 60 across the south. This warm spell will last into Tuesday but no further as a frontal system with little moisture moves in at that time. Some light …
Warm to End January
The warmth that started the new year will be returning to finish its first month. A warm front will move to our north during the overnight hours which will bring temperatures shooting back up into the 40s and 50s across the state. Some places across far southwestern Iowa where no snow is on the ground …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/29/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcBKMDmLWs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WARMING AHEAD: It will be a cool but seasonal day across the state with readings in the 20s and 30s for highs. It will warm up Monday and Tuesday with temperatures climbing back into the upper 30s and 40s across the state. This will lead to some melting of the snow where there …