[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgegUMlTPFk?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] UP AND DOWN: It’ll be down for a few days with regards to the temperatures. A storm system will be departing the state later today after bringing some snow to the state, amounts ranging from a trace to a few inches. Cold air follows in the wake of this system with temperatures for …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Forecast Video 1/16/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVC-10MaTM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WINTRY MIX: A disturbance will move through the state today, with colder air in the offing for later in the week. This system will bring some rain/snow mix to the state during the daylight hours with all precipitation changing to snow overnight. Up to an inch of snow is possible by Tuesday morning, …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/15/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oZk8A8Cqw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SPLIT STATE: Temperatures today will be dependent on the amount of snow if any on the ground at a given location. Across the western counties, where snow is not on the ground, temperatures will easily achieve the 40s to near 50, while the eastern counties will struggle into the lower and middle 30s. …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/14/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xAVOhFBBY?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE SNOW AHEAD: There will be some flurry or light snow shower activity through at least the afternoon hours from west to east across the state. Accumulations will likely remain under a half inch if that. Another system is expected Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures will be a bit warmer with that one with …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/13/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhJA4gB-LUw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WINTER CHILL: Winter has finally arrived to the eastern half of the state with a broad 3-6″ of snow across that part of the state. To the west, mainly of Interstate 35, only a dusting to an inch occurred, if that. Readings will drop into the single digits above zero again tonight across …
Snowfall Totals (Jan 12th 2012)
Here are the snowfall totals from the storm. Vinton 6.5″ Quasqueton 6.2″ 8NW Waukon 6″ 6SW Waterville 5.8″ 8S Waterville 5.8″ Atkins 5.5″ Cedar Rapids 5.5″ Decorah 5.5″ Solon 5.5″ Elmira 5.5″ Lansing 5.4″ Calamus 5.2″ Fort Atkinson 5.2″ Dubuque 5.2″ NWS QC 5.2″ DeWitt 5.1″ Mount Pleasant 5.1″ Brighton 5″ Lowden 5″ Park View …
Winter Storm Warning For Eastern Iowa
The Winter Weather Advisory has been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning for Delaware, Dubuque, Linn, Jones, Cedar, Clinton, Jackson and Scott Counties. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TIMING…SNOW…HEAVY …
Snowy Roads This Morning
Both pictures above are from Iowa DOT cameras along I-380 in Cedar Rapids. (Top being from Wilson Avenue SW and the other downtown next to the US Cellular Center) Roads across the state are becoming partially covered with snow, especially areas east of I-35 where the snow continues to fall more heavily. Road conditions still …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/12/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo7Fm6LfNHg?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SNOW ACROSS THE EAST: Accumulating snow will continue throughout the day across the eastern counties of the state. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for the area through the evening hours. Snowfall amounts could top 6″ in some areas depending on where the heavy snow band sets up. A broad brush 2-5″ …
Snow Storm Moving In
Winter Weather Advisories continue through Thursday for all the counties along and east of Interstate 35, while a Wind Advisory is in effect for areas to the west of the Interstate. Snowfall has already begun across the western and central counties of the state but the heaviest snowfall totals from this system will be over …