[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8fMvv-g8U?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SOME SNOW: There is a chance of some light snow across the southern half of the state Thursday with a disturbance moving through. This will reinforce the cold air coming from Canada. Accumulations will remain light with many seeing a dusting, with an inch most likely being the maximum. The snow departs late …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Forecast Video 12/6/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcRz3xG6VCY?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] CONTINUED QUIET: Still remains quiet for the rest of the week, with slight chance of some flurries or light snow showers Thursday. It won’t amount to much and travel will not be impacted. Temperatures will remain in the 20s to lower 30s across the state, colder in the snowpack areas where some places …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/5/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpWWdLu6jQY?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] QUIET AND COLD: It will be a tranquil week across the state with little if any chances of precipitation. There will be another push of cold Canadian air at mid-week that will drop temperatures a few degrees, otherwise readings will stay in the 20s and lower 30s for highs with lows in the …
Snow Totals (12/3-4, 2011)
Here are the FINAL Storm Totals for this past weekend’s storm. Vail 6.5″ Kanawha 6.3″ Lake Cornelia 6.2″ Little Sioux 6.2″ Carroll 6.1″ Clarion 6″ Clear Lake 6″ Fort Dodge 6″ Manning 6″ St Ansgar 5.8″ Manson 5.5″ Ocheyedan 5.5″ Emmetsburg 5″ Rockwell City 5″ Osage 4.6″ Akron 4.5″ Belmond 4.5″ Cherokee 4″ Chester 4″ …
Record Rainfall Saturday
UNSEASONABLY HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA ON SATURDAY…WITH SNOW FALLING IN THE NORTHWEST. SEVERAL STATIONS BROKE DAILY RECORDS FOR PRECIPITATION AS INDICATED BELOW. AT DES MOINES…1.38 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION BROKE THE DAILY RECORD WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY 0.92 INCHES SET IN 1990. IT WAS ALSO THE WETTEST DECEMBER DAY AT DES MOINES SINCE …
Iowa Forecast Video 12/4/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6u87HYMsg?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] COOL COOL COOL: It will be cooler but typical of December weather with temperatures in the 20s and lower 30s for highs through the upcoming week and lows in the single digits and teens (cooler in snow pack areas). No real excitement is seen over the next week sans another frontal system sweeping …
Winter Storm Warning Issued Across NW and NC Iowa
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. This for areas from Denison and Carroll northeastward through Fort Dodge to Mason City. …
A Few DOT Shots of Snowy Conditions
Here are a few DOT Camera shots of some snowy road conditions across the state. You can see images from the RWIS stations at anytime at
Partially to Mostly Covered Roads in Western and Northern Iowa
Roads are now becoming impacted by the snow across the northern and western counties of the state. Snow will continue into the evening and overnight hours with roads mainly north and west of a Clarinda to Des Moines to Waterloo to PDC line being the most impacted. Southeast of that line should see little if …
Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Weekend Storm
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for a large section of western into northern Iowa for today through tomorrow morning. In these areas, rain and a mix will continue through the morning hours today before colder air filters in changing the precipitation to snow. A swath of 2-5″ of snow with …