Author: Jeff Wilcox

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Current Burn Bans

Here are the counties across the state that are currently under burn bans due to the dry weather we’ve been having over the last few weeks. Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Howard, Ida, Jasper, Keokuk, Lee, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, …

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought, Severe Weather, Sports Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 10/7/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm9I6B6BYaU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] POSSIBLE SVR WX: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across the Siouxland region south and westward into Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The best chance for severe weather will remain in KS, OK and TX, but any storms that may fire up here may have …

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Iowa Forecast Video 10/6/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-o2lUEHmk?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY AND WARM CONTINUED: The dry and warm weather will continue across the state for several more days. However, a storm system may begin to bring rain into the state by late on Friday into the weekend. However, up to that point, the state has an elevated fire risk and many counties have …

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Iowa Forecast Video 10/5/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfkj8PI-K-4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WARM FIRE WEATHER: The weather over the next few days will be dry, warm and seeing the risks of fires across especially the central and western parts of the state. Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches are in effect across the western counties of the state. Other areas in the central …

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Iowa Forecast Video 10/4/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeguAfBc9VI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEATHER: It’ll become a broken record with continued dry weather through the upcoming weekend when a frontal system will begin to ease into the state with a threat of showers and isolated thunderstorms at that time. There is a slight chance of rain however Thursday across NW Iowa with the same system …

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Iowa Forecast Video 10/3/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIi5CEAISU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEEK: It will remain dry for at least the upcoming week as high pressure ridge will set up across the area. Temperatures will slowly rise throughout the week with readings likely in the mid to upper 70s to lower and possibly mid 80s across the western counties by weeks end. Skies will …

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Iowa Forecast Video 10/2/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdxluECqRbM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] CONTINUED DRY: The weather pattern will continue to remain dry across the state for the rest of the weekend into the next week. Temperatures will gradually rise as south to southwesterly winds begin early next week ahead of a storm system that moves in next weekend. Highs will climb from the 60s to …