The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain, sleet and snow, for the following counties, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington from 7pm this evening until 6am Monday morning. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory from 11pm this evening until 6am Monday morning for Des Moines, Lee and …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Forecast Video 2/27/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOzILarmisY&hl=en&fs=1] TODAY: The latest runs of both the NAM and GFS have been coming in a bit drier with this system that will move just to the south and southeast of the state through the overnight hours of Sunday night into Monday morning. Most of the heaviest precipitation will be falling just to the …
Iowa Forecast Video 2/26/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYneyYoBbjA&hl=en&fs=1] SUNDAY STORM: The latest GFS model run (seen on the video) shows that the main precipitation event with this storm will likely begin in the southern sections of the state late morning or early afternoon on Sunday and move northeast effecting the southeastern half of the state with some form of precipitation. GFS …
Snowfall Accumulations (2/25/2011)
Here are a few snowfall accumulations for the snowstorm that brushed the southern portions of the state Thursday night through early Friday morning. Bedford 6″ Oskaloosa 4.5″ What Cheer 4.5″ Murray 4.4″ Humeston 4″ Ottumwa 3.5″ Pella 3″ Mount Ayr 3″ Clarinda 3″ Deep River 2.8″ Solon 2.4″ North Liberty 2.4″ New Sharon 2.2″ New …
Iowa Forecast Video 2/25/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aOjeKF1_oA&hl=en&fs=1] MORE SNOW: With one system moving away, another weaker one will move in later tonight (Friday) into Saturday with an inch or so of snow across the state. This will be a preclude to a much larger storm Sunday into Monday morning, which may bring, rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow along with …
Snowy February Night
Light to moderate snow is currently falling late this afternoon across the southern sections of the state, mainly south of a Cedar Rapids to Des Moines to Omaha line. This is slowly moving to the northeast. Winter Weather Advisories remain in effect for these areas, with Winter Storm Warnings in effect for far SE Iowa …
Advisories and Warnings for Southern Iowa
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Winter Storm Warning effective at 4pm this afternoon until 6am Friday morning for Van Buren, Des Moines and Lee Counties in SE Iowa. In these areas, snowfall amounts of 5-7″ will be possible with heavier totals in isolated locations. The National Weather Service has …
Iowa Forecast Video 2/24/2011
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amSce4f5HRM&hl=en&fs=1] SNOWY PERIOD: Snow will move into the state late Thursday night and will last (even lightly) through the weekend when another much more powerful storm moves in from the southwest. THURSDAY-SATURDAY: Light snow moves in late Thursday with the heaviest accumulations staying mainly over the far southeastern sections of the state, where several inches …
Iowa Forecast Video 2/23/2011
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXMytIX6BSE&hl=en&fs=1] SNOW BY WEEKEND: With the Thursday storm moving well enough south of the state to not be concerned with, we move our attention to a storm that will affect the state by Saturday lasting through Monday. Precipitation will start in the form of snow across the state with light snow showers or a few …
River Flooding (2/22/11)
River flooding continues across the state, due to the recent snowmelt and/or ice jams causing rapid rises on rivers. Here is the current list of rivers that are under river flood warnings as of Tuesday afternoon. Des Moines River at Fort Dodge West Fork Cedar River at Finchford East Fork Des Moines River near Algona …