The latest indications show that the heaviest snowfall band is going to set up further south than what it had said yesterday. The heaviest band now will be along and just north of I-90 in southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin. Whereas this doesn’t mean a whole lot for the state, it does move some heavier …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Blizzard Warnings Issued
A Blizzard Warning has been issued for a few counties in NW Iowa through Saturday. The rest of the Blizzard watch area may go under a Blizzard Warning later this afternoon or tonight. This afternoon does NOT feel like a blizzard is on the way or sub zero temperatures. Readings where there has been no …
Blizzard Watch for Northern Iowa
The National Weather Service upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Blizzard Watch this morning for all of the lime colored counties on the image in northern Iowa. This includes Osecola, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, O’Brien, Clay, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler and Bremer. These areas …
Less and Less Snow Coming
The latest model run is in and the snow amounts for the weekend storm continue to decrease across the state. The heaviest amounts have continued to move further north into Minnesota and Wisconsin, with the heaviest accumulations in Iowa now being 3-5″ near the border with Minnesota, with lesser amounts farther to the south. With …
Far Out Look at Xmas 2010
This is just for a fun look WAY ahead to Christmas Day. The GFS Model run goes out 384 hours which puts the end of the run on Christmas Day. This model runs shows that it will be quite cold for the holiday with no precipitation expected (unlike Christmas 2009 which had a lot of …
Another Weekend, Another Snow Storm
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch from late on Friday night through late on Saturday night for the following counties, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Winnebago, Hancock, Wright, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Mitchell, Floyd, Butler, Howard, Chickasaw, Bremer, Winneshiek, Fayette, Allamakee and Clayton. According to the latest model …
Very Cold By Monday Morning
The image says it all. Cold temperatures will be making an appearance, with most of the state seeing readings beginning with a minus sign in front of it, with a few locations seeing readings with a minus sign in front and more than 1 digit after. This cold snap is expected to last Sunday through …
A Bit of Wintry Precip Tomorrow
The calm beofre the big weekend storm will come through tomorrow across the state. There will be a chance of some light snow or possibly a mix in the non snowpack areas. Temperatures will be warmer than today with readings approaching the freezing point in the snowpack to as high as the 40s south and …
Warm Up Before The Storm
Temperatures will begin warming tomorrow through Friday before the weekend snow storm approaches from the west. Tomorrow will be no different than today, maybe a few degrees warmer with highs in the 20s to the lower 30s in non-snowpack areas. Thursday a swath of light snow or a mix will be possible across the state. …
Arctic Cold Next Monday
Earlier I blogged about the arctic cold that is forecast to move into the state following this weekend snow storm. Below is the projected lows off the 12z run of the GFS. Considering tonight, temperatures will be in the single digits above and below zero (mainly above), next week will be MUCH COLDER, with possible …