It is now the beginning of meteorological winter, and although the temperatures feel like winter, most of the state (except the NW) don’t have a snow cover. That might change by Friday night into Saturday, with accumulating snow possible. The latest indications show that accumulating snow is possible north of an Algona to Muscatine line …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Cold Way to End November
The month of November is ending on a cold and blustery note. Winds have been sustained between 15-25mph all day with gusts over 30mph. Wind Chills have been in the single digits and teens all morning and afternoon. Those will be close to the actual temperatures tonight as the winds begin to die down. There …
More Rain and Storms This Evening
After a round of dissipating thunderstorms moved across the central and eastern sections of the state, another round has developed close to the cold front that is racing through the state this afternoon. The line is currently located from Pocahontas to Ogden to Osecola to Lamoni, they are moving to the east at 25-30mph. Brief …
Warmer Wind Blows In
Tomorrow and again on Monday will see warmer temperatures will a breeze out of the south at 10-20mph with some gusts approaching 30 in some locales. Readings will be above average with temps in the 40s to lower 50s, with Monday seeing readings a few degrees warmer than on Sunday even with cloudy skies. The …
2010 Weekend Football Forecast Week #14
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Zkwt_bYUs&hl=en&fs=1] This is the FINAL Football Forecast Video of the Fall Season. This video includes forecasts for the Iowa game at Minneapolis (2:30pm) and the Northern Iowa playoff game in Cedar Falls (Noon), along with the weekend forecasts across the state.
Freezing Rain Advisory until 4pm (now 6pm)
UPDATED at 3:50pm The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Freezing Rain Advisory effective until 6pm for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jones and Linn. …FREEZING RAIN OVERSPREADING EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON… .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM SYSTEM WAS SPREADING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EASTERN IOWA …
Travel Conditions 11/24/10 Early PM
Here are the latest travel conditions across Iowa as of 1:30pm, I-35 from Ames to the Minnesota border Travel is not advised Roads that are mostly covered with ice or sleet are as follows, US Hwy 20 from US 169 to US 65, IA Hwy 3 from US 71 to west of Shell Rock, US …
Icy Travels Across Northern Iowa
Freezing rain and sleet will continue across the northern sections of the state this afternoon and tonight before the precipitation ends. The Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 6pm for NW Iowa, and Midnight in NC and NE Iowa. Although the amounts of ice won’t be that much, it’ll be enough to cause a …
Next Round Tomorrow
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 9am Wednesday morning until Midnight Thursday morning for the following counties, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Hancock, Cerro Gorod, Wright, Franklin, Butler and Bremer. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Noon Wednesday until Midnight Thursday morning for the following …
What a Difference a Cold Front Makes
Here are two images of temperatures across the state and region 12 hours apart, Noon Monday and Midnight Tuesday morning. Some readings have dropped 30°+ across the SE sections of the state into Illinois, where the warm sector was at Noon yesterday, while the rest of the state has seen much smaller falls. Another wave …