A dense fog advisory has been issued until mid-morning for the following counties, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren, Lee, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton. Visibility will be reduced to a few hundred feet in some places …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Slight Risk on Sunday
There is a slight risk of severe weather for Sunday (mainly in the evening into the overnight hours) for most of the state of Iowa. It covers all of the state except far NW Iowa and the SE part of the state. POTENTIAL MID/UPPER FORCING FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY IS STILL UNCLEAR. HOWEVER…MODELS CONTINUE …
90s This Weekend?
The GFS MOS run last night is showing fairly warm weather moving in this weekend across the state and the upper midwest. Several locations may hit or exceed 90 degrees on Sunday and into early next week. Along with the heat, humidity will also be around, so heat indices may approach 100 degrees beginning Sunday …
Light Rain in the South
Some light rain showers have been slowly moving northbound across the state. It has taken awhile as the air over the northern half of the state is rather dry with dewpoints in the 30s to lower 40s. Where it has been raining, temperatures have dropped into the mid-upper 50s. It was 55 at Centerville last …
Some Rain Showers then Warm Weather to Follow
The weather continues to stay benign across the state this week. A few rain showers will be possible tomorrow into Friday across the state. Amounts will be under a quarter to half inch. This weekend will see temperatures rebound back into the 80s across most of the state along with some higher dewpoints, heat indices …
Awaiting Summer
No real changes from the post yesterday in regards to the weather forecast over the next couple of days. Temepratures will continue to warm into the 70s and 80s as we get closer to the weekend. There is still a chance of some scattered light rain on Thursday night into Friday and then again on …
Summer Weather Next Weekend
As stated in an earlier post, summer-like weather will return to the state by this weekend, if not earlier. Widespread 80s will be common across the region by this time with only the tri-state region holding in the upper 70s.
Scattered Rain then Dry and Warmer
A few scattered light rain showers are slowly moving through the state. Rainfall will remain light for any that receive any showers. The rain chances will subside throughout the day on Monday with direr weather moving into the state for the upcoming week. Along with the drier weather will come warmer weather as well. Temperatures …
Historical WX: May 15th 1968
Front Page of Oelwein Daily Register (May 16th 1968) NOTE: The woman on the front page of the Oelwein Daily Register (above) died shortly after the picture was taken. She was one of the 2 fatalities in Oelwein, the other 2 mentioned in the newspaper were from nearby Maynard. From the NWS in LaCrosse’s Website …
Video from the Tornado that hit Washington 12 years ago Today
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