Here are the latest Flood Outlooks that were issued earlier today. NOTE: NWS Omaha did not issue one that I could find. NWS Des Moines Flood Outlook NWS Quad Cities Flood Outlook NWS LaCrosse Flood Outlook NWS Sioux Falls Flood Outlook
Author: Jeff Wilcox
A Few Rainy Days Ahead
Rain is beginning to move into the western part of the state late this evening. Radar was showing a few light showers along the Missouri River moving into the state. The state will recieve at least a quarter to about a half inch of rain from this storm as it moves through this weekend. The …
Air Quality Alert Through Friday Morning
The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Advisory until 11am Friday morning for Black Hawk, Buchanan, Benton, Linn, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar and Muscatine Counties. FINE PARTICULATE LEVELS NEAR EPA HEALTH STANDARDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN THESE AREAS UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY …
The Storms this Weekend and Next Week
Forecats continue to show a storm moving into the state on Saturday with a chance of light rain that will last until early Sunday morning across the eastern sections of the state. Amounts are expected to be light with a quarter inch of rain or less possible. Some of the precipitation may be mixed with …
Two Storms this weekend into early next Week
The warmer weather is expected to continue into the upcoming weekend which will lead to more snowmelt across the state. An earlier post, denoted the possible flooding that might occur this weekend into next week with precipitation expected beginning Saturday and lasting through at least Tuesday. Highs will be in the 30s and 40s through …
Possible Flooding This Weekend into Next Week
…FLOODING DUE TO SNOWMELT AND ICE JAMS MAY OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK… THE VERY GRADUAL SNOWMELT THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL INCREASE IN MAGNITUDE BY THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 40S IN MANY LOCATIONS…AND EVEN THE LOWER 50S SOUTH. THE …
Temperature Departures Through Monday
Above is the chart of temperature departures from average through Monday. Most of the state is about 5° below average for the first 60 days of the year. Dubuque has less snow on the ground and has been warmer than the rest of the state for a number of weeks now, while the western part …
Hitting 40
The warmup continues this week with temperatures hitting and even exceeding the 40 degree mark. Skies will remain mostly sunny allowing the snowpack to continue to melt slowly across the state. The next chance of any precipitation will move in on Saturday with a chance of rain at that time. The amounts as of now …
Update to Records in Waterloo for the Winter
…UPDATE ON VARIOUS SNOW RECORDS FOR THE WATERLOO AREA… …WATERLOO APPROACHING SOME TEMPERATURE RECORDS AS WELL… AMPLE SNOWFALL IN WATERLOO THIS WINTER HAS SOME SNOW RECORDS IN JEOPARDY OF FALLING. THE FOLLOWING ARE VALID THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF SNOW DEPTH…THIS IS JUST THE NUMBER OF DAYS THE SNOW DEPTH HAS …
Update to Records in Des Moines
…UPDATE TO VARIOUS SNOW RECORDS AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT… …DES MOINES APPROACHING SOME TEMPERATURE RECORDS AS WELL… GIVEN THE AMPLE SNOWFALL THIS WINTER SEASON…DES MOINES IS CLOSE TO OR HAS BROKEN NUMEROUS RECORDS REGARDING SNOW…SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH. CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF SNOW DEPTH…THIS IS JUST THE NUMBER OF DAYS THE SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN …