A Winter Storm Watch has now been issued beginning at Noon Wednesday and lasting through 6pm Christmas Day for the following counties, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek. A Winter Storm Watch has also been issued from 6am Wednesday morning through 6pm Christmas Day for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Christmas Week Storm 2009: The First Watches Issued
A Winter Storm Watch beginning at Midnight Wednesday and lasting through 6pm Christmas Eve for the following counties, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby. A Winter Storm Watch has also been issued beginning at Noon on Wednesday and lasting until 6pm Christmas Night for the following counties, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, …
More Analysis on Christmas Week Storm
Here is the 0z GFS model at Noon on Christmas Eve. The 500mb chart and the 850mb Temperature chart have been superimposed and I have color coded the snow and mixed precipitation. It’s beginning to look like the storm will start out late Wednesday night as a mix of sleet, possible freezing rain and snow. …
Sunday Issues
Light to moderate snow has moved across the state today. Early this afternoon, the heaviest snow was in the eastern part of the state. Roads have become hazardous, with numerous vehicles going into the ditch. The snow amounts have been under 2 inches in most places. The snow will move out of the state later …
It’s Back!
After a few model runs, the snowstorm around Christmas Day has returned with a vengence. The map above is from the 0z GFS model run tonight showing that at Midday on Thursday, the low pressure center will be moving through Missouri, the color coding (that I added), shows the heaviest snow band to be along …
Chances Dropping on Christmas Week Snow?
Above is the GFS 0z model run on Christmas Day at Midnight. This shows the storm that has been forecasted to effect the state, moving across the Ohio River Valley and the Deep South. This run along with the 18z run last night are moving more toward little if any snow for Christmas Eve or …
Air Quality Alert
The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert until 8am Saturday morning for the following counties, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Black Hawk, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Story, Marshall, Tama, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas, Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Cass, Adair, …
Chances of Snow
There is still a chance for a few snow showers this evening and tonight over the southeastern part of the state. The accumulating snows will likely stay over in Illinois. The next chance of snow will come on Sunday with an Alberta Clipper type system moving in from the northwest. This will bring one to …
A Little More White
Some light snow accumulations are possible, especially in SE Iowa tonight into Friday. One to as much as two inches of snow are possible with a storm system moving across the state. A dusting or nothing will be possible in the northern and northwestern half of the state. Temperatures will drop back into the teens …
Snowstorm for Christmas
An early Christmas present may be on the way for the midwest late next week. Models have been on and off showing a storm system moving NE from Texas into the Great Lakes Region. The map above (taken from the 0z model run earlier tonight) shows a low pressure near Chicago with heavy precipitation to …