Light to moderate rain is moving through the state at Midday. One blob was located from Brooklyn in Poweshiek County straight northward to the Iowa-Minnesota Border. There is another batch of rain in SW Iowa that will skirt the southern part of the state this afternoon. This will be the first good dose of rain …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
So Close
Rain, some of it moderate, is moving through west Central Illinois late this morning. It is skimming the southeastern parts of the state, mainly from Burlington on south. This rain is moving to the northeast and will not effect much of the state today, but there will be more clouds in the sky then in …
The Return of Rain
The dry weather which has lasted over three weeks now is about to come to an end. Rain will move in from the south, beginning late on Sunday and will last through the early part of next week. Rainfall is expected to be light, generally under 1/4-1/2 inch. Severe Weather is not expected. Temperatures will …
Weekend Football Forecast Week #4
Here is the weekend football forecast for September 18-19. Friday Night Football: Kickoff: Partly Cloudy, Temps:68° (east) to 80° west, Winds Light and variable End of Game: Partly Cloudy Temps 60-65° Winds light and variable Saturday: Arizona @ Iowa in Iowa City Tailgate: Mostly Sunny, Temps Mid to Upper 60s (low 70s afternoon) Winds East …
Rain is Coming, Next Week
A pattern change is in the works by early next week that could bring chances of rain to the state at that time. It’s still too early to determine how much rain will fall from this event as the computer models are still all over the map on this one, but the current pattern of …
No Rain in Sight
The dry weather looks to continue for another couple of days, with this blocking pattern that has been going on over the last few weeks. Temperatures will cool off later in the week with readings dropping about ten degrees for both high and low temperatures by this weekend. The next chance of rain looks to …
The Dry Weather of September
Rainfall for the month of September so far has been little if anything for the eastern 3/4ths of the state. Only western Iowa has received any rain, with Sioux City getting over 4 inches of rain so far. Many locations in eastern Iowa haven’t seen rain since the heavy deluge nearly 3 weeks ago. The …
The Faucet has turned off
After an August that was record breaking in some locations for rainfall, the month of September has been very dry for most of the state, with many locations recieving little if any rain this month at all. This pattern is expected to continue into next week with sunshine and temperatures hovering a little above normal …
6 Days in SOCAL: The Boarding and reboarding of United Flight 20
Getting up at 5am to take the rental car back and get to the airport at 5:45 was not fun. Like yesterday, there was no marine layer as a weak Santa Ana wind had developed on Thursday which caused temperatures to soar close to 100 degrees in the Inland Empire and San Fernando Valley (Where …
Another Night of Fog
Another day followed by another night and early morning of dense fog. A dense fog advisory has been issued which will go into effect later tonight and be in effect until 10am Friday morning. This covers most of the counties east of Interstate 35 and south of a line from Mason City to Guttenberg. Visibilities …