This is a preview of the 6 days in SOCAL Trip. We will be arriving in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon and will be in California through Friday morning. On Monday a trip out to the channel islands will begin as we will head out to Catalina and to the town of Avalon. Tuesday will …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
The Last Weekend of Summer
The unofficial end to summer will be one of the best weekends of the year, with dry weather and comfortable temperatures. Highs will be in the 70s and lower 80s with lows in the 50s. Winds will be light through Sunday, when a southerly wind takes over ahead of a storm system that is expected …
Weekend Football Forecast Week #2
Here is the forecast for September 3-5th for the Iowa State Game (Thursday night) High School Football (Friday Night) and the Iowa vs UNI game (Saturday morning) North Dakota State at Iowa State in Ames Tailgating: Partly Cloudy Mid 70s Wind NW 5-10mph Kickoff: (7pm) Partly Cloudy 69° Light NW Wind End of Game: Partly …
Renegade Showers
A few showers have traversed into the western part of the state this afternoon and evening. Any rain that falls will remain light and will mainly stay west of US Hwy 59. The rest of the state will remain dry through the middle of the Labor Day Weekend. The showers area a part of a …
Glorious Weather Continues
The cool dry weather that has beset the state the last few days continues through the end of the week with a slight warming trend each day. Highs will continue to increase a degree or two each day up until the weekend when the next storm system approaches from the west. Highs will remain in …
Goodbye August
The month of August ends today with temperatures more reminiscent of October. Highs today will be in the 60s to the lower 70s after morning lows that had fallen into the 40s to around 50. Skies will remain mostly sunny with a few fair weather clouds in the afternoon for the next couple days. Temperatures …
Record Lows Possible
There could be some record lows set especially in the eastern part of the state Monday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop into the lower 40s across eastern Iowa, which will get very close if not break some records lows for the date. The one record that looks to be in jeopardy is Dubuque’s where …
Cool Days and Nights
The next few days will see cool days followed by cooler nights across the state. Highs will generally be in the 60s and lower 70s with nighttime lows in the 40s to around 50. This is about 10 degrees below average for Late August. A slow warming trend will begin the middle of next week …
Final Rainfall Amounts (8/25-8/27)
Here are the final rainfall amounts from the area weather stations (ASOS, AWOS and School Net) from the 3 day rain event (Tuesday-Thursday)
Widely Scattered Showers
A few very small showers have formed this afternoon. They were located near Postville, NW of Mason City and in western Sioux County in NW Iowa. They are moving SE. Heavy rain is NOT anticipated with any of these small showers and flooding is not likely. Football games tonight are not expected to be impacted …