The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Storm Watch which will go into effect at Noon on Friday and expire at Midnight Saturday morning. Counties included in this watch are, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
The Disappearing Snowpack
The First image is the snowpack across the state of Iowa a week ago. The last image shows the snowpack as of this morning. As you can see, almost the entire state has no snowpack remaining (outside of a few piles of snow here and there). This will change however on Friday and Saturday with …
NWS Omaha Issues Winter Storm Watch
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Winter Storm Watch which will go into effect at 6am Friday and will be in effect until Midnight Saturday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY MORNING …
Welcome Back to Winter
The calendar still says its winter, so the time has come for winter to return to the state this week. A storm is expected to move into the state on Friday. Snow, possibly heavy at times will fall Friday into early Saturday. There could be significant accumulations with this storm, with the possibility of at …
More Flood Warnings Issued
Several rivers are currently in flood or will be in flood with the rapid snowmelt that has taken place over the last number of days. A Flood Warning has been issued for the Little Sioux River at Cherokee, Spencer and Milford. A Flood Warning has also been issued for the Ocheyedan River near Spencer and …
Rain Moving In
The northern edge of the rain is moving into the SE part of the state late this evening. Rain will overspread the SE 1/3 of the state but amounts will generally be under 1/4 of an inch. The heaviest rain will stay to the south and east of the state. Snow may mix in with …
Flooding Issues
Numerous Rivers are under a Flood Warning because of the recent snow melt across the state. The Raccoon River at Des Moines (The gage at IA Hwy 28), The South Skunk River at Oskaloosa, The Maquoketa River at Maquoketa, The Iowa River at Marengo and Lone Tree just to name a few. The rivers should …
Last Day of Real Warm Weather
Today will be the last day of spring-like weather for awhile. Temperatures today will be at record or near record levels with highs in the 50s and 60s. Winds at midday have already switched to the west in western Iowa and this will bring the colder weather down. A storm system that will move just …
Mysterious Meteorologist Returns
The Mysterious Meteorologist has been on such a break lately, we’ve decided to ask them a question on the future of Television Weather. Here at our shop, the struggling economy has certainly had an effect. But I think it has only strengthened our commitment to weather coverage. Weather is the one thing that local news …
Strong Winds This Evening
Strong southerly winds will continue throughout the night as a strong low moves NE across SE South Dakota into Minnesota. Wind damage has already occurred in Harlan and 2 Semis were blown over on Interstate 80 near the Shelby Exit. Some showers are moving through the western part of the state, some of these showers …