After having an issue with my DVD player, I was able to watch this on my parents DVD player. The first part of the DVD covers the tornado in Parkersburg and New Hartford. The meteorologists and reporters from KWWL relive their experiences of that day and the aftermath with excerpts of the coverage following the …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
DVD Review Incomplete
There will be a DVD review of the DVD complication that came with the book reviewed below but the DVD pixelated terribly on my player and the audio was horrible. After cleaning my DVD player it did the same thing, so I will try playing this DVD again at my parents house to see if …
Reading Rainbow: Un-Natural Disasters
This is a book review of Un-Natural Disasters written by former KWQC Chief Meteorologist Terry Swails and his wife Carolyn Wettstone. Unlike the previous book from the Gazette, this book also covers the EF5 tornado that hit Parkersburg and New Hartford 6 months ago along with the Flood of 2008. This book was very well …
A Nice Turkey Day
Thanksgiving will be mostly sunny with temperatures near or slightly above average with temperatures in the 40s to around 50 across the state. A cold front will be moving through the state and the winds will be shifting to the NW through the day. The cooler weather will not hit until Black Friday when temperatures …
A Dry Week
Dry weather will continue through the holiday weekend with only a slight chance for a few flurries on Thanksgiving night into early Friday. This won’t amount to much, otherwise temperatures will remain near average for this time in late November with highs in the 30s to low 40s and lows in the 20s. Colder weather …
Holiday Forecast
Thanksgiving will be close to perfect with temperatures in the 40s under mostly sunny skies. Black Friday isn’t as perfect but nonetheless temperatures will be in 30s and 40s across the state. A storm system will be moving to the south of the state and may bring a few more clouds on Friday and possibly …
A Little Precip
There will be some rain, some snow and even a little mixed precipitation tonight as a cold front moves through the state. Currently in central Iowa, the front will move through tonight and bring light precipitation. Little snow accumulation is likely north of US Hwy 30, and rain amounts will generally be under 1/4 of …
A Warm Sunday Ahead
Tomorrow will be warmer with temperatures in the 40s with some lower 50s in the southern part of the state mainly south of Interstate 80. This will not last as a cold front will blow through Sunday night into Monday that will bring temperatures back down into the 30s. A few snow showers are possible …
Too Cold
The lows this morning are now official. It dropped to 0 this morning in Spencer, 2 in Estherville, 3 in Mason City and Sheldon. Single digits in Sioux City, Waterloo, Ames, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids. This afternoon, temperatures have rebounded into the 20s and 30s. The wind has switched directions and is now southerly, bringing …
Arctic Morning
Temperatures this morning have plummeted to readings usually seen in January. Spencer and Estherville have fallen to 2° although Spencer now is at a balmy 3°. Many other stations in northern Iowa have fallen below 10°. Some of the colder valleys may have dropped to near 0 in NC and NE Iowa. Good news is …