As all of the games this week involving Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa are on the road the forecast will be a little different this time. A 1-10 scale will be used 1 being poor conditions and 10 being ideal. Northern Iowa @ Southern Utah in Cedar City UT 1pm MST Kickoff Partly Cloudy …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Single Digits Tonight
Tonight will likely be the coldest night of the season so far with temperatures plummeting down to 10° or slightly below that. This will all depend on how strong the wind will be. If there is still a strong enough breeze, it will hold temperatures from falling into the single digits. The best chance for …
Goodbye Warm, Hello Cold
One day of warm weather is all Iowa gets with colder weather rushing back into the state. Temperatures north of US Hwy 20 have already fallen back into the 30s. Elsewhere temperatures remain in the 40s and 50s with a 63 at Shenandoah at 2pm! Temperatures will fall back into the 30s tomorrow and Friday …
Dry Weather Ahead
The weather looks dry for the next few days. Tomorrow will be warmer with temperatures in the 40s across the state, but a cold front will come through tomorrow afternoon and temperatures the rest of the week will fall back into the 30s. A storm that was expected to come through on Friday and Saturday …
Coldest Night since March
Tonight will be the coldest night we’ve had since the month of March. Lows tonight will drop into the teens to around 20. Some of the colder valleys in NE Iowa may drop into the single digits. The lows tonight are more typical of mid December or Mid February then mid November. Very little change …
Bland Weather
Very little storm activity is expected to take place for the next few days across Iowa. Temperatures will be in the at or near average for the week, with some lows dropping into the teens on a few nights. The models show a storm (An Alberta Clipper) moving quickly southeast across the state Friday afternoon …
DVD Review: Epic Surge
This is a review of the DVD that was produced by KCRG TV 9 in Cedar Rapids. This was purchased along with the book (review is posted below). I watched it early this morning and it took my breath away. I’ve been struggling through a terrible cold, but this DVD made that seem miniscule compared …
Another Day, More Rain around
Another afternoon with scattered showers around. Right now, they are mainly in the SE part of the state roughly from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids to Grinnell to Osceola. Elsewhere skies remain cloudy with a few sprinkles here and there and even a few peeks of sunshine in SW Iowa. Temperatures will head back to winterlike …
Reading Rainbow: Book Review of Epic Surge
Epic Surge, Eastern Iowa’s unstoppable Flood of 2008 is a book by the Gazette (of Cedar Rapids). I recieved my copy today and went through it. The pictures speak for themselves. Numerous shots of the city of Cedar Rapids underwater. Homes destroyed and sandbagging efforts. Very little is said as they let the pictures tell …
The Weekend Football Forecast
Purdue@ Iowa in Iowa City 11:00am Kickoff Tailgating: Light Snow/Flurries Temperature in the low 30s, Winds N/NW 15-25mph gusts to 35. Wind Chills in the teens. Kickoff: Flurries, Temperature 32° Winds N/NW 15-25 Gusts to 30 Wind Chills in the teens. End of Game: Flurries Temperature low 30s Winds N/NW 10-20mph. Wind Chills around 20. …