A wind advisory has been issued for the following counties in Iowa until 4pm, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. A Wind Advisory has been issued until 7pm for the following counties in Iowa, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury and Ida. Winds will gust from 25mph …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
The Latest QPF
The QPF chart came out this evening and has decreased the amount of rain that will fall from the storm that is expected to move through Iowa beginning Sunday night through Tuesday morning. The heaviest rain is still expected in the western part of the state, but amounts have dropped to as much as 1 …
Isolated Showers
Isolated showers continue to develop and decay in the northwestern part of the state. The biggest storm was located near Sioux Rapids in northern Buena Vista County. Any of the stronger cells will dump 1/4-1/2 inch of rain in a short amount of time. These storms will continue to concentrate in NW Iowa whereas the …
Midday Look
There were a few showers in central Iowa that are in the process of dissipating. The rest of today will be ok with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s to around 80. Also the dewpoints have come up into the 50s to around 60, so it will feel somewhat like summer. The latest …
Possible Heavy Rain?
The latest QPF chart that came out this morning is showing a band of possible heavy rainfall amounts coming into Iowa. The Chart can be accessed here It shows the heaviest rain from the storm that will move through late this weekend into early next week may drop as much as 3-4 inches in the …
Weekend Football Forecast
Friday Night Football: Mostly Clear, Kickoff Temperatures between 65°-72°, winds SE 10-20mph gusting to 25mph. End of Game: Temperatures will be around 60°-66°. Saturday: Iowa at Indiana in Bloomington IN (Noon ET) Tailgating: Mostly Clear, Temperatures in the low to mid 60s SE Wind 5-10mph. Kickoff: Partly Cloudy, Temp 71°, SE wind 5-10mph. End of …
Warm Weather Returns
Warm weather will return to Iowa this weekend with temperatures heading into the mid 70s to lower 80s. This is due to a major trough out west that will build a large ridge over the midwest. Southerly winds will transport the warm weather in. Saturday will have statewide temperatures in the 70s to low 80s …
Box Elder Bugs Abound
If you’ve noticed lately, the infamous box elder bugs have really come out. They are in the middle of finding their winter hibernation. They can be found along doorways, windows, usually on the sunny side of buildings. Several hundred can be found within a few feet. From now until the first big freeze these bugs …
Cold Snap in the Near Future?
Several model runs have shown a possible cold snap coming into Iowa around the 20-22nd of October that could bring down very cold air for the season. The first hard freeze could occur at that time with temperatures possibly falling into the 20s throughout the state with highs struggling to make the mid 40s. This …
When is the first Snow usually?
I had asked the IowaWX Blog’s Mysterious Meterologist about this topic as there has been numerous searches for this topic along with the first frost. They sent two maps that were produced by the NWS in Des Moines for when the first measureable snow and the first 1 inch snowfall usually occur. Now given that …