With temperatures heading into the 40s tonight, there is a good chance for areas of dense fog. Visibilities maybe reduced to 1/4 of a mile in some places. It will be scattered around with the logical low lying areas having the best chance for fog. The fog should burn off by mid-morning and a sunny …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Flood Book Updates
Thought I’d put an update to the books being written about the Iowa Flood this past June. The book “Un-Natural Disasters” which is about the EF5 tornado in Parkersburg and the Floods of 2008 is in post production according to author Terry Swails and his wife Carolyn Wettstone who were interviewed by Ron Steele on …
Rain and Very Cool
It continues to rain light to moderately across the state this afternoon. The heaviest rain is in SE Iowa. West of Interstate 35, rain has tapered off to sprinkles or mist. There is some breaks in the clouds in extreme NW Iowa. Some sunshine is possible in that part of the state this afternoon while …
Rain Moving In
At just before 11:30pm Sunday, radar indicated some light rain moving into the NW part of Iowa north of Sioux City, some echos were also in east central Iowa (I think those aren’t reaching the ground ‘virga’) and a east to west line of heavier showers just south of the border in Missouri. Those heavier …
Sunday Evening Rain
Some very light rain is moving through the state, some of it is likely not reaching the ground or might be sprinkles or virga. There is a line of showers from Columbus Junction to Knoxville (where the heaviest rain is the state is falling) to Guthrie Center to Onawa. Amounts from this will likely be …
Mid Evening Scan
Rain was located from Corydon to Burlington and Atlantic westward to Omaha. It’s moving to the east. More rain is likely Sunday and Monday. Rainfall for the next 5 days (through Thursday evening) may exceed two inches, with some estimates reaching 2.5 inches across Iowa. Most of this rain will come on Monday. Temperatures Monday …
More Rain Coming
The weekend is about to get bumpy. Some more rain is moving into the state at this time. It should not effect the Iowa State Kent State game this evening. Rainfall in the next 5 days is expected to exceed 1 inch in most of the state, with some isolated 2 inch amounts. Temperatures will …
Rain and Thunder
Showers and isolated thunderstorms were moving through mainly north of US Hwy 30. The heaviest storms were located from Waterloo northastward to near West Union. This storms are not severe and are not expected to be. Other scattered rain extended back into western Iowa and southern Iowa. An umbrella and jacket will be needed for …
Afternoon Rain
The western part of the state is getting some rain a bit earlier than expected. The heaviest rain was located near Omaha. This rain may dampen some high school football games. The rain should amount to a tenth or two. Where it is raining, temperatures are in hte mid to upper 50s, elsewhere it is …
Weekend Football Weather
Friday Night Football: Showers west of I-35, increasing clouds and possible showers late Kickoff around 65-70° degrees, 10pm 55-60°. Saturday: Florida Int’l at Iowa (Iowa City) Partly Cloudy High 73° Kent State at Iowa State (Ames) 20% chance of rain in afternoon High 70° South Dakota at UNI (Cedar Falls) (Indoors) For tailgating, partly to …