The chances of rain will return to the state late tonight and will stick around through Saturday. There isn’t expected to be severe weather with this storm system, some heavy rainfall is a possibility. Right now August has been fairly dry across the state, and some yards have lost their lush green color. A good …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Another Book about the Iowa Flood of 2008
Earlier this month, I posted a link to a book that is being put together by KWWL-TV in Waterloo on the Flood and EF5 tornado this past year, now The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) and KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids (The Gazette owns KCRG) are putting together a book and DVD as well. The book is titled …
Isolated Showers diminishing
The VERY isolated showers, mainly in the eastern part of the state are beginning to dissipate. However in the next hour any shower could produce brief downpours of rain. One such shower went over my location in Springville (east of Cedar Rapids) and produced a good downpour for about 5 minutes. The showers are moving …
A few VERY isolated showers
The cloud build up today is more impressive than in previous days and a few of the clouds have produced some very small showers, especially in the eastern part of the state. They will not amount to much and might not even wet the ground. The largest shower was in NW Grant County in Wisconsin …
The Week Ahead
The next chance of rain in Iowa seems to be on Thursday, but the better chances will await until the weekend with a system moving on Saturday from the west. Some storms could be severe but chances of any severe weather will be better determined as the weekend draws closer. Some models have Fay, the …
Pleasant Weather
The weather between now and early Thursday will be superb, with light winds and temperatures in the 80s and lows in the upper 50s and lower to middle 60s. The weather will remain tranquil until a storm system moves in from the west. This storm will bring increased chances for showers and thunderstorms beginning on …
Calm and Quiet
Today was the beginning of what is going to be a few calm and quiet days in Iowa. Temperatures will be in the 80s and lows in the upper 50s and lower to middle 60s in the entire state. No storm systems will effect the area at least through Thursday. This is due to a …
Iowa State Fair Sunday August 17th
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines for the last day of the State Fair, Sunday August 17th. There are fewer forecasts due to time and internet issues. NWS Sunny High 86° WX Underground Sunny High 85° WHO-TV Partly Cloudy High 85° AccuWeather Partly Cloudy High 85° Iowa WX Blog’s …
Saturday look
A very tranquil day will be in store for Iowa today and for most of the weekend. Highs will be in the upper70s to mid 80s with a light breeze mainly out of the NW today. Only a few fair weather cumulus clouds will be seen in the afternoon that might block of a few …
A few pictures from August 14th
Here is a few links to pictures from the August 14th event in Iowa. Funnel Cloud near Marshalltown Kellogg Funnel More pictures here