WARMER AND UNSETTLED: Temperatures will continue to warm today across the state with readings climbing into the upper 60s and lower 70s with mainly sunny skies. The next storm will move into the state late tonight and Monday with a chance of some showers and thunderstorms. The far eastern counties may get some sunshine before …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
POLYGON Issuance #11 Inside the Bear’s Cage
Another Episode of POLYGON this week delved into storm chasing with Chicago based storm chaser Adam Lucio. He has storm chased since 2004 and has chased in the Plains (or outside the area around Chicago since 2006) He has seen around 100 tornadoes in his chasing as of this past week. We discussed numerous topics …
Iowa Weather Report May 17th 2014
WEEKEND: Sunny skies will be the rule this weekend with some clouds around as well. Highs today will be in the lower to middle 60s across the state. Sunday will bring slightly warmer readings with middle 60s to lower 70s with a noted increase in the cloudiness by later in the afternoon into the evening …
The Last Frost Of the Season
The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory for the entire state for tomorrow morning. Lows will drop into the lower and middle 30s across the state. This may lead to some patchy frost in some areas. Be sure to cover your outdoor plants before you go to bed or, if you can, bring …
Iowa Weather Report May 16th 2014
WARMING WEEKEND: It will be another cool day ahead with a chance of afternoon showers especially in our eastern counties of the state. Highs will be in the 50s to near 60 across the state with some partly to mostly sunny skies in the west with some peaks of sun also possible in the eastern …
Frosty Morning Ahead
Frost Advisories (in light blue) and Freeze Warnings (in purple) have been issued for early tomorrow morning for areas west of Interstate 35 in the state. Temperatures there will drop into the lower 30s for a few hours which may lead to some damage to any sensitive plants that are left outdoors and are not …
Fourth Tornado in Central Iowa Confirmed From Sunday
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 413 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 …NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 11 2014 TORNADO #4… ADDITIONAL PHOTO AND RADAR EVIDENCE HAS REVEALED THAT A FOURTH TORNADO BRIEFLY FORMED IN SOUTHEAST BOONE COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF MAY 11. .TORNADO #4… RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: …
Iowa Weather Report May 15th 2014
COOL TO END WEEK: A very cool day with some chances of rain especially in the eastern half of the state with readings only making it into the lower and middle 50s across the state. There will be some peaks of sunshine in the western counties where readings may approach 60 there. Friday looks a …
Iowa Weather Report May 14th 2014
COOL AND UNSETTLED: Cool temperatures and some showery weather are in the forecast along with some sunshine as well with highs in the 50s and lower to middle 60s today cooling into the 50s to near 60 on Thursday with a chance of showers here and there mainly in the afternoon hours during peak heating. …
Iowa Weather Report May 13th 2014
VIDEOS RETURN TOMORROW COOL WEEK: The rest of the work week will be seeing some sunshine some clouds and a chance of a shower on Thursday with another disturbance coming in from the northwest. Highs during this time will be about 10-15 degrees below seasonal levels with readings in the 50s and 60s and lows …