[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS8bIctn9I&w=640&h=480] WARMTH CONTINUES: Another warm day across the state with mid 30s through the 40s across the state for highs. Many areas in southern Iowa have lost most if not all of their snow pack at this time. Rain will move in Thursday and last through the day into early Friday, amounts will range …
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Iowa Weather Report January 8th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsLZVEiiT2w&w=640&h=480] MELTING AHEAD: Snow melt will continue across the state during the daylight hours as temperatures warm well into the 40s across a good portion of the state over the next few days. Areas in far northern Iowa and those still with a substantial snow pack will likely see readings in the mid to …
Iowa Weather Report January 7th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pdjfNnyB_Q&w=640&h=480] WARM DAYS: Thaw is coming over the state this week before another storm moves in that will bring some light rain and then another with some quick shots of light snow then some arctic cold to head into the following week. First off we’ll have plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow with highs …
Iowa Weather Report January 6th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aiiSgSAsg&w=640&h=480] INTO AGREEMENT: The GFS and EURO are finally coming together and what that means is we can with more confidence say that rain with some snow to start will be coming back into the state Thursday. Until then a bit cooler today in the wake of a weak system that moved through the …
Iowa Weather Report January 5th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpQDuPlKOHU&w=640&h=480] A FLURRY OF INACTIVITY: The next few days will see little if any serious weather to contend with across the state. A few flurries or some freezing drizzle is about all we’ll see until some time next week (depending on which model you trust). Today will see highs in the upper 20s to …
Iowa Weather Report January 4th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BYC59LOcrY&w=640&h=480] WARMER BUT NOT LONG: We’ll see warm readings across the state today which may begin to melt some more of the snow that fell during the blizzard over two weeks ago. Highs today will be in the upper 20s to middle 30s across the area with sunny skies. A piece of the disturbance …
Iowa Weather Report January 3rd 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbv2ZD-q0A&w=640&h=480] UP AND DOWN: After a decent day on Wednesday, temperatures will be cooler today with highs only in the teens and lower 20s, about 5-8 degrees below average for this time of early January. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny becoming more so during the day as clouds will be departing the …
Iowa Weather Report January 2nd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3bHQv4Y1c&w=640&h=480] FLURRY ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE: Some light snow and flurries are possible today across mainly the northern counties of the state. The accumulations will be minimal at best with perhaps a half inch possible. This isn’t likely to cause too many travel issues but be aware that some bridges and overpasses may be …
2012 Year in Review: Precipitation
Above is the rainfall from 2012, the yearly average of rainfall and the percentage of average and the deficit we had this year. If anyone didn’t already know it was a dry year, this tells you. Many of the months had below average rainfall and snowfall. The lack of any snow last winter and then …
2012 Year in Review: Severe Weather
There was a noticeable lack of severe weather this year with regards to tornadoes. The state had a confirmed 16 tornadoes for 2012, which is the lowest amount going back before 1980. All of the tornadoes were in the months of April and May. 7 of them occurred on the same day (April 14th). The …