A Red Flag Warning is in effect today for a large portion of Iowa, namely west of a Lamoni to Des Moines to Waterloo to Cresco line. This will last through the evening hours. These areas will experience breezy conditions on top of low relative humidity and warmer than average temperatures to create dangerous fire …
Category: All of Iowa
September 10-11th Forecast Discussion
The IWR will return Wednesday morning. Temperatures will continue to warm over the coming days ahead of a cold front that will move into the state late Wednesday night through Friday. This front will bring some scattered showers and thunderstorms to the state during that time. Some of the rainfall from this system will be …
September 8-9th 2012 Forecast Discussion
No IWR’s until at least Wednesday due to vacation in Minnesota. A quiet and drier cooler weekend will slowly warm up into the beginning of the new work week. Readings will be back into the 80s by Tuesday and Wednesday before the next front slowly makes its way through the state. This front will bring …
Iowa Weather Report September 7th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQ7y8kM80g&w=640&h=480] COOLING OFF: Rain will linger in the state today especially in the eastern counties. This will keep temperatures down possibly in the 60s in those areas while western Iowa could see some late day sunshine and readings boosted into the mid to high 70s. A cool night is in store for the state …
Drought Worsens Slightly Across Iowa
The latest drought monitor came out this morning and the drought has worsened ever so slightly across the state. For the first time in the monitor era (or at least since 1999 which is how far the monitor archives go back) exceptional drought or D4 drought has made its way into the state. Only 2.4% …
Iowa Weather Report September 6th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaxhUrNFrrQ&w=640&h=480] NEXT RAIN: Another disturbance will move into the state later tonight into Friday with some showers and thunderstorms possible . This will be the last rain chance we have for several days as behind the front will come cool Canadian High Pressure from the north and northwest. Rainfall will be anywhere between a …
Iowa Weather Report September 5th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfabsLKr4c&w=640&h=480] SEVERE WEATHER MOVING OUT: Even though there is a slight risk of severe weather for mainly this morning into this afternoon in the far eastern counties, the main threats look to remain in Illinois eastward through the day, although anyone traveling east and SE today will need to keep an eye to the …
Iowa Weather Report September 4th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-UmM6vH_sI&w=640&h=480] MORE RAIN: There is still some more chances of showers and thunderstorms today into early tomorrow across the state. There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across a good portion of northern and central Iowa. The main threats will be from large hail and damaging straight line winds. …
Iowa Weather Report September 3rd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfKAxgzpTjw&w=640&h=480] ACTIVE LABOR DAY: The holiday weekend is going to come to an end with some possible active weather across the state. There is a slight risk of severe weather for mainly this afternoon into this evening for a large section of the state. The main threats would be from isolated large hail and …
Summer 2012 Precip Totals
Here is a tabulation of the summer of 2012 rainfall totals across the region. There were a few locations that aren’t on this list that have been in the past (Estherville, Ames, Marshalltown and Lamoni due to the climate data from NWS Des Moines failing to show the precipitation totals on their data anymore). Many …