[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6mdGTdYqX8&w=480&h=360] COOL WEATHER: For once, a good forecast to talk about even though it doesn’t involve a whole lot of rain until Sunday. Temperatures will be at or slightly below average with readings in the 70s to lower to middle 80s across the state with low humidity. We could see some readings Saturday morning …
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Iowa Forecast Video 8/8/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63gUON272f0&w=480&h=360] MORE RAIN CHANCES: A few places in western and central Iowa struck liquid gold yesterday with some showers and storms in those areas. The rest of the state will look to cash in on the rainfall lottery today with a disturbance moving into the state from the west. This will enhance the shower …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/7/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3SIpYjdvLA&w=480&h=360] SEASONALLY COOL: A day or two of warm weather is expected to be followed by several cool and pleasant days that will last into the weekend. There is a few isolated rain chances interspersed within the forecast, with rainfall that could be moderate to heavy if one locale happens to get a thunderstorms …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/6/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-_HRSv4z0&w=480&h=360] SUMMER LOVIN: People could be singing the song from Grease today with temperatures in the 80s at least in the eastern half of the state. However the heat is coming back in the west with lower to middle 90s in that area. It will be sunny, however a small disturbance may spark a …
Nicest Day of the Summer
This is going to be the nicest, and possibly most pleasant day of the summer so far. Temperatures will be slightly below average across the state, humidity will be low and a northwesterly breeze will be blowing through. Tonight, the wind will die down and temperatures will drop well into the 50s. There could be …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/4/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFFKXGDEE78&w=480&h=360] STORMY SATURDAY: There is a slight risk of severe weather mainly this afternoon into this evening for areas east of a Waukon to Lamoni line. The main threat will be from damaging straight line winds with a minor threat of large hail. There is some discrepancy as to whether the front will move …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/3/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MP4CngNr_o&w=480&h=360] MORE HEAT: A few more days of heat before relief arrives this weekend with cooler air and a chance of some showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures today and even Saturday will be in the 90s with the cold front moving through Saturday afternoon into the evening. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible with this …
Drought Slightly Worse in New Drought Monitor
The latest drought monitor was released this morning and the entire state remains in severe and extreme drought. The percentage of the state under extreme drought has increased from just under 28% to just under 31%. This includes the far northern Siouxland, a large section of central into east central Iowa and the far southeastern …
Drought 2012: Two Months of Summer Rain
Here is the comprehensive list across of locations across the state and the Upper Midwest with rainfall for the first two months of the Summer 2012 Season. Only 8 out of the 92 sampled in this image are at or above average for rainfall during the Summer Season. The percentages of average have come up …
Iowa Forecast Video 8/1/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpQ801a3cs&w=480&h=360] SLIGHT CHANCES: Rain will be few and far between the next week with only chances on Thursday and again on Saturday across the state. The best chance looks to be on Saturday at this point with a cold front that will move through bringing some cooler weather to the state even for a …