The month of July opened with a very warm first hour. Temperatures remain in the 80s for most of the state outside a few locales which have mercifully dropped into the upper 70s. Heat Indices are still well above 80°, with some still over 90. Knoxville reported a heat index at Midnight of 102°, so …
Category: All of Iowa
Heat Advisory Through Friday
The Heat Advisory has been expanded to include the entire state through Friday evening. It also includes a large portion of the midwest as well. Heat Indices will be between 100-110° over the next two days. Actual readings will be in the 90s. This weekend will see a reduction in temperatures and humidities with chances …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/30/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHOz4BbILs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] TRIPLE H: The triple H’s will be in effect for several days. Hazy, hot and humid across the state. Temperatures over the next two days will be soaring into the 90s with heat indices at or over 100° for several hours at a time. A Heat Advisory has been issued for both today …
Get Ready for the Heat
The next few days will be hot across the state. Temperatures will soar into the 90s and possibly even 100 across the western counties, with dewpoints in the 60s to around 70, this will lead to heat indices between 100-110 through Friday during the afternoon hours. A heat advisory is in effect for Thursday across …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/29/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjGLvzuvPzo&hl=en&fs=1] WARMING UP: Temperatures are on their way up across the state for the rest of the week. Say goodbye to the pleasant 70s for the sultry 90s by Thursday and Friday of this week. Heat indices will be at or above 100° during this time as well. Some NWS Offices may issue heat …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/28/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfUDOwJ2qJQ&hl=en&fs=1] HAPPY BIRTHDAY IOWA WEATHER BLOG: The Iowa Weather Blog turned 3 years old yesterday. The blog has added many new features in the past three years and we hope to add more. The blog continues to grow daily. QUIET AND WARMING UP: For the longest time, there is no storm system forecast for …
Heat to end June
If MOS data holds out, the heat will really begin to turn up again to end of the month of June on Thursday. Readings across the eastern counties will be near or slightly above seasonal norms with mid 80s to near 90. In the western counties, readings will be soaring into the upper 90s. This …
Iowa Forecast Discussion 6/27/2011
No Video or Weekly Weather Forecast today due to severe weather. There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across southeastern Iowa, however the better chances will be off to the east and south of the state. Any storms that do form in the state may have large hail and damaging …
Squall Line Moving Through Central Iowa
The squall line continues to move quickly to the east at 50-55mph. Winds have gusted to between 60-70mph all along this line as it has moved through. It will reach Cedar Rapids and Iowa City between 11:30 and Midnight and be nearing the Mississippi River if it holds together around 1:30am or so. The southern …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/26/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5tZsoV3dA&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE SUNDAY: There is a slight risk of severe weather outlooked again today for most of the state outside the northeastern counties. The main threats will be from large hail and especially damaging winds. A large complex of thunderstorms are expected to develop across the Dakotas and Nebraska and move across the state …