A High Wind Warning has been issued for most of the state (except the far south and southwestern sections) for Tuesday into Tuesday evening. A High Wind Watch is still in effect for Wednesday and Wednesday night for most of the state as well. Winds will be sustained at 30-50mph, with gusts occasionally up to …
Category: All of Iowa
High Winds Likely Tuesday into Wednesday
A High Wind Watch has been issued for the northern half of the state for Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening (especially the eastern and northeastern counties). A Strong storm system will move into the state later Monday night into Tuesday bringing another chance of showers and thunderstorms. Along with the rainfall, on the back side …
Slight Risk of Severe Weather For Today
There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for the entire state of Iowa. The main threats will be from large hail and damaging winds, but as the second image on the post shows, there is also a risk of some tornadoes as well. This will be (if it pans out) …
Severe Weather Returning for Saturday
There is a slight risk of severe weather for most of the state for Saturday and Saturday night. This will be mainly south of a Prairie Du Chien to Sioux City line. The main threats will be from large hail and damaging straight line winds. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out especially in the …
2010 Football Forecast Video Week #9
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCx5Yy6wEE&hl=en&fs=1] Above is the forecast video for the High School Football games, Friday night, along with the college football games for Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa on Saturday.
Wintery Precip Possible Late Next Week?
Above is the MOS data from the 0Z run of the GFS Model. It shows much cooler temperatures that we’ve been experiencing over the last few weeks. The Model run also shows a chance that some of the precipitation in the northwestern quarter of Iowa into Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota may become mixed with …
Rainy Weekend
The abnormally dry streak across the state will likely end this weekend with a good chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms this weekend. Some rainfall could be heavy in areas that recieve a thunderstorm, otherwise rainfall will remain generally under a half inch or so. This would great news given the dry streak we’ve been …
Winter Weather Next Week?
Forecast models are beginning to show a possible turn to winter weather over the state late next week. A large storm system is forecast to move thorugh the midwest at the middle to end of the week. Enough cold air will pour on the northwest side of the storm which will cause the precipitation to …
More Good Weather For Farmers
Another week of dry weather will continue across the state. This will be good for farmers who have yet to harvest their crops. The continued dry streak will last through the week before another chance of rain moves back in Saturday. Although the rain chances will be slight on Saturday, it likely won’t cause much …
Dry October Continues
As you can see on the chart, it has been a relatively dry October across not only the state of Iowa but across the upper midwest. Only Kansas City has had more than a quarter of an inch of rain this month of the sites shown here. Only Ames, Dubuque and Burlington have had more …