Rain continues to fall across the eastern portions of the state. Rainfall amounts have ranged between a quarter and a half inch so far. Skies will clear across the state tonight with temperatures dropping into the 40s. Saturday will be relatively dry with highs in the 50s to lower 60s. Easter Sunday will be dry …
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Temperature Records Set on Thursday
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT MASON CITY IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 78 SET IN 1903. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS TIED AT OTTUMWA IA TODAY. THE LAST TIME THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES ON THIS DATE WAS 2003. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE …
Summertime Weather No Fooling!
Mother Nature is giving us a taste of summertime weather on this April Fool’s Day. Readings typically seen in June are being felt statewide today, with temperatures well into the 80s. The warmest readings in the state at 3pm was 88° at Ankeny, Storm Lake, Perry, Carroll, Denison and Clarion. These readings combined with dewpoints …
Welcome to April and Severe Weather
April begins today and it looks like the weather pattern will become active over the next week or so, starting with the storm system on Friday. The “See Text” on the SPC Severe Weather Risk graphic is below. NOTE: It’s very techinical. ….LOWER MO VALLEY TO UPPER MS VALLEY… BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS MAY DEVELOP …
Another Warm Day
Temperatures today rose back into the 70s to near 80 across the state today. Winds were lighter than on Tuesday due to a passage of a weak cold front, which is more of a wind shift line. By late in the afternoon, the front had become stalled across the central portions of the state from …
Afternoon Tidbits
Temperatures this afternoon have responded with the strong gusty south winds that have taken hold across the state. Readings are well into the 70s with an 84 being reported in Denison at 3pm. Winds have been gusty all day, with sustained winds between 15-30mph with gusts over 40mph at times. In response to this, the …
Latest NAM/GFS MOS Run
The latest MOS runs have come out and there is large differences in temperatures between the NAM and the GFS MOS Runs especially on Wednesday. For this instance the chart below compares the highs from both the NAM and the GFS for Wednesday and Thursday. Then the map below shows the combined temperatures (Taking the …
80 Degrees on April Fool’s Day?
An 80 degree temperature on Thursday? Is this an April Fool’s Joke? It’s no joke as there is a good chance in western Iowa, temperatures on Thursday may hit 80 degrees, readings typically seen around Memorial Day Weekend. This will likely be the warmest day in about 5 months across the state.
Warm Air In Only Days
Here is the latest GFS MOS Data with the forecasted highs for Wednesday through Friday. A change is that a cold front is expected to bi-sect the state Friday and stall as a new low pressure system develops in the Texas and OK Panhandle. Thunderstorms will be likely late Friday into Saturday with a slight …
Interesting Notes about Tornado Warnings
With the IEM receiving the data of severe Thunderstorm and tornado warnings back to 1986 from the NWS, it is worth a look at what counties (pre and post polygon era) has had the most tornado warnings issued in the state since 1986. NOTE: This does include the polygon warnings (2007-Present) which only includes parts …