A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the central portions of the state. In the north it begins at 6pm Sunday evening and is in effect until 6pm on Tuesday evening. In the south, the watch begins at 6am Monday morning and is in effect until 6pm Tuesday evening. This will be a prolonged …
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Air Quality Advisory Through Saturday
The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Advisory through Saturday at Noon for most of the state (except the NW). Fine particulate levels near EPA Health Standards are expected to persist across the area through at least midday on Saturday. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY OR HEART DISEASE…THE ELDERLY …
Snow Continues
The Winter Weather Advisory is still in effect until Noon for Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby counties and until 6pm for Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, OBrien, Osceola, Sioux, Plymouth, Woodbury, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie, Ringgold, Sac, Taylor and Union counties. Snow totals have been light …
Rain and Snow Moving In
Some light rain and light snow has moved into the western portions of the state this afternoon. Temperatures have risen above freezing across most of the state except the east and NE, where readings are still in the upper 20s to the lower 30s. Some stations are reporting either light rain or light snow at …
It Could Be Worse!
Today is the date of Iowa’s all time record low of -47° set at Elkader in 1996. This was a part of a major cold spell that occurred over a 5-6 day period at the end of January and early February. On Feb 3rd 1996 numerous records fell, with Des Moines dropping to -26 (still …
Advisories Issued in Western Iowa
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory beginning at Noon on Thursday through Noon on Friday for the following counties, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Noon Thursday until 6pm Friday for Plymouth and Woodbury counties, and from 4pm …
Series of Storms to Move through
After a 1-3 inch snowfall yesterday into this morning, the state will be in store for several storm systems that may bring more snow along with some freezing rain and rain to the state over the next week. The next storm will move into the state late on Wednesday night from the west. Some freezing …
An Interesting Record
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 115 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2010 …RECORD CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 5 INCH SNOW DEPTH AT DES MOINES IA… AS OF MONDAY FEBRUARY 1ST…THE OFFICIAL OBSERVING SITE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED AT LEAST 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND FOR A RECORD …
Accumulating Snow Beginning to End
Most of the accumulating snow is over the eastern portions of the state late this evening, with only a few light snow showers occurring in the NW and NC parts of the state. 1-3 inch snow totals have been common across the state from this storm system. Roads have become snow covered in many places, …
A Look Early on Monday Morning
A few radar returns are scattered across the state early this morning, but none of the reporting stations across the state are reporting any kind of precipitation falling. Only reports of light fog or haze are being reported in scattered locations. A band of some light snow will move into the western part of the …