A few showers have traversed into the western part of the state this afternoon and evening. Any rain that falls will remain light and will mainly stay west of US Hwy 59. The rest of the state will remain dry through the middle of the Labor Day Weekend. The showers area a part of a …
Category: All of Iowa
Glorious Weather Continues
The cool dry weather that has beset the state the last few days continues through the end of the week with a slight warming trend each day. Highs will continue to increase a degree or two each day up until the weekend when the next storm system approaches from the west. Highs will remain in …
Goodbye August
The month of August ends today with temperatures more reminiscent of October. Highs today will be in the 60s to the lower 70s after morning lows that had fallen into the 40s to around 50. Skies will remain mostly sunny with a few fair weather clouds in the afternoon for the next couple days. Temperatures …
Record Lows Possible
There could be some record lows set especially in the eastern part of the state Monday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop into the lower 40s across eastern Iowa, which will get very close if not break some records lows for the date. The one record that looks to be in jeopardy is Dubuque’s where …
Cool Days and Nights
The next few days will see cool days followed by cooler nights across the state. Highs will generally be in the 60s and lower 70s with nighttime lows in the 40s to around 50. This is about 10 degrees below average for Late August. A slow warming trend will begin the middle of next week …
Final Rainfall Amounts (8/25-8/27)
Here are the final rainfall amounts from the area weather stations (ASOS, AWOS and School Net) from the 3 day rain event (Tuesday-Thursday)
Widely Scattered Showers
A few very small showers have formed this afternoon. They were located near Postville, NW of Mason City and in western Sioux County in NW Iowa. They are moving SE. Heavy rain is NOT anticipated with any of these small showers and flooding is not likely. Football games tonight are not expected to be impacted …
Football Forecast
Here is the forecast for High School Football on Friday night (Beginning next week this post will also include College Football as well) Kickoff: 68°(East) to 75°(West) Partly to Mostly Cloudy with a 20% chance of showers and Thunderstorms. Wind N/NW 6-12mph End of Game: 58° (East)-64° (West) Partly to Mostly Cloudy (Lingering Showers East) …
The Rain that Won’t Stop
Rain, moderate to heavy at times continues across the eastern part of the state, where it has been raining almost non-stop for almost 36 hours. Numerous River Flood Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings have been issued. Rainfall since the beginning of this storm have been very impressive. Amounts over 5 inches has been common from …
Rainfall Amounts 8/26/09 So Far
Here are some rainfall amounts from around the state so far. These amounts were recieved as far back as early this afternoon, and more rain has fallen since that time. The Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Lamoni reports are current as of 6pm. Light to moderate rain continues from west to east mainly south of US …