A Band of showers and thunderstorms between 50 and 60 miles wide extended from Algona to Ames to Corydon moving northeast at 25-30mph. These thunderstorms are not expected to be severe. They will dump at least 1/2 inch of rain or more as they move through. The severe weather threat will hold off until later …
Category: All of Iowa
Heavy Rain Possible Tonight
Showers and embedded Thunderstorms are moving across northern Iowa tonight. Some of these storms may drop a lot of rain within a short period of time. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Mesoscale discussion which can be viewed here. The heaviest rain at just past Midnight was located from Spirit Lake and the Iowa …
Big Day Tomorrow
A Slight Risk of Severe Weather covers the western 2/3rds of Iowa for Monday. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds with an isolated tornado possible but mainly west of US Hwy 71 where the best shear will likely setup for rotating thunderstorms. A Low Pressure System will move from the four …
Rain Beginning
Scattered showers were located in SE Iowa this morning. They were moving to the east at 25mph. More concentrated showers and thunderstorms will move in later this evening into tonight with heavy rain likely. The rain will continue Monday and Tuesday as a large storm develops in the plains. Severe Weather is still likely, especially …
Heavy Rain Likely
The next storm is likely to bring heavy rain to the state over the next couple of days. Beginning late Sunday showers and thunderstorms will develop and move across the state. Rainfall amounts over the next 5 days shows that at least 1-2 inches of rain with 3 inch totals are likely. This could lead …
A Few Light Showers
Some light showers have been moving through the state this afternoon. Amounts have been light. At 5pm a band of light rain extended from Cresco to Oelwein to Cedar Rapids to Washington with another band of rain from Northwood to Humboldt to Storm Lake. The rain will move out early this evening and skies will …
First Day of Spring
Today is the first day of Spring with the sun having crossed the equator at 6:44 this morning. Springlike weather will come forth over the first few days of the new season with highs moving back into the 50s and 60s. A big storm system is forecast to move in Monday and Tuesday of next …
A Cool Average Morning
Temperatures this morning bottomed out in the 20s and 30s statewide. This is average for this time of year, even after seeing highs in the 70s only a few days ago. Typically the last frost of the year isn’t until mid-April in southern Iowa and as late is mid-May in NW Iowa, so it will …
Sunshine Moving In
Sunshine is moving back into the state. At mid-afternoon, temperatures were in the 40s and 50s. The rain continues in scattered fashion in SE Iowa, but it should move out of the state later this afternoon. Temperatures tonight will drop to around freezing with highs tomorrow in the 50s. The next storm will bring rain …
Light Rain Today
Periods of light rain will move across the state today, as of late this morning, the heaviest rain (albeit still light) was in SW Iowa moving east. There is some other pockets of light rain scattered about as well. As stated before, amounts will be light, generally under a tenth of an inch. The big …