This the sixth look at what the weather will be like for Election Day on Tuesday. There is general agreement now of a storm system moving into Iowa on Election day. SW Winds will be apparent all day Tuesday with precipitation moving in around midday (seen above) and lasting the rest of the night. Temperatures …
Category: All of Iowa
Halloween Blizzard of 1991
This wasn’t even the biggest weather event of Halloween 1991. The “Perfect Storm” was occurring in New England at this time, but due to that storm there was a blocking pattern going on throughout the United States, thus a storm in the middle of the country could not move east. So it moved north from …
Getting Warmer
A warming trend will begin today with temperatures near average for highs and then getting above average by later this week and first part of the weekend. High School Football sub-state playoff games tonight should have no problems except to bundle up with temperatures at gametime in the upper 40s to low 50s and in …
Temperature Departures
So far in 2008, the temperatures in Iowa have been below average. The chart above shows that Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City and Dubuque are all below average YTD (Year to Date) with departures between 1.7°-3° below the typical average. With a little over 2 months remaining in the year, there is little …
Fifth Look at Election Day Weather
A week from Election Day, it’s a good idea to take another look (our fifth) at what the weather might be like for Election day. The GFS Model Run (12Z) is continuing with this trend of a storm system moving into the state on Election Day. A 992mb Low over eastern North Dakota with some …
No More Freezes
There won’t be anymore freezes (warnings, advisories that is), that’s because the growing season unofficially ended across the state last night with lows from 18 in Spencer to 28 at Burlington and Muscatine, we’ll still have freezes, they’ll just be more normal and not mentioned any further at least until the spring thaw. Indian Summer …
Not as Windy
The winds have died down somewhat early this afternoon but are still gusting to 30mph statewide. Temperatures are struggling to get out of the 30s in some places with low 40s elsewhere. Winds will die down tonight leading to very cold temperatures with lows tonight falling into the teens and lower 20s, with the coldest …
Full Report on the Wind Event
Here is a full report of all wind gusts and or wind damage that occurred from Sunday’s windstorm. Little reports came out of Omaha and Sioux Falls NWS offices. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 816 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …
Wind, Rain, Snow
The evening is beginning with continued gusty winds over 45 mph, light rain and light snow intermixed along with plummeting temperatures. Temperatures have fallen into the 30s in the northern part of the state while still holding in the 40s elsewhere. Some minor damage to trees has been reported but nothing serious as yet. The …
Wind Gusts so far
Here are some of the wind gusts so far from this wind storm. Windsor Heights 68mph Ventura 67mph Mason City 62mph Marshalltown 62mph Forest City 62mph Estherville 60mph Des Moines 60mph Spencer 60mph (this past hour)