The last update before I head to bed. Numerous showers and thunderstorms were moving through the state. The strongest storms were just south of Sioux City. These storms have been severe in the past hour and have moved very slowly in the last hour. Rainfall amounts will be at least 1/4-1/2 inch with isolated totals …

There is a slight risk of severe weather for areas in Iowa east of a line from Guttenberg to Lamoni. The threats will be large hail, damaging winds and a very isolated tornado. Storms will initiate later this afternoon and will move off to the east. The chances for severe weather will likely come before …

Aside from a few showers in Worth County in NC Iowa and a few showers entering into Sioux and Plymouth Counties in NW Iowa, it continues to be dry across the state. Thunderstorm initation may not occur until after midnight. The conditions are similiar to the thunderstorm complex that formed in NW Iowa early this …

Most of the thunderstorms have moved into southern Minnesota, a few showers remain in and around Algona in NC Iowa. The rest of the state remains tranquil, the chances of showers and thunderstorms will increase throughout the night as a storm system slowly moves into Iowa from the NW.

There is still a slight risk for severe weather in the NW 1/4 of Iowa today and tonight. The threats are the same as was discussed in the morning blog post, large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. Currently only a few showers were located in the northwestern part of the state north of Sioux …

A Thunderstorm Complex has developed in the western part of Iowa. These storms were located west of a line from Algona to Rockwell City to Missouri Valley. These storms could produce marginally severe hail as they move SE across the western part of the state. There had been a severe thunderstorm warning earlier near Sioux …

Chances of Rain will be increasing Wednesday into Thursday across the state. Amounts will be up to 1/2 inch with isolated heavier totals. This won’t help in the dry soil Iowa has been experiencing all month. After all the rain Iowa had in the spring and early to mid summer, August has been relatively dry …

The weather for the next few days is more typical of mid to late September across the state of Iowa. With highs in the mid 70s in the eastern part of the state to the low 80s in the west. Lows will be in the upper 40s to lower to middle 50s in the west. …

Temperatures tonight will drop into the upper 40s in the northeastern 1/3 of Iowa. The colder valleys may fall as low as 45 in some places. These temperatures will be within 4-8 degrees of the record low temperatures for Monday. You’ll will likely need a jacket if you’ll be out and about after sunset tonight …