Looking ahead at the weather this upcoming week, temperatures will be at or slightly below average for the week. Chances of rain will return Tuesday night in the western part of the state and last through Thursday night when the storm moves off to the east. We will likely have a second week in a …
Category: All of Iowa
Drier Air to Stay
The weather has become quiet once again with the latest storm moving off to the east. Slightly cooler but more noticably drier air has moved in. This will be reflected in the lows the next few nights. Temperatures will fall into the 50s in most locations in Iowa with a few spots near 60. The …
More Development
More storms have developed in the southern part of the state. In the northern part of the state, there is a line of showers from Decorah to New Hampton to Grundy Center. This broken line of showers is moving east at about 20-25 mph. The heaviest concentration of storms are now in SW Iowa from …
Isolated Showers
Some isolated showers and thunderstorms have developed along the cold front moving through the state. None of the storms are severe, however further development is possible through the rest of the evening as they move to the east. The chances of rain have ended west of a line from Northwood to Rockwell City to Omaha …
Rainfall Deficits for August
After historic, biblical flooding in May and June, the spicket has been off most of August in Iowa. Rainfall deficits in August in Iowa are over an inch below average across the state with some areas getting close to 2 inches down for the month. However for the year most areas are still over 10 …
More rain tonight and part of Saturday
A cold front moving in from the northwest will bring in more chances of precipitation tonight into Saturday in Iowa. The amounts should be no more than 1/2 of an inch but isolated amounts close to 1 inch are not out of the question. Severe Weather is possible north of a line from Cresco to …
Rain tapering off
Most of the rain is now in the eastern third of the state. Rainfall will generally be light to moderate, with amounts generally under 1/4 of an inch with some isolated 1/2 inch amounts possible. It is very sticky outside with dewpoints well into the 60s and lower 70s. More rain is forecast for Friday …
Rain Returning
The chances of rain will return to the state late tonight and will stick around through Saturday. There isn’t expected to be severe weather with this storm system, some heavy rainfall is a possibility. Right now August has been fairly dry across the state, and some yards have lost their lush green color. A good …
Isolated Showers diminishing
The VERY isolated showers, mainly in the eastern part of the state are beginning to dissipate. However in the next hour any shower could produce brief downpours of rain. One such shower went over my location in Springville (east of Cedar Rapids) and produced a good downpour for about 5 minutes. The showers are moving …
A few VERY isolated showers
The cloud build up today is more impressive than in previous days and a few of the clouds have produced some very small showers, especially in the eastern part of the state. They will not amount to much and might not even wet the ground. The largest shower was in NW Grant County in Wisconsin …